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Post by James Hannam on Dec 27, 2008 10:59:12 GMT
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Post by unkleE on Dec 27, 2008 22:19:27 GMT
James, That's quite an amazing and honest article, and well worth bookmarking. It reflects, but also goes further than, a 2005 Guardian article by atheist journalist Roy Hattersley titled Faith does breed charity, with the byline "We atheists have to accept that most believers are better human beings". If only we christians could live up to these standards all the time! |
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Post by bjorn on Dec 27, 2008 23:32:02 GMT
I would anyhow heartily recommend Udo Middelmann's recently published Christianity versus Fatalistic Religions in the War Against Poverty
He has been speaking on this for decades, nice to see him also releasing a book.
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Post by elephantchang51 on Dec 28, 2008 7:21:23 GMT
Dear James,
I've pretty much always thought Christianity has a beneficial effect on societies as a whole.My problem as an atheist is this fact makes not one iota of difference as to whether the theistic proposition is true or not.
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Post by jamierobertson on Dec 28, 2008 14:45:25 GMT
Very true, elephant. However, many atheists would disagree with you on that one. The arguments that absence of belief is not a barrier to good deeds, and the related one that religion will adversely affect your behaviour, are spread widely by atheists.
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