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Atheists and conflict resolution (view source)
Revision as of 16:01, September 24, 2019
, 16:01, September 24, 2019→Atheism and forgiveness/unforgiveness
{{Cquote|At least [[Christianity|Christians]] have to pay lipservice to [[forgiveness]] because they believe it’s what [[God]] wants from them. Do atheists have any such compunction? I fear that we have no mechanism which compels us as a community to be kind to each other, to speak to one another with respect
{{Cquote|At least [[Christianity|Christians]] have to pay lipservice to [[forgiveness]] because they believe it’s what [[God]] wants from them. Do atheists have any such compunction? I fear that we have no mechanism which compels us as a community to be kind to each other, to speak to one another with respect
<ref>[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/godlessindixie/2016/06/12/its-past-time-for-atheism-to-grow-up/ It’s Past Time for Atheism to Grow Up] by Neil Carter</ref>}}
<ref>[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/godlessindixie/2016/06/12/its-past-time-for-atheism-to-grow-up/ It’s Past Time for Atheism to Grow Up] by Neil Carter</ref>}}
==== John Lennox on atheism having no basis for forgiveness ====
[[File:John Lennox.jpg|left|thumb|200px|[[John Lennox]] ]]
Miriam Diez Bosch, who interviewed [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] [[John Lennox]] wrote:
{{Cquote|Where [[creation]] has become dehumanized, the core concepts of faith — mercy and forgiveness — become meaningless and irrelevant, says Lennox.
“It is one of the reasons why I am a Christian, because atheism has no forgiveness, of course, and no ultimate justice. The genius of Christianity is that the acceptance does not come after the final Judgment, it comes at the start, because God has done something in Christ that deals with my central problem of guilt. I live my life not to gain God’s acceptance, but because I have got it as a free gift.”
This acquaintance with mercy begets mercy, “always. I want every day and every year to be a Year of Mercy and I am glad to see that emphasis because this is the Christian Gospel: God in his grace has shown mercy to us. It is not something I deserve, it is something God offers.”<ref>[http://aleteia.org/2016/06/28/professor-john-lennox-on-why-atheists-are-missing-the-target/ Professor John Lennox on why atheists are missing the target] by Miriam Diez Bosch</ref>}}
=== James S. Spiegal and unforgiveness as a cause of atheism ===
=== James S. Spiegal and unforgiveness as a cause of atheism ===