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Lazy Myth: Christianity oppresses scientific truth and is closed-minded, aka the Galileo case

As Christians, it seems we are forbidden to ever broach the topic of who the Western world’s fathers of science were. Heaven forbid, especially, that we mention that many of them were faithful, Bible-believing Christians and then follow this up with the bold (but factual) claim that the methods employed by modern science today, and that science as an established and sustainable institution, happened within only one period – and in one part of the world – in history: that of Europe, in the period then known as Christendom.

I made the fatal mistake of dropping this claim into a little discussion on a related topic and it wasn’t long before someone piped in with their contrary piece of wisdom: “Just ask Galileo what he thought about Christendom [sic] great… Continue reading Lazy Myth: Christianity oppresses scientific truth and is closed-minded, aka the Galileo case

Lazy Myth: Christians believe because they are told to

This Myth has at its core one main assumption: Christians blindly accept what they are told - they are brainwashed. The follow-on for this myth is that children who grow up in Christian households simply adopt - without question - the beliefs of their parents. Seriously, are there any people out there today who still hold to this myth? I know the ardent Reverend (sorry, evolutionist) Richard Dawkins has gone on record as saying that your religion is dependant on where you are born in the world. For instance, if you’re born into a Muslim household, you’ll grow up as a Muslim; if a Christian household, you’ll grow up as a Christian.

With sentiments like that, I do wonder why Mr Dawkins never had aspirations to become… Continue reading Lazy Myth: Christians believe because they are told to

Dinesh D’Souza and evolutionary theory - a short take on his evolutionary defence

What’s so great about Christianity, by Dinesh D’Souza, has so far been a great read. He provides a detailed account of historical Christianity and proceeds to demonstrate the positives that Christianity has since brought into the world - and which, he argues, would not have come if Christianity did not exist. He claims that Western society today has benefited greatly from a Christian heritage - and that it is this same heritage that society has slowly - and voraciously - been turning against.

Our Western cultures today now bite the hands that fed them - the irony is that the tools in which anti-theists in general, and anti-Christians in particular, now wield have been afforded to them by the spread of Christianity. The cherished freedom… Continue reading Dinesh D'Souza and evolutionary theory - a short take on his evolutionary defence

Religion only indoctrinates and brainwashes

Here’s my bold statement this morning: religion is the antithesis to all that is good. Religion seeks to indoctrinate and effectively brainwash all those who are put through it’s regimented system of controls, boundaries and misguided logic.

Indoctrination seeks to form a particular pattern of thought in the minds of its target audience at the expense of all other opposing thoughts.

Brainwashing seeks to render any alternate thought out of existence before it can take a foothold and challenge the agenda that is being pushed.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: religion sucks. Religion creates narrow-mindedness, bigotry and incites hatred and creates elitism and ‘holier than thou’ mentalities. Who can’t agree with prominent thinkers like Richard Dawkin’s that religion is, through and through, completely and utterly destructive… Continue reading Religion only indoctrinates and brainwashes