I. Christianity is an
organized religion.
A. It requires a dependence on professional religious authorities to
interpret and explain truth, and to act as a mediator between you and
God, resulting in:
1. The loss of independence and individual thought.
2. Vulnerability to error, control and manipulation.
B. It requires the necessity of religious buildings for instruction, and
for performance of ceremonies and rituals.
C. It requires continuous financing.
D. It controls people through the fear of eternal damnation, and the reward
of heaven.
II. Christianity is sexist.
A. It teaches women's inferiority and subordination to men.
B. Few women are accepted in leadership.
C. It teaches against a woman's "right to choose."
D. It teaches that a woman's role is as housewife and child-bearer.
III. Christianity is
against sex.
A. It teaches that sex is sinful.
B. It teaches against birth control.
C. It teaches against sex education.
D. It teaches against alternative lifestyles.
IV. Christianity is against
rational thinking and science.
A. It teaches against reason, logic, evidence, and for blind faith.
B. It teaches against the conclusions of science.
1. The theory of evolution.
2. The earth's shape and orbit around the sun.
V. Christianity is too
concerned with political power.
A. It publicly endorses the Republican Party.
B. It wants to legislate Christian morality.
1. Obstruct homosexual rights.
2. Illegalize abortion.
3. Censor the media.
C. It wants to remove the "constitutional" separation between
church and state.
D. It promotes an unrestricted capitalistic economic system.
E. It verbally attacks political leaders and the media.
F. It boycotts companies like Disney.
VI. Christianity breeds
intolerance to other opinions, beliefs, and religions.
A. It is divided into over 28,000 denominations.
B. It teaches that all other religions and belief systems are satanic.
VII. Christianity tends
to facilitate hate, oppression and violence.
A. The Crusades.
B. The Spanish Inquisition.
C. Colonization & Imperialism.
D. Slavery.
E. Abortion clinic shootings & bombings.
F. Cooperation with the Nazis.
G. Ku Klux Klan.
H. Salem Witch Trails.
VIII. Other General Objections.
A. It's traditional.
1. It's a formal, old-fashioned religion.
2. It's the safe, common religion of the western
world.
B. It's irrelevant.
1. It's just another moral system.
2. It doesn't deal with real life today.
C. The atmosphere.
1. Church services are boring.
2. The church buildings are archaic and unattractive.
D. The people.
1. Christians are judgmental, legalistic perfectionists.
2. Church is for old, white, middle-class women.
3. Christians aren't like me; they don't understand
me.
4. Christians are hypocrites.
5. Christians are pushy.
6. Christians are weird.