tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764946987133813099.post482318878396595547..comments2024-01-29T01:22:14.621-08:00Comments on Makarios: Atheists find life more precious . . .Thesauroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13305052511095551483noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764946987133813099.post-51008339150236516422008-09-04T10:44:00.000-07:002008-09-04T10:44:00.000-07:00Except this has occured with OTHER ideologies. The...Except this has occured with OTHER ideologies. The Soviet Union provided free health care for all its citizens, made sure that the orphans were taken care of, tried to curb alcoholism and drug use and generally conducted a large amount of social programs, raising the living standard and life expectancy for a population made mostly of illiterate peasents.<BR/><BR/>Ya, that's why people are lining up to move to Russia, because they're renowned for loving their citizens - c'mon.<BR/><BR/>The Japanese have a similar system where the companies took care of their employes.<BR/><BR/>Um,hmm and they have the highest suicide rate in the world. <BR/><BR/>Sam, we don't need brownie points. We are already saved. There is nothing that we could do to make God love us more. The good that we do, is because we've been changed or at least we're in the process of being changed. None of it is from us. We have nothing to brag about except what Jesus is doing in us.Thesauroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13305052511095551483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764946987133813099.post-10827173450101177082008-09-03T21:47:00.000-07:002008-09-03T21:47:00.000-07:00"What happens instead is that we find the lives of..."What happens instead is that we find the lives of others more precious than our own."<BR/><BR/>Yes, but what part? Not the individuals wellfare, but getting them into heaven.<BR/><BR/>"<BR/>Wherever Christians have gone, hospitals and schools have been built. Orphanages, homeless shelters, houses that focus on one’s spiritual needs, food distribution centres, medical outposts, clothing depots, homes for the aged and dispossessed, drug and alcohol treatment centres, treatment centres for leprosy and AID’s and centres for the severely handicapped, these are the things that spring up wherever Christianity takes root."<BR/><BR/>Except this has occured with OTHER ideologies. The Soviet Union provided free health care for all its citizens, made sure that the orphans were taken care of, tried to curb alcoholism and drug use and generally conducted a large amount of social programs, raising the living standard and life expectancy for a population made mostly of illiterate peasents.<BR/><BR/>The Japanese have a similar system where the companies took care of their employes.<BR/><BR/>The Romans and other empires throughout history have managed to insure security and build infrastructure for their citizens.<BR/><BR/>The reason Christiandom took over these roles is the states that did it previously went belly up and died.<BR/><BR/>" ‘Helping others is almost like being good to yourself! Cool!’ Well, better late than never. "<BR/><BR/>Yeah, it isn't like the first explicit atheists specifically dedicated themselves to helping other humans... wait a moment...<BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicureanism<BR/><BR/><BR/>"So, I think that claim is probably true, atheists do indeed think more about themselves because this life is all they’ve got."<BR/><BR/>Atheists have the same reasons Christians do for helping others- barring the brownie points of course.Samuel Skinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01587994908818534357noreply@blogger.com