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FortWayne says

Without Christianity there would be only chaos and pain,

Let's put that theory to the test. Somehow, I doubt that the death of Christianity will cause mothers to start eating their babies.

HydroCabron says

Do these people even read their scriptures? Hello, Deuteronomy?

We atheists have.

Deuteronomy 22:28-29
If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered, he shall pay her father fifty shekelsc of silver. He must marry the young woman, for he has violated her.

So, Christianity is saving us from chaos and pain by
1. Making the maximum punishment for rape 50 shekelsc of silver.
2. Forcing a woman to marry her rapist.
3. #1 and #2 only take affect if the rape is "discovered". Otherwise the rapist is free to continue raping with impunity.

Hmmm, don't all the Catholic priests have to gay marry their altar boys under this doctrine? That's a lot of shekelscs.

FortWayne says

No one says it's ok, it's just that you people are heavily biased against the only true thing in this world, and that is Christianity. Without Christianity there would be only chaos and pain, but you non believers don't see it

LOL-sarcasm?? You do realize the history of many Christian nations?? Christianity is a blip in mankind's history and never reached a peak. It is already beginning to fade and who knows some other dumb religion like Scientology may replace it. The Egyptian religion lasted far longer than Christianity. Believers will believe and if it helps them through the day-good for them.

I myself believe in a God or some other spiritual force. But am more in line with older faiths, where that force is the unknowable or the unfathomable. Maybe a spirit can sense that, but not our conscious. I don't know what is happening in the street next to me-you honestly believe some religion will tell me the truth about everything in this universe-from the multiple solar systems, galaxies, comets, suns, black holes and such?? I mean some guy who rode a donkey is the only way to God and some other guy who never heard of this bearded dude will be damned to eternal hell-merely because he didn't hear of this dude??????

Dan8267 says

1. Making the maximum punishment for rape 50 shekelsc of silver.

What's that with inflation?

lostand confused says

I myself believe in a God or some other spiritual force. But am more in line with older faiths, where that force is the unknowable or the unfathomable. Maybe a spirit can sense that, but not our conscious.

I second that. It can actually be part of a Christian (or Christian-derived/resembling) faith as there are so many different ones and its roots (paganism and others) are similarly unknown/unfathomable. However lots of good has been and is done in the name of Christianity and it is part of the leftist feminist hivemind agenda to completely obliterate the western roots and virtues, so they are no better than the few fundamentalist Christians they focus on and they are definitely the real threat to society. This thread demonstrates this clearly. It's also great divide and conquer strategy for the ruling elite to have people fixate on this kind of crap which shouldn't even be in the news.

Vicente says

Dan8267 says

1. Making the maximum punishment for rape 50 shekelsc of silver.

What's that with inflation?

Silver is currently trading at about $17/ounce. A shekelsc, or shekel nowadays, is 0.4 ounces. So 50 shekelscs is 20 ounces. That makes the fine $340.