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Originally Posted by Skyceman
No matter how you slice it - to ignore the fact that Christianity is being followed by 33% of the world population is something that can't be ignored. That's over twice as many as the non-religious population.
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No matter how you slice it, you can't ignore the fact that anything but Christianity is followed by 67% of the world population. That's 3 times as many as the Christian population.
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Originally Posted by Skyceman
I'd like to hear your answer and explain how so many people could be so "deceived" by some little ancient book.
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You first. Explain to me how so many people believed in Zeus for so long.
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Originally Posted by Skyceman
How this "book" has caused people to be persecuted or even lose their life just for carrying it around with them. Or how people dedicate and sacrifice their lives to helping others in the world without any monetary reward. Or how a criminal mind is changed into a clean living citizen. I've personally seen it do this very thing.
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Depending on the time and place, strutting around with a copy of the Communist Manifesto in your pocket might get you persecuted or clipped, so that bit doesn't do much for me.
People do good things all the time and the bible has nothing to do with it.
As for Gowan changing his criminal mind and becoming a clean liver(?), I think that kind of thing can be done sans bible.
Charity, sacrifice, dedication, kindness, successful rehab -- Christianity doesn't have a monopoly on this stuff.