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Atheists & Agnostics

cyclonefence

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8. Christianity isn't easy

Reply to beam me up scottie (Reply #3)

Mon Jul 31, 2017, 10:06 AM

Jul 2017

One of the reasons I'm an atheist is the impossibility (for me) of believing in the words of Jesus enough to actually act on them (I realize Xianity isn't the only alternative to atheism, but it's how I was brought up). To follow Jesus, we must do exactly what Stephen Fry says the Pope could do to rehabilitate catholicism, and I'm not willing to sell everything I own and give the money to the poor. This is one of the central messages of Jesus, and one people who like to call themselves Christians to a man/woman fail to follow.

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Stephen Fry: A force for good ... or not [View all] beam me up scottie Jul 2017 OP

Thank you, Stephen Fry. Hieronymus Jul 2017 #1

Love that guy. beam me up scottie Jul 2017 #4

☝ When asked about my atheism Duppers Jul 2017 #5

It's a shame the blasphemy case didn't make it to court. beam me up scottie Jul 2017 #6

Yep. 😉 Duppers Jul 2017 #7

Too many institutions (many of them religious) and people with evil deeds.... Raster Jul 2017 #2

Well said! beam me up scottie Jul 2017 #3

Christianity isn't easy cyclonefence Jul 2017 #8