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Obviously you think we're 'buttheads' for lack of a better word that is censor friendly.
But you have made it clear that you will dismiss, deride, or disregard our beliefs and comments because you simply dislike us, or our lack of theist belief.
You are being combative by distinctly avoiding discussing the initial quote and claims thereafter - especially the one about the right wing power grab using anti-muslim rhetoric and Christian religious propaganda. Discuss / debate that, and you're on your road to rational enquiry of your religion. Throw me a bone.
Parallex.
Originally posted by harryhaller
This thread is going nowhere. But it's what the quote in the OP was talking about.
I am a christian. I am also a conspiracy theorist. I am also a father.
Any one of the above could at any point have done a disservice to you. But the second you approach me as "one of the above" and not as my own person, you have just disrespected me.
Unless you can respect me DESPITE disagreeing with my beliefs, then you are acting shamefully. Unless you can give respect to your enemies, then respect for friends is merely a show.
If i wish to worship the flying spaghetti monster, cthulu, god, shiva, or my own bumfluff, then i should. And if you decide that based on that alone you may deride me, well then you really are the problem.
Originally posted by Parallex
All - Freedom is the important issue. My view that Christianity, (like most organised state sponsored religions) curtails this freedom is MY view - and I consider it to be the truth. Debating this issue is my aim, and I welcome opinions and thoughts on THIS matter, rather than just ad hominem attacks against me.
Parallex.
All - Freedom is the important issue. My view that Christianity, (like most organised state sponsored religions) curtails this freedom is MY view - and I consider it to be the truth. Debating this issue is my aim, and I welcome opinions and thoughts on THIS matter, rather than just ad hominem attacks against me.
Parallex.
Don't act like a typical Christian apologist and simply dismiss it out of hand - discuss the point, PROVE it isn't true.
And your sophomoric ploy to entrap me with this inane question amuses me to no end. Really? Come on. You can insult my religion and character, but please, its unfitting to insult my intelligence.