"...contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints."- Jude 1:3

Monday, January 20, 2020

Did Christianity give us our human values? Tom Holland & (atheist) A.C. Grayling Discuss




Tom Holland & AC Grayling • History: Did Christianity give us our human values?




How St Paul changed the world (Full Show)
NT Wright & Tom Holland •
https://youtu.be/nlf_ULB26cU




Have science, reason and humanism replaced faith? 
 Steven Pinker vs Nick Spencer

See also my blogpost:

The Dark Ages Were Not As Dark As You Have Been Led To Believe

Thursday, January 2, 2020

Some Atheists Are Sounding the Alarm that the Decline of Christianity is Hurting Society

Atheists sound the alarm: Decline of Christianity is seriously hurting society
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/atheists-sound-the-alarm-decline-of-christianity-is-seriously-hurting-society

Why Islam’s rise has caused atheists to urge West not to abandon Christianity
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/why-islams-rise-has-caused-worlds-leading-atheists-to-urge-west-not-to-aban

Sam Harris, Jordan Peterson, Douglas Murray, and how to fix Western Civilization
https://thebridgehead.ca/2018/09/26/sam-harris-jordan-peterson-douglas-murray-and-how-to-fix-western-civilization/

 “There are no Christians, as far as I know, blowing up buildings. I am not aware of any Christian suicide bombers. I am not aware of any major Christian denomination that believes the penalty for apostasy is death. I have mixed feelings about the decline of Christianity, in so far as Christianity might be a bulwark against something worse.”- Richard Dawkins
[alleged source "Scandal and schism leave Christians praying for a ‘new Reformation’" by Ruth Gledhill, The Times, 06 April 2010.]

Before we rejoice at the death throes of the relatively benign Christian religion, let’s not forget Hilaire Belloc’s menacing rhyme: “Always keep a-hold of nurse, For fear of finding something worse.”- Richard Dawkins tweet March 21, 2018

No, that's not true. Not true. Vast numbers of Christians do not believe that if you leave the Christian religion you should be killed for it. Vast numbers of Christians do not treat women as second class citizens. Vast numbers of Christians ---- do not believe if you draw a picture of Jesus Christ you should get killed for it. So yes, does ISIS do Khmer Rouge-like activities where they just kill people indiscriminately who aren't just like them? Yes. And would most Muslim people in the world do that or condone that? No.................But I mean in Mecca where infidels, non-Muslims, are not even allowed in the holy parts of the city. I mean, right there, we don't have that example in other religions. They do behead people. Now if they were beheading people in Vatican City, which is the equivalent of Mecca, don't you think there would be a bigger outcry about it? So this is the soft bigotry of low expectations with Muslim people. When they do crazy things and believe crazy things, somehow it's not talked about nearly as much. -
See Bill Maher's conversation with Charlie Rose:
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2014/09/10/maher_vs_charlie_rose_to_claim_islam_is_like_other_religions_is_naive_and_plain_wrong.html
Bill Maher gets into a debate with Charlie Rose on why Islam is more violent than Christianity
https://youtu.be/kg84Bhtxg6M

Ben Affleck, Sam Harris and Bill Maher Debate Radical Islam | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
https://youtu.be/vln9D81eO60

Bill Maher says all religions are "stupid and dangerous" but that at the present time Islam is more dangerous than Christianity.
They're all 'stupid and dangerous': Bill Maher explains why he criticizes religion
https://youtu.be/fXy2a8W0NZM

Ben Shapiro: The Myth of the Tiny Radical Muslim Minority
https://youtu.be/g7TAAw3oQvg