The teachings of Christ have stood the test of time and people come back to them reflexively in troubled times and do so more consistantly than other faiths, I believe.
I do not regard my faith as exemplary in any way, but it is there and it causes me no embarassment. I have always found it odd that avowed atheists I know and have known, feel a need to ridicule and mock the faithful. They feel a need to proclaim their absence of belief.
Why do they care what others believe? I have encountered this more than once. One might suspect that some less than benevolent force motivates them, actively.
The teachings of Christ have stood the test of time and people come back to them reflexively in troubled times and do so more consistantly than other faiths, I believe.
I do not regard my faith as exemplary in any way, but it is there and it causes me no embarassment. I have always found it odd that avowed atheists I know and have known, feel a need to ridicule and mock the faithful. They feel a need to proclaim their absence of belief.
Why do they care what others believe? I have encountered this more than once. One might suspect that some less than benevolent force motivates them, actively.