Mosque ban in TN

[Ranger]

Christianity is the boodiest thing EVER to grace the face of this planet barring the gigantic meteor that killed everything (you creationists can ignore that last statement.)

Spoken like a true atheist. Perhaps you are are agnostic, but that last statement really says otherwise.

Personally I think if we get rid of ALL organized religion this planet would be a much better place.

Whether you choose to believe or not, and to make sure I'm stating my position clearly - I do, at the very core of religion are generally good values and if belief in those values make a person a better person then I think religion has served a good purpose. Without these values then murder would be OK because there are no societal norms based on religion that would have banned it. Many laws of this country and in many ways this country itself could have been lawless without Christianity.

Since the basic principal of most religions is acceptance, love and compassion, these are all apparently bad things to you (and others that believe the same thing). In order to support your side of the equation you are quick to point out how the various religions have committed heinous acts but of course fail to point out those committed by the non religious. That is the same as saying all priests are child molesters when, in fact, they represent a VERY small percentage of priests but be sure to put the spotlight on those that are in order to make your point that region is corrupt and evil.

How many poor have you fed or clothed in your lifetime? And I don't mean that you gave to charity, but actually provided for them? This is the mission of many religious orders and man aren't they evil for doing it?

So go on believing your double rainbows or whatever the heck else you believe in and I'll keep putting my FAITH behind the core values that people of all walks tend to support more - like doing my best to be an honest, forgiving and loving person but accepting that I am human and will falter.

Atheists always sound like liberals to me (and I believe most probably are), in that the only information they have is their talking points that justify their position but know absolutely nothing about the actual topics or issues themselves. Now you may not be an atheist yourself, but you sure hate religion for no real reason other than your talking points.

Oh, and by the way, I was a hard core atheist for a long time, so I'm not speaking as someone who doesn't understand their position and rationale.

An in order to keep on topic, I believe in freedom of religion and I know that muslims are FAR more peaceful than the radicals that are brought to the forefront. How many other constitutional rights should we give up? Might as well throw out the 2nd amendment too, since we are just tearing up the constitution.