Can one turn the other cheek and knee someone in the genitalia at the same time?
:icon_conf I don't know of any Christians that 'turn the other cheek', it just does not happen.
If you really believe that Christianity is nonsense, why get so upset?
I'm not the one getting upset.
Although, as a matter of fact, I do have lots of reasons to get very upset at the absolute evil that my family has suffered at the hands of Christians.
I doubt that most UFO spotters are amongst the sanest members of our society but I do not feel the need to verbally assault them: do you?
I will happily challenge anybody that peddles untruth as fact, whatever the subject.
If you want to call that 'verbal assault', then fine. That's your hyperbole.
Or keep a safe hand on the tiler of civilisation throughout the dark ages
Otherwise known as, using religion as a political device to easily control populations
or give us the great works of art, literature, architecture and music that Christianity has.
Does that really excuse the centuries of murder, imperialism, slavery, misogyny and countless other evils committed in its name?
You also cannot say that equally great works of art, literature, architecture and music wouldn't have happened if there had been no religion. There are thousands of examples of all of those things created by atheists. So the argument is moot.