10 Things Christians and Atheists Can (And Must) Agree On

Mr Geezer posted this cracked article on OT and I was very impressed so I thought I'd share it here. http://www.cracked.com/article_15759_10-things-christians-atheists-can-must-agree-on.html

Is there anything in the article that you disagree with? I found myself disagreeing with the point about free will and morality but everything else was spot on. Give it a read if you have five minutes to spare.

To be frank i could only manage the first page. This guy just came off as a one sided little prick The whole time i was reading this i felt as if this article was somehow a hidden attack on atheists. It seemed to me like he was just defensive of his own religion while trying to play off all the bad things that happened in his god's name.

also id like to share this tidbit

"When that "boob at the Super Bowl" incident happened a while back, I constantly heard atheists making fun of Christians and their puritan silliness over sex. "Come on! It's just meat! We're all just mammals! Sex is natural! What are you afraid of?!?!?"

Yet, the moment you find out that while you were on vacation, your girl got drunk and slept with the entire Chicago Bears...
...Suddenly sex is something to get upset about. Suddenly it's not just meat slapping against meat. Suddenly the exclusive sexual bond between you and your girl was important, was to be protected, was almost... sacred."

that hardly seems fair, to compare a nipple slip to a cheating girl?

The whole time i was reading this i felt as if this article was somehow a hidden attack on atheists. Thessassin

 I wouldn't say attack, but i didn't like how he presented the atheist position some of the time. Especially the lack of a proper definition, the morals, the weird use of logic/reason,Atheist belief system, doing something in the name of atheism.

I'd have to disagree with you about the bias towards theism thing theassassin. Sure the author made plenty of reproaches to the atheist side of the argument but he gave just as many to the theistic side. All in all I felt it was very even handed.

Nevertheless I hardly agree with his handling of the morality issue in the way that you point out and in others.

Is there anything in the article that you disagree with? I found myself disagreeing with the point about free will and morality but everything else was spot on. Give it a read if you have five minutes to spare.

domatron23

I'd have to disagree with you about the bias towards theism thing theassassin. Sure the author made plenty of reproaches to the atheist side of the argument but he gave just as many to the theistic side. All in all I felt it was very even handed.

Nevertheless I hardly agree with his handling of the morality issue in the way that you point out and in others.

domatron23

[QUOTE="domatron23"]

I'd have to disagree with you about the bias towards theism thing theassassin. Sure the author made plenty of reproaches to the atheist side of the argument but he gave just as many to the theistic side. All in all I felt it was very even handed.

Nevertheless I hardly agree with his handling of the morality issue in the way that you point out and in others.

Thessassin

 It's a fair comparison as far as I can tell. In both cases it reflects the point of agreement which is "celebrating the death of someone you disagreed with pretty much makes you a dick". The atheists no doubt hated Jerry Falwell in the same way that the WBC hate everyone else but all the article is trying to get you to agree with is that that hatred is not good grounds to celebrate the death ofa person.

There is a FAIR difference, the westboro church parades at peoples funerals holding picket signs saying GOD HATES GAYS and all this because the person was gay Yet When somebody is constantly demonizing and attacking you and everything you stand for, its not ok to be happy when they die? Thats like telling Iraqis oppressed by saddam not to be happy when he was hung because that makes you a dick.Thessassin

[QUOTE="Thessassin"]There is a FAIR difference, the westboro church parades at peoples funerals holding picket signs saying GOD HATES GAYS and all this because the person was gay Yet When somebody is constantly demonizing and attacking you and everything you stand for, its not ok to be happy when they die? Thats like telling Iraqis oppressed by saddam not to be happy when he was hung because that makes you a dick.ChiliDragon

good comeback, although it was a nice explanation that still only explains one part, of this whole article, this article has thos overtone where its saying, christians, you're not so different from atheists, youre both human so try to accept each others beliefs, and atheists, you're beliefs are wrong but try to be respectful to us as well.Thessassin

hahaha, I still find it so bizarre to look at these conversations just to look up and say "Oh, I'm still on a gaming website."

It wasn't a bad article, I like what he is basically trying to do with it.