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In reply to the discussion: This homeless guy came up with an interesting religion test: [View all]RC
(25,592 posts)11. Not gonna happen.
He is obviously not one of "them", so why should they help him? They would say, 'if he would only believe, he would be rewarded in Heaven'.
Either way, the religious can see no point in actually helping anyone in the here and now, not of their own church.
"The notion that faith in Christ is to be rewarded by an eternity of bliss, while a dependence upon reason, observation and experience merits everlasting pain, is too absurd for refutation, and can be relieved only by that unhappy mixture of insanity and ignorance, called "faith." "
-- Robert Green Ingersoll, The Gods
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Divide and conquer. I like to tell folks that argue for "a religious ie: Christian" government
TeamPooka
May 2013
#14
You mean he could just be telling a story trying to get others to believe something?
cleanhippie
May 2013
#39
Then we are in complete agreement! Claims like a man coming back from the dead...
cleanhippie
May 2013
#44
You don't mean to say he might have some ulterior motive beyond pure scientific curiosity?
Donald Ian Rankin
May 2013
#48
It seems the only ones getting worked up are those that think this reflects the behavior
cleanhippie
May 2013
#40