Originally Posted by
sport_122
because the people who say they don't care and don't believe in anything really do care and really do believe in something.
religion christian faith is so controversial because:
1. it challenges peoples ability to be in control. Pride makes us NOT want to admit that we are NOT in control of ourselves and our future. Even within numerous religions you see sects forming based on fundamental beliefs on "who is in control, who gets the credit, why, and what happens next". People do not want to be humbled. We want to be in control of our lives. And in America this is a much stronger principle to life because the very foundation of our nation is built on the individual and his ability to control his own destiny.
2. it makes people feel accountable. Even in this thread (and numerous others) the people who hate religion or Christianity specifically, make comments about being good. They are showing that there is something about the teachings or the principles of organized religion that is convicting to people to the point of where the justification process becomes an aggression toward the place where that conviction/or judgment comes from. Much like a person convicted of a crime lashes out at the jury or the judge in anger, but IF this is true, plausible deniability goes away because of those damn christians.
3. they really do believe in something. Often times its the argument against the weak minded person of faith. What is really happening is the people who are starting these threads are doing the very thing that they accuse people of faith of doing. They are entering into a dialogue where they are saying "your way is wrong. It is not good enough. we don't care, yet we are unable to hold our tongue...and so on" however the reality is that a person who doesn't care and doesn't believe in any of this would have no need to legitimize their stance through justification or attack of the ones who have the opposing view. A simple, I dont believe that would suffice. They could remain silent and be find with it, because they really didn't care how the crazy weak minded christian ran their life as long as they were good people.
and these are also reason that people want to fight the idea that there is a God. Because it upsets the ability to be "free" to do what we want.
I am still waiting to hear a really good argument for how all these principles of humanity don't show us that there is more to us than 70 years walking around on a ball of water and dirt that floats in a vacuum.
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