My dear Christian Friends - some of us are Atheists for different reasons . I would like you to see why I am?
I just looked at this website and would like to point out some of the skewed atrocities on here. If you look at the link to this website and then follow the link to the Justice link.Some of the atrocities includein the Hawaii section: that the Christian missionaries brougth disease to the people of Hawaii.Also, in the middle ages, that the Catholic church persecuted the Protestants. That was Christian against Christian, by the way.I'm at a loss as to how you can blame God for the diseases in Hawaii, as if someone who came from either another religion or a group of Atheists settling in Hawaii would have prevented that from occuring.The first paragraph shows that this is an extremely opinionated website designed to spew hatred against Christianity. Because of these types of issues, without citations I might add, I have doubts about whether this is fact instead of opinion.While I can understand your viewpoint, and that for these among other reasons you don't agree with Christianity. I hope that you realize that most of the basis for the articles are based on stories brought down throughout the ages. Stories brought down often become believed and finally accepted as factual. To me, it's like the equivalent of hating the Egyptians because of what they did to the Jews back in the Old Testament while they were slaves. The Egyptians were cruel taskmasters to their slaves. But the people of Egypt are not responsible today for those atrocities. While it is in their histry and culture, I believe that the people of that country have come a long way. For that reason, I hope that you will see that blaming christianity today for the atrocities committed in the name of our religion several centuries ago is unfair.My aunt was a missionary in Colombia and served over there for 42 years. She was jailed, set upon with poisonous snakes, and had her house bombed more than once by the political factions of the religious people. Yet, I don't blame their religion or God, nor does she. What we understand is that there are people, good and bad, of all religions. Being a Christian does not make me better than you. In many ways I agree that you are a better person than me, because you try to see people with compassion. But, I hope you also see that hating a religion based upon their history is wrong.