Atheists and Christians

Just read a great post over at Cracked.com (thanks to Marie for the link). While I don’t agree with everything the author says, it is worth the time to read it. Here is his main premise:

I think we’ve got more common ground than we admit. For instance, both my atheist and Christian friends (I seem to have an equal number of both these days) tell me they agree with the following statement:

Celebrating the death of somebody you disagreed with pretty much makes you a dick.

He then makes 10 points about Religion and Atheism, which I am only tech saavy enough to find 5 of, apparently. They are:

1. You can do terrible things in the name of either one.
2. Both sides really do believe what they’re saying
3. In everyday life, you’re not that different
4. There are good people on both sides
5. Your point of view is legitimately offensive to them

I think this is huge stuff, especially point #2 and #5. They should cause us to have a huge measure of grace when talking about spiritual things with other people.

And #3 is just sad but true.

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