re: #20 Walter L. Newton

That source of grace, mercy and compassion requires a BELIEF too. Unless you’re telling me that it’s fine to be a hypocrite, sit in church, get all that grace, mercy and compassion but know in your heart that the whole basis behind the show is a bunch of mythical rot passed down by cultures who, at the time, found a way to deal with the unknown.

It’s not 3500 BC anymore. You can get all of the grace, mercy and compassion from your interactions with your fellow man. You don’t need some mystical referee in the sky keeping score.

That’s fine and it’s your argument for atheism and you’re entitled to it. I’m just saying that that sort of corruption doesn’t exist in all people of faith. In fact, the exact opposite is true for those who “use” God to inspire them to do good works.