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It's no small benefit to the oppressive church that more babies make people poorer and less able to pursue education or have time for free thought, thus making them perfectly mindless drones.

Good for churning out soldiers of war, hmm?

All these months later, it shocks me how those who have joined an atheistic forum are not only taking up the cause of missionary work but admitting to have taken part in it in an apparently zealous fashion.

It shocks me as well that these people are so railing against the secular and scientific intentions of highly informed medical anthropology.

Perhaps you're in the wrong forum?
Perhaps you'd like to take up the cause celebre of spiritually inspired poor-house work? Insisting that some religious folks do good work?? You surely aren't also insisting that these good works justify religious belief? Hasn't Dr. Dawkins, Mr. Harris, Mr. Hitchens, etc. already laughed off the notions of the ethical nature of such spiritually sanctioned deeds?

Hmm, leads me to imagine there may be those lurking who enjoy bickering for bickering's sake.
Or is it all Devil's Advocate?! If it is - how fun!

Its quite obvious that you are talking about me so why don't you come out and say it? Or are you too afraid that people will notice your blatant attacks. Lets see first of all I NEVER claimed to be atheist. I just am not Christian. I have no religious belief one way or another.
I enjoy helping other people is that a crime?! Do I look like I care what Dr. Dawkins, Mr. Harris, or Mr. Hitchens think. I have been steering clear of you and this topic because you are not worth arguing with and between the two of us this topic got off track.

For that I apologize to everyone else who may have been put off by the childish bickering that consumed this thread for some time.