Christians: Tips To Doing Battle With Evil Atheists
Filed Under (Deep Thoughts, Funny Stuff) by Ian on 04-02-2008
Tagged Under : argument, atheists, battle, christians, debate
Christians: Tips To Doing Battle With Evil Atheist
1. Remember that they are people, just like you are. Contrary to what you may have been led to believe, they are not some lower life form we share this planet with.
2. More than likely, they are smarter than you are. This can be difficult to come to grips with, but it does appear to be true and is a claim that is actually supported by the Bible (1 Corinthians 1:18-31)
3. Statistically, they are also as moral, if not more so than you are. While it is a good thing that they generally are highly moral, it is a shame that we, who often times claim the moral high ground, seem unable, or unwilling, to match our words with our lives.
4. They will probably thump you in debate. They are much more likely to have carefully thought through their position and understand why they believe what they do. We are more likely simply to present some argument that the person we heard it from guaranteed would destroy the enemy. The problem with that is that many of them have heard the same arguments many times and are easily able to counter them.
5. Don’t under-estimate their knowledge of the Bible. Many of them are more familiar with the Bible than the average Christian is. And they know all of the passages that will cause you a problem, and will not hesitate to challenge you with them.
This is ok, but look at the rest of them on that page….
They are being encouraged to not think. To accept blindly what they were told.
Horrible!
Haha, I started reading that thinking Ian wrote it as a parody until I found the link!
hiARious!
Hehe, I thought it was a parody too when I first read it. The writer did seem to be telling people that they maybe dumb, un-thinking, blind followers who can’t prove their points or win arguments, but your still right:p…
Hahaha, this is awesome. The fact it *isn’t* parody makes it even funnier!
Lucius: This is what they are being told on the rest of the page (shortened to save space, not information. Check yourself if you don’t believe me):
1. Don’t feel like you have to win all of the battles. You are not going to. In fact, you may not win any of them. Be satisfied with being able to clearly and logically express what you believe and why.
2. Be respectful, open and truthful. The remainder of 1 Peter 3:15 tells us to make our defense “with gentleness and respect”. Realize that the people you are debating with really do have a lot to offer. Don’t throw away the opportunity to learn from them because they do not believe in the God we hold dear. Don’t make the mistake of believing that everything an atheist says is suspect.
3. Treat them the way you would like to be treated yourself.
4. Be willing to admit that there are things you don’t know. Believe it or not, it will not hurt your position.
5. Remember that our walk is by faith and that we cannot prove that God exists or that the Bible is true. We might be able to make an argument to support those beliefs, but do not mistake that for proof.
6. Remember that while the Bible may be authoritative to you, like it is to me, to an atheist it is just an old book and has no more authority than the Iliad.
7. Enjoy your stay with us, learn and share, and don’t get too worked up about anything.
8. Don’t feed the trolls.
I see humility, a call for gentleness and respect and a general openness. I really do not see where this is horrible but I clearly see where the reaction of simply ridiculing this undermines the atheist argument of being “smarter” or “nicer” or less “dogmatic”.
What does it say in the header of your page: “Religion has got to go!” I don’t think so. You people have way too much to learn.
>What does it say in the header of your page: “Religion has got to go!” I don’t think so. You people have way too much to learn.
You take a far more relaxed and diplomatic approach towards religion. If every religious person out there was like you, I would have no qualms with religion, but you are a tiny minority of the world’s religious. Most are far more aggressive and invasive and will only learn to stop pushing their beliefs on others by getting an opposing push.
Thanks for not taking my head right off ;-)
I must say however that I am living in Rome as a student and seminarian. Empirical evidence clearly shows that even in the capital of catholic ambition and clericalism the ones who are aggressive are in the vast minority and the ones who are invasive are not pushing their rosaries down anybodies throats any further than the - let’s say - gay rights movement is throwing their condoms and naked butts around without being specifically asked to do so and without asking whether there might be people who would rather not see stuff like that. And don’t even get me started on the atheists in this city. They demand and exercise every right (free speech, public ridiculing of religion, exercising pressure in secular institutions) that they want to deny to the Church. I don’t mind atheists voicing their opinion, but I would like a level playing field.