Yzermandius19

they will not pack the supreme court their own senators won't vote for it they won't get a filibuster proof majority SCOTUS is 6-3, not much they can do about it chill out

when it wanes too much millions get killed by atheists God is dead is a lament not an exhalation be careful what you wish for Nietzsche knows

I am Catholic the Catholics are better off that they lost that battle especially in the long run plenty of reason for Catholics to celebrate that day

the secular world came out of the religious world, the Christian world in particular it stems from Romans 13 render unto Caesar what is Caesar's render unto God what is God's that is the foundation of the separation of church and state it is not a coincidence that the secular countries you speak so highly of are majority Christian nations none of the nations you speak so highly of, are majority some other religion or atheist also not a coincidence you may refuse to give Christianity it's due but that doesn't mean it doesn't deserve it it means you are living in denial

no but God does help reduce nastiness and increase decency if the societies his followers built are any indication atheists and those who follow other religions, who live in these cultures, are beneficiaries of that whether they admit it or not

you overestimate how common decency is because you live during the most historically decent era, in a historically decent location your ivory tower is an outlier, not the norm, both throughout history and in the world today cherish that, don't take it for granted, don't project it on the rest of the world or back into history Rousseau was wrong, you're making the same mistake

they do, the atheists were quite enthusiastic in murdering over 100 million in the 20th Century

nope decency is an outlier in the historical record nastiness isn't Hobbes was right Rousseau was wrong

then why do atheists do it more cheerfully and completely than the religious? riddle me that

it is right atheists kill more people than Christians by several orders of magnitude, especially in recent history their track record is far worse than their religious counterparts you are tunnel visioning on the flaws of certain religions while ignoring or downplaying the flaws of other religions and atheists resulting in a warped perception of world, both today and throughout history

wrong that sense of human decency you would recognize began with the Jews they were the first religion to stop child sacrifice for instance hence God telling Abraham not kill his son the world prior to Judeo-Christian values was not a commonly decent place, quite the opposite monotheism is a helluva drug

no most atheists who do well are actually Christian they act as if God exists and follow Judeo-Christian values, even if they claim they don't believe in God the atheists who don't do that, do nowhere near as well note that most well off atheists live in majority Christian nations and that majority Christian nations are the most well off nations on the planet those of other religions do much better in majority Christian nations than elsewhere, as do atheists is that a coincidence? I think not

how they gonna justify all the mail in voting without covid though? good luck with that one Democrats

those who believe that God is a giant Raven haven't faired as well as Christians throughout history so probably not

definitely not not even close

the Christians seem to be getting pretty good results perhaps because they are closer to the mark than other religions if the universe is the work of intelligent design would the creator not reward those who have the best understanding of that universe the most, to help lead them and others to the light?

what percentage should they pay?

I don't see how evolution or the big bang suggest that a divine creator isn't behind them nothing in either of those theories suggests that is the case and in fact many of scientists who developed these theories are in fact Christians false dichotomy being asserted here, that Christianity and science aren't compatible intelligent design leaves room for both to be correct and reinforcing the other

there are lots of other people to talk to if you want to post, then post if you do not want to post, then don't you do you

do you think rich pay their fair share in taxes or not?

I have no strong feelings one way or the other nor do I understand why you should care either way

the only damage done to American institutions by the capitol riots was by the overreaction of the Democrats to them the alt-right may become more dangerous than the alt-left in the future as a backlash against the danger posed by the alt-left but that is nowhere near the case right now

If Trump runs he wins the nomination if he doesn't run than DeSantis will run and win the nomination obvious frontrunners are obvious

except the BLM riots resulted in far more deaths, injuries and property damage than the capitol riots and have done far more damage to the fabric of America's institutions you just can't see it, because you have partisan blinders on and only want to tunnel vision on the crimes of the right while ignoring or downplaying those of the left

1) you can take it too far, but you shouldn't everything in moderation, including moderation you want the goldilocks zone, not too much of a good thing 3) it just so happens most of the richest people got rich by providing goods and services to the widest swath of consumers many of whom include the disadvantaged you claim to be so worried about while condemning those helping them because they got rich doing it