The War Against Christianity

[tsg]

I hope you won't beg off because it's such a tenet of orthodoxy amongst the militants here (not saying you're one, just replying to your comment since it lends itself to what others have said...)

Here we go with the God Hater crap again.

- are you trying to suggest that one might go crazy and shoot up places because one is disgruntled at working in the Post Office is the same as one going crazy due to a religious upbringing (or will according to some members here) and shoot up places because one is disgruntled with their parents/social circle/theology/whatever?

I can't speak for sackett, but I took it to mean that intense religiosity is just one way that mental illness can manifest itself, just as a postal worker, well, going postal is.

I'm sorry to disappoint you (and others) that think all religion is mental and child abuse,

Are we even discussing child abuse here? Has anyone other than you even mentioned it?

but I don't think religion is a sign of mental illness.

No one, as far as I can tell, said it was.

I think mental illness is a sign of mental illness and shooting up any location, be it a Postal Office, Mall or Church is a manifestation of that mental illness, not one of being religious.

As far as I can tell, that is exactly what sackett was saying.

 

[Lonewulf]

It's always funny how the people who rail about the EVIL MILITANT ATHEISTS seem to work quite hard to try to provoke them by bringing up entirely irrelevant points...

I'm beginning to think I should put the atheist hater on my ignore list.

 

[tsg]

It's always funny how the people who rail about the EVIL MILITANT ATHEISTS seem to work quite hard to try to provoke them by bringing up entirely irrelevant points...

I'm beginning to think I should put the atheist hater on my ignore list.

It never ceases to amaze me how often people who detest a certain behavior so readily exhibit it themselves.

 

[Mobyseven]

Fnord?

Did you PM him yet, Lonewulf?

 

[Dunstan]

Latest report from the front: Christians assault Jew for daring to say "Happy Hannukah"; Muslim comes to rescue

Go Team Jesus! Fight bravely, you persecuted majority!

 

[becomingagodo]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9NYPLU92Kgk God warrior.

Has Fnord completely abandon this thread?

When he realized the person was a mentally ill christian, not a atheist. I guess its hard finding out that your side is the evil side.

 

[Hawk one]

Latest report from the front: Christians assault Jew for daring to say "Happy Hannukah"; Muslim comes to rescue

Go Team Jesus! Fight bravely, you persecuted majority!

Well, Hassan Askari is fricking brave for standing up to ten people like that. Quite probably braver than I would be (I would think that many of those watching without reacting were simply afraid).

 

[DoubtingStephen]

Of course it is despicable that these hate-monger punks attacked the Jewish people in the first place, but what a remarkable story that an Arab gentleman came to their defense. What a hero! This man should be publicly honored by the City of New York, he is a model citizen.

This is a great opportunity to promote healing among Jewish and Arab people, I'd hate to see it not recognized as such.

I guess it started as a result of the Christmas war on non-Christians.

I remember when the holiday season was all about people just being nice to each other, and spreading good cheer. But with the Christians so desperate to paint themselves as a poor persecuted minority/majority the increase in intolerant responses to anyone that does not drink the Kool Aid is very, very unfortunate.

Of course when they are trying to force their idiocy on the whole nation they go on about how they are the majority. But when they want to play the martyr card it seems everybody is picking on them. So with everybody picking on them they are obviously in the minority.

Either way it sure is one dumbass religion.

 

[Lonewulf]

Fnord?

Did you PM him yet, Lonewulf?

Yes, I did.

C'mon, Sargent Fnord! Get your act together, soldier!

I'll send another PM, asking him to either admit defeat or continue the good fight... cowardice is hardly befitting a soldier, tut tut!

 

[UnrepentantSinner]

It's always funny how the people who rail about the EVIL MILITANT ATHEISTS seem to work quite hard to try to provoke them by bringing up entirely irrelevant points...

I'm beginning to think I should put the atheist hater on my ignore list.

You mean I'm a self-hating atheist? Oy vey!

 

[Mr Clingford]

see Luke 19:27

So Jesus would tell parables, then, as that line is from one.

 

[UnrepentantSinner]

Here we go with the God Hater crap again.

I stopped using that phrase as a rhetorical device because it was confusing some supposedly "logical" members, and since I was referring to the undeniable demand for atheist orthodoxy amongst skeptics by some on this forum, I don't know why you'd even mention it.

 

[articulett]

Yes, I did.

C'mon, Sargent Fnord! Get your act together, soldier!

I'll send another PM, asking him to either admit defeat or continue the good fight... cowardice is hardly befitting a soldier, tut tut!

Did you tell him that apologizing and seeking forgiveness is the "Christian" thing to do?

Christians tend to suck at this supposedly Christian virtue. I guess they get forgiveness from the invisible guy and figure they're done with it.

 

[articulett]

It's always funny how the people who rail about the EVIL MILITANT ATHEISTS seem to work quite hard to try to provoke them by bringing up entirely irrelevant points...

I'm beginning to think I should put the atheist hater on my ignore list.

I've never regretted it!

He's one that is big at noticing faults in others that are far more evident in himself.

 

[ponderingturtle]

So Jesus would tell parables, then, as that line is from one.

And it was about jesus saying it.

 

[scotth]

Is this another example of the war on Christianity? I can't tell.

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/12/another_reason_to_avoid_debati.php

 

[tsg]

I stopped using that phrase as a rhetorical device because it was confusing some supposedly "logical" members, and since I was referring to the undeniable demand for atheist orthodoxy amongst skeptics by some on this forum, I don't know why you'd even mention it.

Because you aren't doing anything different except using different words to do it. You're taking broad swipes at an entire group for the actions of a few. And not just here, in this thread as well.

I happen to know that you would be first in line to correct someone attributing fundamentalist behavior to all Christians, but gross mischaracterizations of atheists/skeptics based on the actions of a few are okay? Sorry, that's hypocritical and bigotry.

If you have issues with some posters, take it up with them.

 

[Lonewulf]

You mean I'm a self-hating atheist? Oy vey!

Can't understand rhetorical devices, Sinner?

Tsk.

Oh, I guess you can!

I stopped using that phrase as a rhetorical device because it was confusing some supposedly "logical" members

So you're just a willing hypocrite then, aren't you?

And here I was expecting better from a supposedly "logical" member.

Tsk.

 

[Belz...]

Did you tell him that apologizing and seeking forgiveness is the "Christian" thing to do?

Christians tend to suck at this supposedly Christian virtue. I guess they get forgiveness from the invisible guy and figure they're done with it.

Why bother keeping your baser instincts in check when you can just get a clean slate from the bearded sky-father ?

 

[linusrichard]

what a remarkable story that an Arab gentleman came to their defense.

I agree with your post, and don't want to sidetrack the thread too much, but according to the story, he was from Bangladesh. Odds are he was a Bengali, and not an Arab. Not a big deal, but it's good to remember that not all Arabs are Muslims, and not all Muslims are Arabs. In the U.S., I believe about 1/4 of each group belongs to the other.