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Route_70 said:ALAYMAN said:They were gullible/stupid, and you deceived them by asking for membership despite being an avowed and unabashed atheist. I've said it early on in this drama, that you were right to turn the molester in to the po-po, but you didn't solicit membership for that purpose.
Church is all I have ever known, ALAYMAN. I am not the typical beer-drinking, carousing, pot-smoking, devil-worshipping "atheist" most people think of. I read and study the Bible extensively. In that church I played the piano, the organ, and sang in the choir; sang specials. What did I do that was so bad? I saw a man misbehaving toward children and put my foot on his neck. I didn't consider any belief-system when I did it.
I don't think of atheists in the manner you described. That is a stereotype of your own choosing.
R_70 said:The measure of a man's character is not what he believes; it is what he does. The measure of a man's morals is not he believes; but how he behaves.
Lying/deception/fraud is a behavior resulting from a belief. I'm not trying to grill you, but if I find out somebody is intentionally deceiving me I consider that an egregious moral lapse, especially if it is a pattern.