Evil is a concept which means the absence of good just as dark is the absence of light and cold is the absence of heat. All that is good comes from God and evil is the absence of God. Note this also means that God did not create evil.
Atheists actively believe that there is no God. (not to be confused with Agnostics who do not know or care if there is a God) Therefore Atheists are evil.
There is no such thing as Christian Hedonism. There is Hedonism and there are deviant churches that practice Hedonism, but Christian teachings and Hedonism are incompatible. Christ teaches us to think of others. Hedonism teaches to think of yourself. A Hedonist will not sacrifice himself since he is all about maximum pleasure and minimum pain.
Those Hedonistic churches that you refer to that call themselves Christian may have started out as fundamental Christians, but have somehow lost their way. It is not being judgmental to help someone by telling them they are on the wrong road. Especially if you know the road is a dead end.
The word "Christian" does not have a copyright. Anyone can adopt it, even if they aren't.
I suppose I may be missing the question (based on some of the other responses). And based on your chosen name, I must be a moron.....wait....graduate degrees in physics and astronomy say that I am not a moron.
Then perhaps we should question why someone with such a screen name would be in the religious section anyway?
2007-03-09 01:57:45
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answered by sparc77 7
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Among modern atheists, the view that atheism simply means "without theistic beliefs" has a great deal of currency.[51] This very broad definition is often justified by reference to the etymology (cf. privative a),[11][52] as well as to the consistent usage of the word by atheists.[53] However, others have dismissed the former justification as an etymological fallacy and the latter on the grounds that majority usage outweighs minority usage.[54]
Although this definition of atheism is frequently disputed, it is not a recent invention; as far back as 1772, d'Holbach said that "All children are born Atheists; they have no idea of God".[55] More recently, science fiction author George H. Smith (1979) put forth a similar view:
"The man who is unacquainted with theism is an atheist because he does not believe in a god. This category would also include the child without the conceptual capacity to grasp the issues involved, but who is still unaware of those issues. The fact that this child does not believe in god qualifies him as an atheist."[56]
Smith coined the terms implicit atheism and explicit atheism to avoid confusing these two varieties of atheism. Implicit atheism is defined by Smith as "the absence of theistic belief without a conscious rejection of it", while explicit atheism—the form commonly held to be the only true form of atheism—is an absence of theistic belief due to conscious rejection.
Many similar dichotomies have since sprung up to subcategorize the broader definition of atheism. Strong, or positive, atheism is the belief that gods do not exist. It is a form of explicit atheism. A strong atheist consciously rejects theism, and may even argue that certain deities logically cannot exist, although strong atheists rarely claim to have certain knowledge that no deities exist.[57] Weak, or negative, atheism is either the absence of the belief that gods exist (in which case anyone who is not a theist is a weak atheist), or of both the belief that gods exist and the belief that they do not exist (in which case anyone who is neither a theist nor a strong atheist is a weak atheist).[13][58] While the terms weak and strong are relatively recent, the concepts they represent have existed for some time. The terms negative atheism and positive atheism have been used in the philosophical literature[59] and (in a slightly different sense) in Catholic apologetics.[60]
Contrary to the common view of theological agnosticism—the denial of knowledge or certainty of the existence of deities—as a "midway point" between theism and atheism, under this understanding of atheism, many agnostics may qualify as weak atheists (cf. agnostic atheism). However, others may be agnostic theists. Many agnostics and/or weak atheists are critical of strong atheism, seeing it as a position that is no more justified than theism, or as one that requires equal "faith".[61][62]
2007-03-07 04:34:16
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answered by wengkuen 4
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Considering the % of atheists in prison is lower than the general population, I'd guess it's a false premise to assume an atheist can do whatever they want.
However, faulty logic and Christianity have never been strange bedfellows.
2007-03-07 04:33:38
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answered by Radagast97 6
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Atheism is the beginning of clear thought.
Christianity is simply the incorrect answer.
2007-03-07 04:44:22
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answered by Dances with Poultry 5
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