Do Atheists Get This?

[C_Clayton_Jones]

THAT'S the way to look at Christians.

We try to follow a difficult path in life but we know that we are humans and humans have HUMAN failings.

We sometimes fall.

And when our fall is publicized we suffer greatly.

But when we fail to live up to our own standards and to Biblical standards or we fail to follow Jesus' example or instructions, we suffer greatly but privately and try to do better.

If you want sympathy from atheists then you need to back off the constant anti-atheist rhetoric in my opinion. FYI being an atheist isn't exactly a cake walk either. For Christians you have been given a set of guidelines and an example to follow. For atheists we have to figure out all of these things for ourselves. You have the promise of eternal salvation irrespective of how many times you screw up. Atheists have to make the best of this one opportunity that they have to live their lives.

To go back to your example of the Wallenders you are doing it with a safety net whereas atheists are the ones who don't have that advantage.

So if you want atheists to give you some wiggle room you need to be willing to give atheists the respect they deserve for being willing to live their lives without the safety net that you use to catch you every time you fall.

No one is going to court trying to prevent you from not believing. Or preventing you from practicing your dis-belief.

You guys are like the Muslims in this dynamic.

Stop imposing your secularism on everything Holy and we will continue just trying to practice our faith and leave you alone.

And as an aside, eveything you know about morality and ethical behavior is based on RELIGIOUS principles.

So, like High School kids trying to break free of the status quo and be different from the rest of mainstream society, I'm afraid you'll have to continue making your way in this life using the same principles you are rebelling against.

And your unwarranted hatred of Islam is a telling failure of many Christians.

Moreover, no one is going to court trying to prevent you from believing. Or preventing you from practicing your belief.

Unfortunately many are compelled to go to court when the state, at the behest of theists, seeks to conjoin church and state in violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, and the Framers’ original intent that church and state remain separate.

You are at liberty to practice your faith any time, in any manner, in any venue public or private; you are not at liberty, however, to seek to codify your subjective religious doctrine and dogma into secular law all must obey.

Of all the sins Christians commit, the sin of arrogance is the one they commit most often.