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Atheists are totalitarian. This is their end-game, and we have provided numerous examples. The horrifying violence of the Atheists is amply demonstrated whenever they have come to political power in any country. If life has no purpose but to satisfy the senses, then life is cheap. Their methods are insidious, but consistent. Step one is the promise of Utopia. Since there is no moral imperative, there is no limitation to deception and propaganda. The ends justify the means in their bloody world. This is a world where life has no purpose, survival is awarded to strength, and strength is ultimately demonstrated through violence. Among the Atheists, the worst of the lot eventually assumes control, if we allow history to provide our examples. … but let the Atheists speak for themselves about their goals: ___________________________________________________________ Only Atheists Should Hold Public Office By Andrew Riggio | Yahoo! Contributor Network - Sat, Jan 21, 2012 Religion plays a big role in politics. Noted polling organization Pew Research just published a report detailing which candidate people are likely to vote for based on religion. A USA Today report suggests Rick Santorum's popularity in South Carolina has been significantly increased by his religious positions on issues and support of the evangelical Christian movement. That's all a shame because America would be better off if only atheists were allowed to hold public office. Let me start by saying such an arrangement would actually protect Christians. Leaders who are influenced by religious belief often act in ways that support that religion -- sometimes to the detriment of other faiths. While Christianity may hold sway now in the U.S. other religions might someday enjoy a political majority. If that day comes Christians who have advocated for religious leadership will have no defense against the wishes of officeholders from other religions. Of greater importance, however, is the danger of religious leadership. Theocratic nations restrict freedom and place adherence to religious dogma ahead of real-world issues and common sense. A horrifying example is the practice under Sharia law of punishing rape victims with death for sexual immorality. This even happens in nations where Sharia is not officially used, such as Bangladesh, where a 14-year-old girl was raped by a relative and killed by punitive whipping, according to UPI. Christian dogma is equally violent. The Bible calls for death as punishment for talking back to parents, breaking the Sabbath, wearing clothes of multiple fabrics, and failing to scream loudly enough when being raped, among many other offenses listed by the Skeptics Annotated Bible. If Christian religious dogma is taken seriously by leaders it could lead to terror and death. Adherence to religious dogma also distracts from pressing, real-world issues. The Bible calls poverty a holy thing. Mother Teresa called abortion "the greatest destroyer of peace today" in her Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech according to the Nobel site. Religious dogma makes adherents want to limit others' rights, dictate social ethics, yet ignore problems like poverty. Atheist leadership would be focused entirely on the actual civic problems facing the country. It may be the only world view that places real world problems first and America needs that. ___________________________________________________________ Atheists hate truth. They are not bound by it, so deception becomes their primary weapon. They would hate for you to know what the Bible says about the sanctity of life. All of our notions about charity and protecting the defenseless are derived from the Bible. Recall that while evolutionists teach survival of the fittest, the Bible teaches love for the weakest. Let history record what happens when Atheists rule. Can you imagine the outcry if the title of the article replaced Atheists with The Wealthy or Post-Graduates? What if the title read, Only Arians Should Hold Public Office? It would not be published because the government of the United States was founded on these principles: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Where do you suppose those radical ideas came from? Aren't Creationists supposed to be evil and stupid? Didn't we just hear how bad the Bible is? Make no mistake: the Atheists will win this game. There is coming a time when it will be illegal to be a Christian. You will know this time is very near when Christians are jailed for their business practices in the United States. This will happen not when Atheists become a population majority, but before that, when Bible-believing Christians become a small minority. When the critical reasoning ability of the majority is eliminated, the effects of propaganda will soar. That time is not too distant. |