Why do some Atheists say Christianity is harmful?

[ChristineM]

Sex changed my life too, but not necessarily in a positive way.

I was only sharing. I was not proselytizing and preaching, not any more than you were proselytizing and preaching for sex.

Shame

You started the sex thing, i was honestly replying to your post.

 

[Trailblazer]

He repeatedly said that atheists have no morals, and no meaning to their lives. In what he posts, he presents his beliefs as if they are objective truths. I was reminding him that they are not.

What atheists and others who disagree with him share here are also not objective truths. They are only personal opinions.
I do not think that atheists have no morals and no meaning to their lives but that is only my personal opinion.

 

[Trailblazer]

I believe it would be more accurate to say most people on this thread don't think its ok to hold demonstrably harmful opinions.

Define harmful. Harmful to whom? How does sharing one's opinion harm others?

 

[Trailblazer]

You started the sex thing, i was honestly replying to your post.

No, I did not start the sex thing, I just jumped on the band wagon after it got started.
Yes, you were just honestly replying to my post.

 

[danieldemol]

Define harmful. Harmful to whom? How does sharing one's opinion harm others?

Is English your second language that you need a definition of harmful?

We were talking about harm to society in this context, and remember, it should be net harm to justify a ban like the Baha'i faith (loyal to Shoghi Effendi and the Universal House of Justice based in Haifa) plans to when it comes to power in my view.

Hate speech has been proven to harm people amongst degenerate mobs.

 

[Trailblazer]

Is English your second language that you need a definition of harmful?

Something that is harmful has a bad effect on something else, especially on a person's health.
...the harmful effects of smoking.
Synonyms: damaging, dangerous, negative, evil More Synonyms of harmful

HARMFUL definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary

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I could argue that homosexual practices are harmful to health but I won't waste my time.
I already proved that long ago on another thread.

We were talking about harm to society in this context, and remember, it should be net harm to justify a ban like the Baha'i faith (loyal to Shoghi Effendi and the Universal House of Justice based in Haifa) plans to when it comes to power in my view.

There is no ban, only a law, no sex out of wedlock, and that law applies equally to homosexuals and heterosexuals.

Hate speech has been proven to harm people amongst degenerate mobs.

Baha'is do not employ hate speech.

 

[Kelly of the Phoenix]

You dont even fear hell or what?

Eventually you experience it often enough that it becomes cliche.

 

[danieldemol]

Something that is harmful has a bad effect on something else, especially on a person's health.
...the harmful effects of smoking.
Synonyms: damaging, dangerous, negative, evil More Synonyms of harmful

HARMFUL definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary

HARMFUL definition: Something that is harmful has a bad effect on something else, especially on a person's... | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples in American English

www.collinsdictionary.com

I could argue that homosexual practices are harmful to health but I won't waste my time.

Suit yourself.

I already proved that long ago on another thread.

No you didn't, you proved that promiscuous unprotected anal-sex is harmful to the health of individuals, not that this is an exclusively homosexual activity, nor that it provides the net harm to society to justify a complete ban on homosexuality in my opinion.

There is no ban, only a law, no sex out of wedlock, and that law applies equally to homosexuals and heterosexuals.

No, the Baha'i Faith (loyal to shoghi effendi and the Haifa based Universal House of Justice) does not permit monogamous homosexuals to have sex within wedlock in my opinion.

Baha'is do not employ hate speech.

Ha ha, and if i show you examples of that I guess you will claim they are not true Baha'i (no true Scotsman) in my view.

 

[SalixIncendium]

Are all the opinions people share here necessarily true?

No, but most that objectively false are challenged.

 

[Kelly of the Phoenix]

Well lets put it this way, religion and faith is the only thing keeping me alive. Without it i would have roped long ago. God appeared to me in my darkest hour, and saved me from death (yes i nearly died via suicide, near death experience etc.)

Similar situation, but God helped me abandon my trust in Abrahamic religions. I follow God, not a church.

 

[George Washington]

That it is their opinion is merely your opinion.

It is your opinion that their opinion is that it is someone's opinion.

 

[SalixIncendium]

It is your opinion that their opinion is that it is someone's opinion.

It's your opinion that it's my opinion that their opinion is that it is someone else's opinion.

 

[George Washington]

Lol.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Are all the opinions people share here necessarily true?

The issue is the evidence stands firmly against your opinion.

 

[John53]

As defined by the OP sexual purity means not having sex without making babies. Such radical overproduction of people has lead to all sorts of problems for the health of our planet in my view.

Not to mention millions of children born into poverty.

 

[Kelly of the Phoenix]

Oh and yes you obviously noticed i dont like modern Judaism. Obviously i dont, because Judaism is a very anti-christian force nowadays.

To be fair, Christianity could use being knocked down a few pegs.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

To be fair, Christianity could use being knocked down a few pegs.

Especially American Christians.

 

[danieldemol]

Especially American Christians.

Especially conservative US Christianity in my opinion.

 

[Kelly of the Phoenix]

Yes, we need more offspring, otherwise i would agree such relationships are generally useless. there would be no such thing in heaven.

God can make offspring from the rocks.

 

[Trailblazer]

Suit yourself.

I do not write the definitions.

No you didn't, you proved that promiscuous unprotected anal-sex is harmful to the health of individuals, not that this is an exclusively homosexual activity, nor that it provides the net harm to society to justify a complete ban on homosexuality in my opinion.

You are welcome to your opinion but you don't have a leg to stand on regarding the health risks.

Who is trying to justify a complete ban on homosexuality? Nobody can ban any sexual activity, be it heterosexual or homosexual.
What people do in the privacy of their own bedrooms cannot be monitored, nor should it be.

No, the Baha'i Faith (loyal to shoghi effendi and the Haifa based Universal House of Justice) does not permit monogamous homosexuals to have sex within wedlock in my opinion.

The Baha'i laws have nothing to do with the Baha'i Faith (loyal to shoghi effendi and the Haifa based Universal House of Justice)

“The Bahá’í teachings on sexual morality centre on marriage and the family as the bedrock of the whole structure of human society and are designed to protect and strengthen that divine institution. Bahá’í law thus restricts permissible sexual intercourse to that between a man and the woman to whom he is married.” The Kitáb-i-Aqdas, p. 223​

This has nothing to do with the Covenant. If the other Baha'i groups go against the Aqdas, they are going against Baha'u'llah.

Baha'u'llah only permitted sex between a man and a woman who are married to each other, and that means that homosexuals cannot have sex and still adhere to Baha'i law.

Ha ha, and if i show you examples of that I guess you will claim they are not true Baha'i (no true Scotsman) in my view.

You can show me examples of that but if they employ hate speech against homosexuals they would be going against what the UHJ instructed us to do.