EdenOne, I found the following quote a good example of using the beliefs of fundamentalist Christians to paint all Christians the same color.
And yet a
broad group of scholars is beginning to demonstrate that religious belief and
factual belief are indeed different kinds of mental creatures. People process
evidence differently when they think with a factual mind-set rather than with a
religious mind-set. Even what they count as evidence is different. And they are
motivated differently, based on what they conclude.
I myself believe manmade global warming is at least partly responsible for the climate changes we see. To be a Christian one does not have to leave all common sense and their brain in the trash. There are many moderate Christians and liberal Christians around but they are for the most part ignored by vitriolic atheists.
All Christians cannot be, should not be, painted with the same brush just as Christians should not paint all atheists with the same brush. We are adults and as such can find things to respect and to love about one another. We can find common ground and work together to help others or to make this world a better place.
Many Christians do just that and so do many atheists. Bart Ehrman's site requires that members give to his selected charities and this is good. We can all work together to make the world a better place rather than promote divisions which in reality will not make either religion or atheism go away. They are here to stay until death or someone other than ourselves says otherwise.
Frank
