Shytheed Dumas;952700 said:
I've seen some of you in this thread go ape over somebody making racist remarks in the past, but then I see a thread like this.
I haven't noticed any racism? Bigotry? Personal attacks on you? I haven't. Has anyone else?
Oh.. Wait. You think that because people disagree with your
beliefs, or more specifically, people who criticize or mock this pope, that they should be treated the same as people who engage in irrational hatred and poor treatment of people based upon genetic traits?
You think that someone who believes in the existence of an invisible space fairy who watches everything you do and will doom you to an eternity of miserable torture in a pit of fire by an invisible underground fairy for not believing that he made man from dust then took one of his ribs to make a woman, then that woman met a magic talking snake (who was actually the invisible underground fairy in disguise) the magic snake then tricks the woman into eating the magic wisdom apple that the invisible space fairy had told them not to eat, she then tricked the man into eating it, which then gets humanity kicked out of a beautiful garden is therefore entitled to some special protection?
Would you extend that same protection to the followers of Islam? How about Buddhists? Members of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster? How about people who worship Ra? Followers of the Reverend Moon? Anubis? Quetzalcoatl? Cthulhu? Which sets of mystical beliefs are entitled to this special treatment?
No, sorry, you are entitled to your belief. No one will take it away from you. No one will deny you access to the site because of it. However they are more than willing to mock a religious leader who runs his mouth about public policy and science it if they see fit.
Shytheed Dumas;952700 said:
It's not the first time I've seen a thread like this, and it hasn't only been directed at Catholics, either - it's been Baptists, Mormons, etc, etc, etc.
Doubt it will be the last. As long as religious leaders keep trying to interject themselves into public policy and politics, people will speak against them.
It's probably got to do with the tax free status of religions. People get pissed because religion hasn't paid it's admission price like the rest of us...
Shytheed Dumas;952700 said:
Make enough racist remarks or make enough personal attacks on certain individuals around and risk a ban, but turn out your worst on a religion or on God in general and maybe you'll get a special star next to your username! Am I the only one who smells a little hypocrisy here?
Wow, that's a great idea. I hadn't thought of gold stars yet! Thanks... :sarcasm:
Shytheed Dumas;952700 said:
Feel free to disagree with any church's doctrine, you are more than entitled to a differing perspective, but there's not much to be proud of in this thread for sure.
Are you honestly trying to equate
"someone disagreeing with logically flawed thought backed by nothing but mysticism" and
"poor treatement of someone based upon the color of their skin"?
Really?
Not much to be proud of there either. For all your morally superior posturing, you don't bring much to the table, do you?
Shytheed Dumas;952700 said:
I won't be putting on the flame suit, because I won't be wasting my time in this thread again.
Oh, ok then.
