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Originally Posted by kcchiefsfanGoJC
I just always find it funny how much heat those of us who are "religious" take on CP. I learned the hard way when I first joined and I always wanted to stand up for my beliefs, and I still will to this day. I have never tried to shove my faith down other peoples throats or anything like that, but have been called a "Bible thumper" "church boy" and just stupid things like that. I find it funny that CP as a whole is very intolerant of those with any religious background. There is a difference between not liking someone because they are jamming their religion down your throat, and not liking someone because they stand up for their faith.
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Yeah yeah, you are so persecuted.
Its not that I don't like you - I mean, I don't even know you. You are probably a nice person. Its that the title of your post was something to the effect that "this should keep us all thinking," but then when I watch the video, I think it really encourages the opposite of thinking. And it falls into the larger pattern of how religions tend to operate.
You are confusing intolerance with a general disagreement and lack of respect. You start a thread with a religious theme. I provide a different opinion. That isn't intolerance. Intolerance would be me driving to your house, burning your bibles, and making you a martyr (something I am completely uninterested in doing and morally opposed to). Intolerance is the Holocaust, the pogroms in Europe, the killing of Tibetans, the extermination of the Native Americans. I just think the system of thought you privilege (i.e. Faith > Reason) is ridiculous.
When Christians whine about how they are persecuted, I find it laughable. A significant portion of the time I feel like the stories are just fabricated (like the story of the professor in the video). The rest of the time, disagreement or dissatisfaction with a Christianist agenda is mistaken for persecution. Christians are the most powerful interest group in the country for better or for worse.
