And it’s almost as if atheists are the new Jews. I'm seeing more and more the attitude of Christians toward secular humanists and atheists is very, very similar to the attitudes of pre-war Nazis to Jews. And religion that encourages or even allows that is wrong. It was getting better for a while but now there's this backlash and that's bad, that's bad for humanity. The sort of dehumanization and mistreatment of homosexuals for example is a prominent example and it’s getting worse in this country actually. Even if we set aside the obvious conflict violence that has always plagued society and has gotten particularly worse under the Judeo-Christian religions, even if we set that aside, we have ordinary everyday things that are gone wrong. Well of course the evidence of history and even contemporary events refutes that. “ For many Christians, The Passion of the Christ was the single most powerful experience of their lives.” He notes that this movie made “ $370 million and still counting.”įlemming turns to Carrier and says, “ Let me propose something: Religion does no harm at all.” Carrier laughs then comments,

Except that they are.” Clips from Mel Gibson’s movie The Passion of the Christ are then shown.

Is it an accident that the story of the crucifixion of Jesus gave Christians a suffering hero whose flesh they could eat and whose blood they could drink? Of course Christians today aren’t obsessed with blood sacrificing. “ For thousands of years, humanity has been obsessed with blood sacrifices.

Flemming goes further than merely attempting to make a case against the existence of a historical Jesus of Nazareth.

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