Christians proven less moral... AGAIN
Francois Tremblay Permalink
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As if we needed MORE evidence...
Pew Poll - September and October 2005
Percentage of people who oppose torture in most or all circumstances
Catholics - 49%
Average - 53%
Protestants - 55%
Secular - 57%
I'm surprised so many Catholics are against torture. Haven't they read the book of Job ?
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Hmm... Apparently not.
Of course Christians arent against torture as much as secular people are.
Christians favorite movie is a torturous snuff flick. Christians uphold the ultimate cosmic master-slave relationship as morally superior (barf!)
Christians dont understand slef-ownership. Even Manata rejected self ownership proudly in his abortion post. He, like most all Christians, think everything belongs to God so whatever you do in his name is a-ok.
Actually, Catholics are 6% more likely than any other group to think that torture is "often" justified.
Religious people are also more likely to sacrifice civil liberties than secular people.
I also noticed that people reporting as "secular" are a healthy 12%. That's good to see.
I have another passage to quote from the great book "Atheist Universe," which pertains to the topic at hand:
"For 1500 years, the Christian Church systematically operated torture chambers throughout Europe. Torture was the rule; not the exception. Next to the Bible, the most influential and venerated book in Christian history was the Malleus Maleficarum (Hammer of Witches), which was a step-by-step tutorial in how to torture 'witches' and 'sorcerers.' Each year, the Christian Church in Europe tortured to death tens of thousands of people, including children as young as two years of age"
Me, on the other hand? I'm an atheist. I'm also associated with Amnesty International.
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Note: I deleted the above post because I wrote "12" rather than "2" percent.
The percentile separating secularists from Protestants is merely two percent. I wouldn’t sensationalize such findings. After all, almost 40 % of the irreligious support torture under certain (unspecified) circumstances.
Aaron, since you hi-jacked my thread, I thought you wouldn't mind if I posted osmething off-topic. Now's your turn to shine,
http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2006/03/prepare-to-be-amazed.html
Straw man, straw man, No Trus Scostman fallacy, No Trus Scostman fallacy, unsubstanciated belief... pavielle, do you have anything intelligent to say ? This is an atheist blog, you twit.
I never said that the 2% was a great improvement. It just proves that the Christian claim to morality is wrong yet again.
"A majority of Christians by contrast, look at torture from a utilitarian point of view. In other words, if the lives and dignity of many can be saved through the torture of one person, then toture is founded."
And now you know why Christianity is immoral. Congratulations.
It's unfortunate that so many people need to believe in fairy tales, in order to give their lives meaning. I think they're quite correct when they refer to themselves as "children" of God.
Great, did you get it all out of your system pavielle ? Are you going to shut up now ?
"By the way, I still have yet to see a good definition of Chrisitanity."
Ha, Ha! Neither have I.
"And I hate to sound whiny, but it is hurtful when you guys simply rag on me and my faith without any basis, when you laugh at that which I hold most dear."
"Without any basis?" Are you kidding? Look, it's great that you're such a sweetheart and a nice person and all, but spend some time reading through this blog. There's a year's worth of posts showing in detail how Christianity is immoral.
Once you've realized how immoral Christianity is, you'll laugh with us too.
The questions to ask the christian:
Is Jesus a savior?
What is he saving us from?
Do you believe in Hell?
If you do, then you support torture. If you do, then you support torture for thought crimes. At that point, the conversation is over. You love God who tortures people for thought crimes. Go talk to someone who you don't think should be tortured.
Oh just shut the fuck you Christian scum.
Pavielle,
True Christians don't bash atheists for your info.
You are factually wrong. The mere doctrines of Christianity insist that atheists can't even exist; that they are fools deceiving themselves. The doctrines of Christianity also promise us infidels the most horrible torture imaginable for all of eternity.
Christians believe that we are fools, and that we are going to suffer incredibly for disagreeing with them.
The ideology of Christianity itself contains "bashing" and a whole lot more: horrible threats, personal insults, and outright denial of the possibility of us even sincerely having the worldview we claim to have.
So do you agree now that "True" Christians do much, much worse than simply "bash" atheists?
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