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Originally Posted by Calgaryborn
But the same can be said for much of the bloodshed done in the name of religion. Was the cause the religion or was it power hungery men who used religion as a vehicle much the same way Communism used atheism as an excuse to kill opposition and take their stuff.
I can't. As a Christian I don't believe man is inherantly good. That includes Christian men. We all sin(miss the mark). That doesn't mean we are excused from our actions or that we can't make the world a better place by applying christian principles to our lives. The book of James says:
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You know I really feel sorry for you. What a sad way to live. So you think in order for man to be good, he has to have a belief in some sort of higher being, that man can not bring out his good nature on his own? Wow...
And man was supposedly created in God's image...What does that say about you God?