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Saturday, December 29, 2012

Exclusive, Intolerant, Divisive


Recognizing that brute force and the killing of 100's of millions is the only thing that stands any chance of driving religion from the public view, folks who are more reasonable than the leaders in the atheist movement advocate a different approach. Since their main goal is diminishing the influence of Christianity, the second best alternative is to  declare that all religions and philosophies are equally beneficial, or equally not beneficial depending on one's point of view.
The view that supports religious pluralism is in itself a religious belief system. It involves a very intricate description of spiritual reality. It involves a series of beliefs about Creator God (i.e. we can’t know Him or know about Him). It contains a dogmatic system of beliefs about God that seeks to persuade others to believe what it uniquely teaches. It is a system of religious belief that says that the world would be a better place if other beliefs were rejected (one religion is closer to the truth than others; all religions should be banned etc.), and people adhered exclusively to pluralism. These people say that no one should claim that their beliefs are more correct or superior to the belief's of anyone else yet pluralists say exactly that.
The view that supports the end of religion is in itself a religious belief system. It has many points of dogma, many and growing number of denominations, a growing list of codified moral behaviours in order to be “a good” atheist, shunning of those who refuse to adhere to the moral code, and even requests for money to keep radio and tv shows on the air, to keep afloat, and to help support the financial needs of the organizations leaders. Atheists denominations hold organized meet-ups with guest speakers, many hold small group Sunday morning meetings and they have Summer camp where kids are indoctrinated with atheist acceptable beliefs. The atheist view involves a very intricate description of spiritual reality. It involves a series of beliefs about Creator God (i.e. we can’t know Him or know about Him). It is a dogmatic system of beliefs about God that seeks to persuade others to believe what atheism uniquely teaches. It is a system of religious belief that says that world would be a better place if other beliefs were rejected and people adhered exclusively to atheism. These people say that no one should claim that their beliefs are more correct or superior to those of anyone else, yet atheists preach exactly that. 

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