Atheist and Christian Find Common Values in a Debate | Phil Zuckerman & Lewis Howeth 

I look at the history of religion as it's bad. Why would I want to join a group of people who don't want to grow up?

I just like how open both parties were. They showed respect and openness new information. Such talks really help in forming a perspective on these issues

can have all the same values but no need to stick a God in there.

There are different kinds of people on a fundamental level. My mother and I are extremely close and we live and laugh and get along amazingly well and talk nearly every day. She is a Biblical Christian and a life long committed Democrat. I accepted long ago that there are no words I can say, no argument that I can make that will change her perspective on these ideas. The Democrats could announce a mandatory interment camp policy for all non-Democrats for re-education and my sweet mom would probably go along with it. And I understand that there are equal Republicans that are the same way. The important part is to try to find the kindness and value in human beings beyond the focus on conflict and differences. I agree these style of debates don't really accomplish anything other than getting clicks from people whose minds are already made up.

Evidence shows that given the freedom to explore religious dogma on their own and choose its place in their lives with NO punitive punishment, people more likely choose pragmatism or rejection over high level of religiosity. This describes the West and christianity. Islam is different because aside from 8 countries where punishment for apostasy is death, most muslim countries still have pretty substantively negative consequences for rejecting islam. Hence people have little choice but to at the least pay lip service to religious fervor.

All you have to ask them, who said, Let US make man in our image who said that.

The main thing that I see as the most damaging aspect about Christianity is the teachings of Jesus which says take no thought for tomorrow and when it says that Jesus said that if someone doesn’t hate their family and even hate themselves then they can’t come to Jesus.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding Christianity but it seems to be based on human sacrifice, blood magic, and torture which I think most children would fear and those are not my personal values. So I'm not Christian anymore because it doesn't align with my values. Maybe there is a version of Christianity that doesn't have those things in it but it seems like most pastors and preachers love to talk about human sacrifice, blood magic, and torture. And they say those things are good which I disagree with.

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