Comment by Dale Headley on March 1, 2013 at 7:00pm

Proof that God favors North America and created all those other folks just  so He could send them to Hell; right Joshua?

Comment by Skip Sanders on March 1, 2013 at 7:18pm

No josh. The burden of proof lies in the person making the supernatural claims. Like talking snakes, and invisible and undetectable gods. Your the one that's has to defend the outrageous beliefs. Skeptics will look at the the distribution of the worlds organized religions and based on observing where they collect can deduce the likelihood of a person becoming a member based on proximity. That's rational and simple. The religious person has to explain why this is not as it seems and propose an explanation the god prefers their group of another believers group.

Comment by Stutz on March 1, 2013 at 10:54pm

One of the early insights I had that soured me on my Christianity as a teenager. In addition, I always wondered about the millions of people living in the rest of the world outside the Middle East in the thousands of years before Jesus who had no clue about a random deity called Yahweh who was in charge of the universe and sending them to hell when they died. How quickly the whole idea can be made absurd.

Comment by Ray R. on March 2, 2013 at 12:59pm

Joshua , why would you follow an imaginary being who orders you not to think and remain willfully ignorant ? That is the very definition of mental pathology .

Comment by Andrew on March 2, 2013 at 2:05pm

and if you were born on planet Earth, you're probably an atheist

Comment by Unseen on March 2, 2013 at 6:09pm

I don't know what there is to contradict the point made by the graphic. It's obvious.

Comment by Cathy Cooper on March 2, 2013 at 8:19pm

The above graphic illustrates what is known as "Cultural Relativism. " i.e., Cultural norms and values derive their meaning within a specific social context, and this applies to everything from religion, to food to how we treat each other etc.  In Hindu society for example, less than 200 yrs ago widows were burned alive on their husband's funeral pyre because it was culturally acceptable.  Not today however.  We can only hope that Christianity too will eventually stop being practiced because it too brings about negative consequences.

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