Truth Saves - Why Take a Stand

Agreeing to disagree

is only an option for beliefs,

NOT CLAIMS.

The Bible makes claims which people base personal decisions upon, decisions that affect the freedom & well-being of others.

Votes & elections are based on these claims
Laws are based on these claims
Medical treatments are based on these claims
Women's rights are based on these claims
Views of others are based on these claims
What children are taught about history and science is based on these claims.

But isn't religion harmless? Christianity is a religion and religion is essentially harmless, BUT Christianity is also a dogmatic belief system. Dogma is not open to scrutiny, revision, or change and is always harmful for a society. Although many Christians only treat select claims as truth, the claims related to what they are seeking truth on, they still support belief in taking all of the Bible's claims as the inerrant inspired word of a god.		Doesn't it inspire good? Christianity only gives bad reasons to do good where good reasons are actually available. Reasons that are not exclusive to or dependent on Christianity and do not carry the negative baggage of a dogmatic belief system. Santa inspires kids to do good but eventually we must move on and find better reasons to do good.

Why Christianity is a dogma. Christianity is the following of Jesus Christ's teachings in accordance with the Bible/scripture. Christianity rests upon the tradition that the Bible is the inspired inerrant word of God told through prophets for it makes claims that, if were true, could not have been known to man independently. If the Bible is not taken as inerrant and God inspired then Christianity is meaningless for there would be no way to tell what parts are suppose to be true and what parts are not. No outside non-religious sources support the claims that are crucial to the faith such as heaven, hell, souls, sin or Jesus dying for our sins. Can you have Christianity without the Bible? No. Jesus Christ, along with his teachings, is based upon the religious texts of Christianity. Although most historians believe a regular human figure dubbed "Historical Jesus" inspired some of the Gospel stories on the figure Jesus Christ we still know nothing about this potential historical figure and especially do not know any of his possible teachings.		Bad people will do bad things... But what does it take for good people to bad things? The answer: convincing them that counterfactual claims are inerrant. Those who do harm in the name of Christianity are not twisting the words of the Bible to fuel hate. They are good people doing what is morally right based on the belief in the inerrancy of the Bible's claims. A belief that we need to stop making socially acceptable. Examples of such Bible claims. The Bible claims Hell, Heaven, and souls exist and that homosexuality is a sin. All major campaigns against marriage equality in the USA base their motives on those claims, to protect people from Hell by discouraging a sin. The Bible also claims that prayer will cure all injuries or illnesses. Many children die because their parents rely on prayer instead of seeing a doctor. In all of the Bible's examples of faith healing there is no need for a doctor and such parents are convinced their children ARE being healed as the Bible promises, even after it is too late.

2 things every moral person must know about Christianity

•	The Bible is NOT inerrant.
•	Making it socially acceptable to believe it is makes it socially acceptable to...

ATTACK MARRIAGE EQUALITY

All major campaigns AGAINST marriage equality base their motives on the Bible's claim of a soul, sin, Hell, & Heaven.

MURDER by FAITH HEALING

The Bible's false claims of prayer/faith healing has led the physical harm and death of adults, children, & infants.

BLUR MYTHOLOGY & REALITY

The Bible's claims of demons, Heaven, and God have led to the murder of innocent by those who intended well.

attack WOMEN'S CHOICE

Freedom, health and lives are at risk because of a Bible based understanding of life instead of a factual one.

attack STEM CELL RESEARCH

The most promising field of medical research is under attack, prolonging current and future physical suffering.

ATTACK EDUCATION

Education is heavily under attack on multiple platforms in attempts to teach biblical claims instead of scientific claims.

spread HIV, AIDS & HPV

Catholics teach Africans that death is better than condom use, millions die from AIDS. Christians prevent cures for HPV.

CENSOR of our FREEDOM of SPEECH

You will be shocked how heavily freedom of speech is suppressed because of the Bible's claims of authority.

fuel MODERN VIOLENCE

Christianity's blood past is not entirely in the past as people are still being killed for reasons based on biblical claims.

endorce BLUE LAWS

Blue Laws tell others what they can and cannot buy, sell, be hired for, or do on certain days based on the Bible.

unconstitutional TAX EXEMPTION & FINANCIAL INCOME

Religious institutions are getting away with not paying taxes and that pushes the burden on to the rest of us.

Psychologically ABUSE CHILDREN

Indoctrination segregates and labels Children. Claims of hell & guiltiness of sin psychologically abuses them.

form a GLOBAL THEOCRACY

Many Christian organizations and Universities have one main objective, to make the U.S. into a Christian Taliban.

More issues stemming from the Bible...

LOST FOCUS of REAL ISSUES
Christianity takes the focus off of real issues and problems by convincing people everything is either "just part of God's plan" or the lack of belief in their specific god is the only possible cause of problems. Furthermore the faithful turn to prayer instead of taking positive action.

DIVISION
Any belief system that bases authority as truth instead of truth as authority such as Christianity results in conflicting world views and causes division. Such believers only naturally feel threatened by those with apposing views.

Glorification of the "END TIMES"
The Bible based glorification of the world's final destruction places a dangerous impact on personal objectives, politics, and global conflict. 44% of Americans honestly believe that the end of days will occur within their lifetime and eagerly await it.

A LIFE WASTED
A murder is one who takes a chunk off of the end of your life, Christianity takes out chunks during your life. Being trapped by dogma is the submission of your life to someone else's claims. Human life is a precious and rare opportunity so don't waste it living someone else's life and don't let your life be wasted on lie.

LYING TO THE MASSES
At very least one should stand up against Christianity being preached as truth simply because people should not be lied to or taken advantage of.