You take him out of context. He didn't say "Christian morals are useless", he said fear-based Christian morals are... useless". Your particular version of Christianity may not employ fear as a means of persuasion, but many others do or have.
I couldn't disagree more strongly with your comment that the US was founded on many of the core values of the Christian religion. We were founded on the ideas that evolved and came to fruition during the Age of Reason. Because some of these overlap with Christianity doesn't mean Christianity was the founding source.
Yes, certainly everything changes. I think the point is over what time frame. How long did it take for Death Valley to go from wet conditions to today's?
Changes that occur over millions of years can't be compared to changes that occur over hundred(s) of years.
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You take him out of context. He didn't say "Christian morals are useless", he said fear-based Christian morals are ... useless". Your particular version of Christianity may not employ fear as a means of persuasion, but many others do or have.
I couldn't disagree more strongly with your comment that the US was founded on many of the core values of the Christian religion. We were founded on the ideas that evolved and came to fruition during the Age of Reason. Because some of these overlap with Christianity doesn't mean Christianity was the founding source.
Changes that occur over millions of years can't be compared to changes that occur over hundred(s) of years.