Richard Dawkins has not been a proponent of Christianity. In fact, in his book, The God Delusion, Dawkins compared religious education, in this case, referring to Catholicism, to the sexual abuse of children, concluding incredibly that the latter was actually preferable to the former.
He rightly condemned, in his book, clerical sex abuse, but he stated as “horrible as sexual abuse no doubt was, the damage was arguably less than the long-term psychological damage inflicted by bringing the child up Catholic in the first place.” For Dawkins, belief in God is far worse than enduring sexual abuse.
Yet now, when faced with a epidemic of evil done in the name of radical Islam, where child rape and suicide bombers are praised as heroes, Dawkins has discovered something worse than believing in God.
In a text that is coursing about on social media, professional God-slayer Richard Dawkins begrudgingly admitted that Christianity may actually be our best defense against aberrant forms of religion that threaten the world.
“There are no Christians, as far as I know, blowing up buildings,” Dawkins said. “I am not aware of any Christian suicide bombers. I am not aware of any major Christian denomination that believes the penalty for apostasy is death.”
In a rare moment of candor, Dawkins reluctantly accepted that the teachings of Jesus Christ do not lead to a world of terror, whereas followers of radical Islam perpetrate the very atrocities that he laments.
In this moment of clarity, Dawkins speculates whether Christianity might be the antidote to save western civilization from the onslaught of the jihadists.
“I have mixed feelings about the decline of Christianity, in so far as Christianity might be a bulwark against something worse,” he said.
These comments, made by Dawkins, occurred in 2010, yet they have taken on a life all their own, with the full understanding of how truly evil radical Islam is in light of the ever growing ISIS movement and the terrorist attacks in places that one used to think was untouchable.
Dawkins rightly states that Christianity do not force conversion at the edge of a sword, neither do they walk into theaters with suicide vests on, nor gang rape women in the name of their religion.
Source: Breitbart
http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2016/01/12/professional-atheist-dawkins-says-christianity-bulwark-against-something-worse/
That’s ridiculous! Stupid man.
And He will say be gone from me for I never knew you
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No, we will not be a Muslim nation.
Nope its just that we don’t believe in fairy tales.
Michelle N Jared Fowler I want you to think about the 600,000 guillotines the regime in power bought….and the 1 billion dollar of Fema coffins…………………….then read this Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell is fast tracking a war powers bill through the Senate that would grant Obama virtually unlimited authority to deploy US armed forces anywhere in the world for any amount of time, opening the door for indefinite martial law on US soil.
Senate majority whip John Cornyn, as well as other senators, reacted with surprise when reporters questioned them about McConnell’s sudden fast-tracking of the bill after a year of entrenched debate. Even Democrat senators reacted with some apprehension, such as Senator Robert Mendez, who fundamentally agrees with the powers granted by the bill but doesn’t want to give Obama “a blank check.”
This sudden turn of events is both puzzling and worrisome. As the Presidential election looms on the horizon, the timing of such a bill is troublesome.
Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell is fast tracking a bill through the Senate which would grant Obama unlimited authority in the deployment of US ground forces.
“The Authorization for Use of Military Force put forward by McConnell would not restrict the president’s use of ground troops, nor have any limits related to time or geography,” Defense One reported.
In other words, the authorization allows the president to deploy the military anywhere at his discretion – both foreign and domestic – for as long as he wants.
Several senators, including Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, were surprised by McDonnell’s decision to fast-track the bill after a year of deep in-fighting over similar measures in the Senate.
Source: Info Wars
McConnell was apprehensive about granting Obama this kind of authority just last month. Some Senate Democrats had their own concerns about the scope of the bill, as well.
After sitting on the president’s proposed AUMF for nearly a year, amid deep infighting in the Senate over the measure, McConnell’s move came as a surprise to many members. Just in December, McConnell dismissed the idea of bringing up a new authorization, telling reporters: “It’s clear the president does not have a strategy in place, so it would be hard to figure out how to authorize a non-strategy.”
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Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker said that there is still a “wide diversity” of opinions on the issue. Some Democrats were critical of even the president’s own draft AUMF, warning that they’d need additional restrictions from the administration on troop levels and geographic boundaries before they could support any authorization. Republicans, meanwhile, worried deeply about restricting the president as this administration, and the next one, work to combat ISIS.
Source: Defense One
The bill would also grant the next sitting President with these same powers.
Rather than being a favor to President Obama, this is primarily a means to ensure that whoever takes control in 2017 receives a blank check for unrestrained militarism with no expiration date. This is terrifying.
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…Obama is still carrying out his illegal war on ISIS with barely a peep from our incredibly corrupt and useless Congress. Indeed, the only thing Congress is scheming to do is to ensure the next President receives a blank check for perpetual war.
Source: Liberty Blitzkrieg
The implications of the passage of such a bill are dire and place the longevity of our democracy at serious risk. On the one hand, if this bill is passed Obama could force the suspension of the presidential election indefinitely. On the other hand the next sitting President, who could very well be Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton, would retain these same powers to use at their discretion.
The threat to our liberty is serious. “These are the times that try men’s souls,” said Thomas Paine. Indeed.
Let’s hope we actually see another presidential election. Many have surmised that Obama will pull some sort of false flag operation in order to suspend the next election and become a dictator. Even Ben Carson has issued warnings to that effect.
https://www.facebook.com/StopPlayingChurch/photos/a.336881043035607.78644.119153851474995/1039287936128244/?type=3&theater
Atheism: The belief that nothing, from nothing, created everything, for no reason. Yup, that’s “logical”.
I am 99% Atheist but 1% I will leave it to religious until God talks to me I have been waiting for 57yrs to talking to me because people said God talks to them….. Well? When?