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reply posted on 5-10-2008 @ 11:55 PM by mmariebored
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Originally posted by daeoeste
Some Christians here in America believe they are persecuted because of their new interpretation of ancient texts are rightly ridiculed when they shout
them out at the top of their lungs and try to legislate these insane ideas.Proselytizing a belief system does not have to include making it secular
law.It is wrong that some Christians overseas are still persecuted and it should stop.Just because Christianity has been responsible for mass murder
in the past does not make it right to murder them here in the present.But,you will find that contemporary persecution is not limited to Christians in
these countries that have been mentioned in this thread.Dissenters of all kinds have been persecuted.Political and religious.So the argument that
Christians are still being martyred wholesale is ludicrous.By the way, "Rapture" is probably one of the silliest(and newest)ideas I have ever
heard.It ranks right up there with the "lord xenu" myths of the scientologists as far as I am concerned.
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Exactly. And thank you for staying on topic.
It restoreths my faith in human intelligence when responders get the point of the OP.
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reply posted on 5-10-2008 @ 11:56 PM by EricD
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Originally posted by mmariebored
You just proved my case that "christians" are the ones who run around persecuting people who don't believe what they do. Just look at your very
judgmental avatar...oh yeah, that's going to get me to join your faith...and you stole that artwork without permission, by the way, shame on
you..."christian"...
????? Are you now claiming that YOU are persecuted? On a glorified message board? If so, you are elevating petty annoyances to uncharted heights.
And are you implying that someones AVATAR is complicit in that persecution? This is getting more ridiculous by the minute.
And to top things off, you say that her avatar is judgmental and then accuse her of theft without having any first hand knowledge of the situation.
Are you the owner of the artwork? Have you contacted the artist to see if the rights were given away or sold? Talk about being judgmental.
Sheesh. Get over yourself.
Eric
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reply posted on 6-10-2008 @ 12:00 AM by mmariebored
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Originally posted by AshleyD
reply to post by mmariebored
Ah, I recognize you now.
You are ignored... troll.
But not before I remind you of your own words:
I don't believe it's so much "persecution" over there, as it is preventing mass stupidity.
Yes. Agree. Kill them, torture them, confiscate their property, imprison them... to prevent the spread of Christianity... er 'stupidity.'
Ignored.
"Preventing" mass stupidity does not mean I give the thumbs up to kill anyone. Like I said, it's better to close the door on a person pushing a
retarded belief to prevent it from infecting you.
"Troll"? That really made me laugh. So, anyone who doesn't believe what you believe is a "troll"? You're funny. Ugly and nasty, but funny.
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reply posted on 6-10-2008 @ 12:01 AM by EricD
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Originally posted by asmeone2
Yes I take serious umbrage to the way that some Christians here in the states put someone challenging or ridiculing their beleifs on the same level as
someone being killed for them.
Wow. I would feel exactly the same way. If that ever happened. Ever. Which I have never seen nor heard of. Ever. Not once.
But that's just me. Maybe you live in an area populated by mentally unstable Christians who equate people demeaning their beliefs with being killed
or tortured.
Eric
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reply posted on 6-10-2008 @ 12:06 AM by Jenna
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Honestly, I think that we as a country are just whiny in general when it comes to religion. Athiests are persecuted for not believing in any religion,
Christians are persecuted by that whole separation of church and state thing, Muslims are persecuted by everyone because of a few idiots from
overseas, etc. etc. And yes I do agree that a good chunk of those in the US who claim they are being persecuted really aren't, it's just in their
head. What strikes me as amusing though is that there are people who will claim they are being persecuted because they can't post the 10 commandments
in a courthouse (just an example), yet turn around and persecute everyone who doesn't believe exactly as they do.
Disclaimer: Yes genocide is bad. No I don't think anyone should be killed for the religious beliefs or lack thereof. Yes some people really are
persecuted. No I don't believe my post or the original post contain anything that persecutes Christians, or anyone else for that matter.
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reply posted on 6-10-2008 @ 12:09 AM by mmariebored
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Originally posted by EricD
Originally posted by mmariebored
You just proved my case that "christians" are the ones who run around persecuting people who don't believe what they do. Just look at your very
judgmental avatar...oh yeah, that's going to get me to join your faith...and you stole that artwork without permission, by the way, shame on
you..."christian"...
????? Are you now claiming that YOU are persecuted? On a glorified message board? If so, you are elevating petty annoyances to uncharted heights.
And are you implying that someones AVATAR is complicit in that persecution? This is getting more ridiculous by the minute.
And to top things off, you say that her avatar is judgmental and then accuse her of theft without having any first hand knowledge of the situation.
Are you the owner of the artwork? Have you contacted the artist to see if the rights were given away or sold? Talk about being judgmental.
Sheesh. Get over yourself.
Eric
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Eric...every person I've ever seen use the phrase "get over yourself" has ego issues of their own.
Aww, are you protecting your friend? How sweet.
Oh, you didn't notice your friend's very colorful posts puking all over my thread? Verbal abuse is a form of "persecution". NOT that it bothers me
one teeny little bit, I'm just pointing out a fact.
(and if this thread is so ridiculous, why do you keep coming back?)
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reply posted on 6-10-2008 @ 12:09 AM by EricD
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Originally posted by mmariebored
I don't believe it's so much "persecution" over there, as it is preventing mass stupidity.
Yes. Agree. Kill them, torture them, confiscate their property, imprison them... to prevent the spread of Christianity... er 'stupidity.'
Ignored.
"Preventing" mass stupidity does not mean I give the thumbs up to kill anyone. Like I said, it's better to close the door on a person pushing a
retarded belief to prevent it from infecting you.
Oh, c'mon. You clearly misspoke when you said that it isn't persecution so much as preventing mass stupidity. To try to backtrack now and assign a
different meaning is demeaning to yourself and anyone you are conversing with.
Clearly what you wrote implies that you believe that the steps taken against Christians in oppressive regimes are not persecution, but actions taken
to limit the populaces ability to engage in self destructive (stupid) behavior.
Unfortunately for you, the steps taken by these regimes include murder and torture.
I don't think that you actually meant to say that or that you actually believe that. I think you made a mistake. To try to go back and change or
retrofit your meaning is base sophistry.
You made a mistake. So what? To quote the great scholar Tom Cruise, you were being glib. No bigee. Just don't try to claim otherwise after the
fact.
Eric
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reply posted on 6-10-2008 @ 12:12 AM by AshleyD
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I think we can all agree on that. Everyone and every group gets ridiculed or laughed at. I would be equally upset if I saw someone actually saying
they were on par with Eastern persecution because someone laughed at them. Or called them a 'retarded Christian.'
Just to reiterate, my problem was not with the O.P. itself or the fact sometimes us Western Christians can be melodramatic when we sense we're
slighted in some way (I've had my prima donna fits as well). That is totally understandable how the world would look at that and think, 'Huh? Spare
me.' The thing that truly pissed me off was the flippant attitude towards Eastern persecution.
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reply posted on 6-10-2008 @ 12:12 AM by asmeone2
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But that's just me. Maybe you live in an area populated by mentally unstable Christians who equate people demeaning their beliefs with being killed
or tortured.
Eric
I do live in the Bible Belt... if that's what you mean...
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reply posted on 6-10-2008 @ 12:15 AM by Eleleth
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The Cathars had it coming.
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reply posted on 6-10-2008 @ 12:21 AM by EricD
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Originally posted by mmariebored
A) Eric...every person I've ever seen use the phrase "get over yourself" has ego issues of their own.
B) Aww, are you protecting your friend? How sweet.
C) Oh, you didn't notice your friend's very colorful posts puking all over my thread? Verbal abuse is a form of "persecution". NOT that it bothers
me one teeny little bit, I'm just pointing out a fact.
D) (and if this thread is so ridiculous, why do you keep coming back?)
A) Thanks! What do I owe you for the down and dirty psychoanalysis? Shoot me a U2U with the payment details and I'll get a check right out.
B) Sorry. I guess I shouldn't have pointed out that you were the pot calling the kettle black.
C) Let me make sure I understand you correctly. Are you saying that I should have commented on her (supposed) verbal excesses in order to have any
validity in discussing this thread?
D) Beats me. I'm flipping between this and setting up my fantasy football teams for week 6. I sometimes feel that I don't have the education
necessary to 'play with the big boys' on the apologetics field, but this one is pretty easy pickin's. Maybe because it's so easy to reach for the
low hanging fruit?
Eric
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reply posted on 6-10-2008 @ 12:21 AM by mmariebored
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Originally posted by EricD
Oh, c'mon. You clearly misspoke when you said that it isn't persecution so much as preventing mass stupidity. To try to backtrack now and assign a
different meaning is demeaning to yourself and anyone you are conversing with.
Clearly what you wrote implies that you believe that the steps taken against Christians in oppressive regimes are not persecution, but actions taken
to limit the populaces ability to engage in self destructive (stupid) behavior.
Unfortunately for you, the steps taken by these regimes include murder and torture.
I don't think that you actually meant to say that or that you actually believe that. I think you made a mistake. To try to go back and change or
retrofit your meaning is base sophistry.
You made a mistake. So what? To quote the great scholar Tom Cruise, you were being glib. No bigee. Just don't try to claim otherwise after the
fact.
Eric
No, it wasn't a "mistake", Eric. It just wasn't meant how she took it.
Because the thread is about a different form of persecution than what goes on overseas. Plus, I believe that the ones killing Christians, as stated
already, are killing EVERYONE who doesn't follow the rule systems over there. EVERYONE. Not just Christians. That in no way means I agree with their
particular rule system and how they handle people who disobey it.
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reply posted on 6-10-2008 @ 12:27 AM by mmariebored
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Originally posted by EricD
blah blah blah blah blah blah blah etc etc etc
Maybe because it's so easy to reach for the low hanging fruit?
Eric
That was witty, I'll admit it.
(writes that one down)
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reply posted on 6-10-2008 @ 12:33 AM by mmariebored
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Originally posted by AshleyD
The thing that truly pissed me off was the flippant attitude towards Eastern persecution.
Oh spare me. You added meaning to what I said...so typical of so-called "christians".
Get the log out of your own eye before searching my eyes for splinters.
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reply posted on 6-10-2008 @ 12:36 AM by EricD
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So would you agree that maybe you conveyed yourself poorly? I'm not trying to be a jackass here, but I think that it clearly reads that Christians
are not being persecuted, it is the state that is protecting it's charges from their own proclivity for stupidity.
That protection is and has been the torture and murder of people practicing that stupidity.
The fact that Christians aren't the only ones being persecuted isn't germane to the discussion (when strictly discussing your quoted statement, I
certainly concede that it is germane to the overall discussion).
Eric
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reply posted on 6-10-2008 @ 12:42 AM by AshleyD
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Originally posted by mmariebored
Oh spare me. You added meaning to what I said...so typical of so-called "christians".
Nope you said:
"I don't believe it's so much "persecution" over there, as it is preventing mass stupidity."
Like someone else already pointed out, unfortunately the 'prevention techniques' include murder, torture, and imprisonment.
Get the log out of your own eye before searching my eyes for splinters.
That's rich coming from someone who is questioning imagined persecution all the while claiming a Christian avatar is persecuting them.
Get real.
"Troll"? That really made me laugh. So, anyone who doesn't believe what you believe is a "troll"? You're funny. Ugly and nasty, but
funny.
No- I called you a troll because I just recognized you as the one who had left those profile comments on my profile several weeks ago I had to delete.
You really weren't worth remembering at the time but your comment above jogged my memory. So, yes. Troll.
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reply posted on 6-10-2008 @ 12:44 AM by mmariebored
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Originally posted by EricD
reply to post by mmariebored
So would you agree that maybe you conveyed yourself poorly? I'm not trying to be a jackass here, but I think that it clearly reads that Christians
are not being persecuted, it is the state that is protecting it's charges from their own proclivity for stupidity.
That protection is and has been the torture and murder of people practicing that stupidity.
The fact that Christians aren't the only ones being persecuted isn't germane to the discussion (when strictly discussing your quoted statement, I
certainly concede that it is germane to the overall discussion).
Eric
Eric, what don't you understand about the difference between persecution and enforcing laws in an entirely different system than we have over here in
America? You're not going to get from me what you want so forget about it.
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reply posted on 6-10-2008 @ 12:45 AM by NorthWolfe CND
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Originally posted by AshleyD
Originally posted by mmariebored
China and India have every reason to worry about the spread of religions... I don't believe it's so much "persecution" over there, as it is
preventing mass stupidity.
You sick bastard!!!
(Oh and edit to add: Millions of Christians were killed in the concentration camps of WWII. I was so incensed, I forgot to mention that).
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Now, now...
That kind of language isn't very Christian of you, is it? What have they been teaching you at bible school? Shouldn't the example, and the
"teachings", of Jesus put you above the swamp, your words have just put you in?
As for the poor Christians in the concentration camps, there where many more executioners, then executed...
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reply posted on 6-10-2008 @ 12:46 AM by mmariebored
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Originally posted by AshleyD
That's rich coming from someone who is questioning imagined persecution all the while claiming a Christian avatar is persecuting them.
I said your avatar is persecuting me? Can I see a quote on that?
Oh, wait, you added meaning to something I said again, didn't you.
Naughty naughty, shame on you.
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reply posted on 6-10-2008 @ 12:48 AM by AshleyD
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Originally posted by NorthWolfe CND
Now, now...
That kind of language isn't very Christian of you, is it? What have they been teaching you at bible school? Shouldn't the example, and the
"teachings", of Jesus put you above the swamp, your words have just put you in?
You are absolutely right. My apologies.
I should have gone with brood of vipers, swine, or dogs, or one of the terms Jesus himself used. My bad. Please forgive me.
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