Has Christianity done more for Athiesm than any other religion in the history of mankind ?

Question

Athiesm is sky rocketting........

The more Christians try to explain the Trinity concept and the bible contradictions the faster athiesm spreads.



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Answer 1

Christianity sure is the best friend the devil ever had, and as one of his evil minions I thank you...You didn't have to do it, but you did...now get on down to wide track town, I do believe that someone is calling...you poor guilt ridden sap...go get you some, with your tail between your legs...YOU KNOW WHO YOUR MASTER IS. hahahaha.... yeah, your question/statement makes some sense, but my hard heart and broken head could care less, I am JUST A LOWDOWN HEDONISTIC HELLRAISER, AND I GOT MY LIFE TO LIVE, I DON'T CARE WHAT PEOPLE BELEIVE ONE WAY OR 10 TIMES BACKWARDS ...ooh,scary.

Answer 2

I've heard it said before that nobody doubted the existence of God until the philosophers tried to prove it. So there is a kind of logic to what you're saying. When Christians write against atheism, which is quite common now, they often spark an interest in learning the other side of the debate. I've found a similar thing happening with The Da Vinci Code. There have been several Christian writers exposing the inaccuracies in The Da Vinci Code about early Christian history, and that's sparked a lot of people's interest in studying New Testament scholarship. So for example, as several Christians have pointed out, it's just not true that Constantine decreed what books were going to be in the New Testament. But if you look into the details, you'll find that it is true that the books in the New Testament weren't set until the fourth century, even if there wasn't any "conspiracy" behind it. That's unsettling to a lot of Christians. In the same way, those who write against atheism have to discuss the problem of evil, and they may wind up doing more harm than good by calling attention to the problem. However, I have to also say that Christianity hasn't "helped" atheism on the whole. After all, there were practically no atheists in the Western World before the 18th century. I'd say what's helped atheism the most is, well.. atheists.

Answer 3

To say it's just the internet would be too one-sided. Sure, we get so much information from the internet, but what's the root of our curiosity? I think what the questioner is touching upon is the fact that the more and more we learn about science and human nature, the more Christianity is becoming a means for pushing people away from God[s].

Sadly, the bible's contradictions just makes atheism that much easier. But to be fair, there is also a rising number of Christians who not only believe in evolution, but are also starting to study the bible rationally, filtering out all the bullsh!t and extracting whatever truth is left. Either way, the questioner here is right. Christianity has in many ways been a catalyst for atheism.

Many atheists are ex-believers, after all. It's just the fact that the more we advance into the 21st century, the more God (or at least the theistic, Christian God) becomes less necessary to live a full life of morals, healing, and purpose.

Answer 4

I think the answer is plainly YES! Christianity is the best tool ever used to turn people away from God.

I would like to add that there is a big difference between Christianity as taught by Christ and Christianity practiced today. For example the Trinity doctrine and most other so called "contradictions" in the bible are not biblical teaching- rather they are man made concepts.

Answer 5

Atheism hasn't gain support from disproving or proving contradictions of Christianity, there is no such proof. Atheism has gained ground do to the tools (internet, tv), people (politicians, actors, musicians, professors, scientists) and natural laws and philosophy of atheism, in a time and climate ripe for it. But Christianity has the same advantages. It would be more fair to say that do to technological advances that every religion and belief system has the ability to strengthen itself. I don't think the views of Christianity by an atheist have changed much over the past centuries, their is nothing new or revolutionary in any of there arguments. It's just that there seems to be an arms race of belief systems in affect. My question to you is this, why is Christianity, atheism's biggest rival, the one religion they are focused on toppling more than any other. To a Christian it only further strengthens the belief that the ideology of atheism is another attack of Satan, and proves that the adversary is drawing up all available resources to topple this one true belief. But to answer your question, the reason atheism is growing is because one, everything is perfect for the expansion of beliefs and two, societies general feelings are against that which oppress or interfere with our own decision making.

Answer 6

No, atheism is just a word that means lacking belief in deities. It is not a collection of beliefs that people who are atheists must hold beyond that. There are religious atheists in religions that don't require deity beliefs. There are atheists that are Humanists and many that are not. There are atheists who believe in other metaphysical or supernatural claims and others that don't. There is no set of beliefs that all atheists must believe or have in common beyond disbelief in deities. To say its a religion would be the same as to say if a group of people built a faith around worshiping leprechauns and called those who didn't believe their claims aleprechaunists the aleprechaunists would be a religion. This is clearly ridiculous as they are merely people who don't accept the claims or share the beliefs of the leprechaun worshipers.

Answer 7

I don't think the numbers of actual atheist have changed. I just think since the enlightenment and the downfall of the Holy Roman Empire, people are more free to speak their minds (and you can thank Protestantism for that). Western science has done more for atheism.

Answer 8

I'm sure you could spend many lifetimes studying the cultural underpinnings of the recent move towards atheism in the US and Europe. I'd propose that the American virtue of Liberty is a big factor; with liberty as an ideal and material well-being, religion's pull is weaker.

Answer 9

So an atheist is an atheist because they don't understand the simple concept of the trinity? This is an example of a valid correlation? This is atheistic thought at its finest?

Answer 10

Good question. I think that once people open their eyes and start realizing they do have the ability to think for themselves, and they don't have to take what the guy in the pulpit is saying as 100% fact, and that they can do their own research into the history of their chosen religion, that they will start to realize that atheism isn't such a bad way of thinking....it's the only logical way of thinking.