Carter's nihlism
Achilles achillesz@usa.net
Thu, 11 Feb 1999 09:08:37 -0500 (00918763717, 14071904450527@unifour.com)
On 10 Feb 99, at 22:52, Jason Carter wrote:
Till
> >There is also an aspect of Christianity that I suspect you have no disgust
> >at all for. That is the tendency of Christians to seek out those who are in
> >miserable or unfortunate circumstances and shower them with displays of
> >concern, which will often result in some of them being converted to
> >Christianity for probably no other reason than to express gratitude.
>
> CARTER
> Yes, Christians do seek out those who are miserable or in unfortunate
> circumstances, because they are the people who need love the most.
Achilles
And just so we get this straight, it's ok for Christians to concentrate on
those folks, but when an Atheist talks to the same person for the same reason
it's immoral?
> >CARTER
> >>Secondly, it is my personal experience that those who do attempt such
> >>evangelism are intensely lonely/angry, which is why I asked you the
> >>question. I did not mean to chide you, I asked only to encourage you to
> >>examine your own motivations.
> >>
> >
> >TILL
> >That's strange. I have been right in the center of this kind of
> >"evangelism," and my opinion has been the exact opposite. The skeptics are
> >very satisfied with their lives.
>
> CARTER
> If you say so. I'm not speaking of public display BTW Till.
Achilles
You mean you have some miraculous power to look into a seemingly happy skeptic
or atheists heart, and know that they are REALLY "intensely lonely/angry"
right?
There is a word for that Carter, it's called "projection."
> >TILL
> >This is typical Christian nonsense. What Carter is saying is that
> >Christians should be entitle to evangelize whenever and wherever they wish
> >but that those who have opposing views shouldn't.
> CARTER
> No, I'm mainly referring to atheists. Philosophies and beliefs which are
> immoral (ie. cultic satanism) or degrade meaning in life (atheism) should
> not be spread through evangelism. Those who have a positive philosophical
> system, or moral system (even if untrue), I have no bones with.
Achilles
Your unidentified postulate here is that some philosophies are immoral or
degrade meaning of life, specifically that Atheism "degrades meaning in life" -
also implied is that Evangelicalism does NOT degrade meaning in life. Would you
care to support or explain that? It certainly is not self-evident to anyone who
is not an Evangelical.
/Achilles achillesz@usa.net
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