Pew Survey: A Huge God Gap Between Scientists and Other Americans

False anti-Christian arguments comming apart at the seams

So, you abandon your argument about 'leaching,' not to mention your statement that the decline of Christianity in the USSR due to a 'church tax' has been completely destroyed by actual historical analysis. Now you turn to giving your opinion, but do so in a way to make it sound as if it is the fact as opposed to an opinion. It seems the more you seek to set out to find 'facts' to justify your hatred of Christians, the more you end up making yourself look ignorant and unwilling to learn, as the 'facts' in question are debunked and you offer no rebuttal whatsoever, instead moving on to another reason for hating Christians.

You also have a habit of making extremely large generalizations, your views effecting not 'a few', not 'some', not 'most' but 'all' Christians, something which is highly un-scientific. It would be akin to saying that all rocks are the same--something which is completely false given their chemical composition, formation processes and the chemical reactions of weathering. Also, your mocking nature and repeated accusations of greed and stupidity on the part of believers simply make you look like a very angry person seeking to find a group of people to vent it on, just like with regard to socialists and the 'evil rich' populist platform, which on the historical record has shot worth ethic in the developed world. Your comments suggest, though keep in mind the word 'suggest,' that you believe yourself to be mentally superior to everyone of faith and seek to mock and force your views upon them as part of a duty. I could be misreading your comments, however that is how they come across to me, if you wish to clarify, by all means do.

You also suggest that the monetary support of pastors and priests (because their religious duties are their jobs) is 'proof' that Christianity was invented as part of a money making scheme. It sounds half plausible until you actually look at the history of Christianity and it's teachings, something which your comments suggest (but do not prove) that you have not, at least in any detail and with a half-opened mind. Christianity is unique in the history of beliefs--all beliefs in that it is open to everyone as opposed to only a select group of people, it advocates helping the less fortunate, living a life free of pride and envy, caring for all, honor and restraint for marriage and family relations, not to judge and the equality of all. Indeed in the early years of Christianity, women held the banner, something seen as highly degrading, yet something which against all odds prevailed.

Another surprising trend is that when close-nit Christian communities and families were broken up by 'progressives,' crime rates and infidelity soared as a result. Now I am not going to lie--there are a lot of people who claim to be Christian who aren't, and of those who are, many ignore certain teachings. People aren't perfect, however their failures are not justification to form a hatred against all people of faith.

Stephen's unaware of courtesy rules of debate

I was presiding officer of 5 organizations. In addition to using "Roberts Rules of Order," we followed rules to never personalize debate. Name-calling didn't even begin, due to the educational level of members. In this comment site, people do identify the person to whose comment they respond, BUT ONLY SO OTHER PARTICIPANTS WILL KNOW THE TOPIC. But a few impolite commentators insist on calling me by name, as if they're presence entitles them to some kind of personal tie to me. I stay on topic and let other commentators make lists of the nasty names some participants use because they come from different levels of culture. There are no gods but there are paid preachers. That paycheck is the only proof needed that religion was invented to generate church income. People will buy and use holy books until they attain more education. That's why preachers complain that higher public education is bad because "College students lose their faith." Some comments expose Bible flaws in such a way that I hope they continue, because their own comments will surely lead some readers to join atheist groups.

auradawnveirs of CA

Just a point about your weak and feeble mind to say that science does not take a leap of faith and then scream about how there is no God is very hypocritical.

How have you come to the conclusion that there is no God? What experiment have you done to prove this theory? You have done none because there is none. So you have in effect taken a leap of faith in saying there is no God.

By the way, science still hasn't proven it's own theories on the origins of life and man. If you want to place your faith in science that it eventually will then I can't argue with that, but until it has you are also operating on faith that someday science will validate you belief. So don't go bagging on people who believe in God by faith because you are guilty of the same thing.