re: #71 Belafon

While there are plenty of Christians who fail to follow this particular passage in the New Testament

Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. - James 2:17

commonly translated to “faith without works is dead,” the overwhelming majority of Christians do follow that credo.

I simply assert those people (admittedly without evidence) would be good people regardless of their faith, not because of it. (As a matter of fact, I have used an argument before when getting beat up in Yahoo Answers - If the only reason you don’t murder or rob is because your faith tells you not to, by all means, don’t give up your faith.)