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originally posted by: dfnj2015
a reply to: infolurker
If they were liberal democrats or atheists this would not be a story.
originally posted by: watchitburn
a reply to: infolurker
All religions claim they're being persecuted.
While at the same time we see the greatest instances of pedophilia in religious organizations than any other type organization combined.
All the while religions claim to hold the "moral" high ground.
originally posted by: SailorJerry
originally posted by: dfnj2015
a reply to: infolurker
If they were liberal democrats or atheists this would not be a story.
you do realize that religion has nothing to do with political affiliation?
Good god man,i often wonder with your responses and teeter on the edge of feeling sorry for you because maybe youre challenged........and the other just calling you out for bull crap
originally posted by: dfnj2015
a reply to: infolurker
If they were liberal democrats or atheists this would not be a story.
originally posted by: TerryMcGuire
I guess is it God's will.
originally posted by: TerryMcGuire
Matthew 10 22
21Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death. 22You will be hated by everyone on account of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved. 23When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.…
originally posted by: TerryMcGuire
So Christians can feel the persecution they long for because then they can believe that they are true and ardent followers.
It's all part of being saved. I mean, if I were a Christian, I would embrace persecution and not whine about it.
originally posted by: darkbake
I think the reason is that the religious fundamentalists make a bad name for everyone else by being intolerant of gays, lesbians, transgenders, Hispanics, blacks, you name it. The fundamentalists are also against women's rights and helping the poor and they don't accept science. They don't follow the word of God and they can't accept God's creation for what it obviously is - science is the best way to observe God's creation.
originally posted by: darkbake
If you had religious people that helped the poor, accepted God's creation (blacks, Hispanics, gays, - all made by God), allowed women to be independent and get equal pay and be respected by their husbands, and accepted facts like climate change (don't forget that religion was wrong about God's creation before - such as with the flat Earth and when they thought the Earth was the center of the universe).
originally posted by: darkbake
I grew up religious, and I fall into all of the categories in the second paragraph.
originally posted by: darkbake
Sorry, I guess that is the reason religions are disliked by the left in America.
originally posted by: darkbake
It is a misconception that the left doesn't want to let Christians be themselves. What the left wants is to PREVENT Christians from forcing their views on others, especially when it makes their quality of life worse. Christians need to learn values such as the Golden Rule. They also have a responsibility just like the rest of us to get along in society and protect the Earth (the reason being that climate change is a threat to human civilization).
originally posted by: TonyS
a reply to: infolurker
Why does the Progressive leaning governments and people of Western nations despise Christians so much?
Because Christians believe in God, a God that has previously communicated proscriptions against behaviors Progressives actively promote as "normal".
Put another way, in the Chrstian world view, God is at the center of the Universe as the Creator and the ultimate authority over humanity. Progressves reject the existence of a God as the ultimate authority and put Humankind in God's place as the center of the Universe and the ultimate authority and arbiter of that which may be said to be right or wrong.
Pretty simple really.
originally posted by: TonyS
a reply to: uncommitted
It has to do with the degree of understanding the God Revealed.
islam has opinion on what should be the law and seems to opine theocracy and sharia as law of the globe is not just not an issue but potentially an ideal, which should be hushed hushed in the meantime with taqiyaa
originally posted by: SailorJerry
originally posted by: dfnj2015
a reply to: infolurker
If they were liberal democrats or atheists this would not be a story.
you do realize that religion has nothing to do with political affiliation?
Good god man,i often wonder with your responses and teeter on the edge of feeling sorry for you because maybe youre challenged........and the other just calling you out for bull crap
if your post had any logic then all three would be equally 'being fed to the lions'.
Clearly you didn't read any of the OP. You are always attacking people for no damn reason.