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Classic atheist reasoning - "all religious people are extremists." I'm from Massachusetts. I live down the street from a Catholic church. There's an Eastern Orthodox a few miles away. At school in New Hampshire there's a Presbyterian church that's within a stone's throw of the dormitory. None of these people are extremists. I've visited several of the states in the so-called "Bible-Belt" and while they are more given to wearing their religions on their sleeves. When they asked me if I'd accepted Jesus Christ as my personal savior I said that I hadn't and that was that.Yes, there are extremists. But they get a lot more press because they're more interesting than the more populous, quietly religious masses. What's going to make a headline: "Muslim Extremists Set Off Car Bomb, Kill 8" or "50 Attend Church, Sermon Delivered, Much Praying"?Trying to take away a person's faith is rather like trying to take away a person's alcohol. Maybe they'd be better off without it (emphasis on maybe) but how do you suppose they feel? Prohibiting alcohol incensed the drinking population of the United States; a similar prohibition on religion would be even worse.
Classic atheist reasoning - "all religious people are extremists." I'm from Massachusetts. I live down the street from a Catholic church. There's an Eastern Orthodox a few miles away. At school in New Hampshire there's a Presbyterian church that's within a stone's throw of the dormitory. None of these people are extremists. I've visited several of the states in the so-called "Bible-Belt" and while they are more given to wearing their religions on their sleeves. When they asked me if I'd accepted Jesus Christ as my personal savior I said that I hadn't and that was that.
Yes, there are extremists. But they get a lot more press because they're more interesting than the more populous, quietly religious masses. What's going to make a headline: "Muslim Extremists Set Off Car Bomb, Kill 8" or "50 Attend Church, Sermon Delivered, Much Praying"?
Trying to take away a person's faith is rather like trying to take away a person's alcohol. Maybe they'd be better off without it (emphasis on maybe) but how do you suppose they feel? Prohibiting alcohol incensed the drinking population of the United States; a similar prohibition on religion would be even worse.
