Are Atheists/Agnostics the Most Intolerant Group on A2K ?

little k--

You wicked, lippy children.

yitwail--

Seek and ye shall find. Delve for principles, not personalities.

That thread has a certain pull - I suppose I will have to go look at it ....

Come on, you like that nickname, don't you?

I have seldom been so confused in my life.


Or - is that fused to my wife?

Like I said to the Aetna guy, "I refuse to buy life!"

since i've never posted in Relationships & Marriage, and Bright Side of Slavery is in Philosophy & Debate, i'm absolving myself for the time being, and will continue posting in my usual manner. i would feel a bit more secure if someone were to give me a vote of confidence, next time they see something i've posted, excluding this post, of course.

Hmmm - but would you eat furze to save your life?

I'm 99.44% (Ivory pure) sure that it ain't you, yit.

that's awfully considerate of you. would you like some milk bone or a tummy rub?

A scratch on the rump would be lovely. Right above the tail. I can't reach that without getting a crick in my neck.

sure thing, as long as you're not allergic to latex gloves. it's for your protection, you know.

Let's keep this G-rated: platex gloves, please.

book marking so I can come back and read

Yes, I couldn't agree more, Husker :-D

I have not spent much time here in the religion section because there is a lot of hate for religious beliefs that is directed at posters who have some kind of religious faith.

Also because most of my post get ignored so I just figured they were not very interesting or something.

But I do love to talk of religious topics in the Bible and other religious topics.

Between my leftist leanings in politics and my Christian leanings in faith, it sort of leaves me in a weird place.

in this day and age, it does, but it shouldn't. Matt 19:16-26 almost demands that Christians be generous:

So, here's my question: is this going on in threads whose provenance is questions of religion? Or questions where the religious and the secular typically overlap and come into conflict (e.g., evolution, politics)? When I see a thread addressing a point of faith, I leave it alone. When I see one, say, pitting religion against evolution (as has been the case lately), I might stick my nose in.

Dumping on threads meant for those who share a common belief to compare points of faith is not kosher, in my opinion. But if it's a matter of public debate, that's fair game. (Generally pointless, but fair game.)

yitwail, for time being I think I am going to leave that one alone. I have a feeling it will get dumped on from both sides. (Been there)

patidog, like I said I haven't spent too much here yet; but from time I have spent here and I avoid subjects like evolution, it has been mostly people just having a religious faith at all getting dumped on.

For instance let's say a person asked the following:

"Is Jesus, God and Holy Spirit one in actuality or are they one in spirit?"

This question in all likelihood would not open up a religious discussion of that subject from the stand point of the Bible from which the concept originated in the first place, but just all kinds of caustic remarks about religion in general and maybe Christianity in particular.

That sucks. Since I could give a rat's ass about that one, I wouldn't post on it. (Okay, there was a joke on the "hell" board, and a follow up on a quasi-historical q, but hopefully that's about it.)

I do think that a lot of it -- right now, anyway -- is coming from the political climate of the U.S., where a lot of folks (myself included) think that religiously-based moralism is having undue influence in government, but that's no excuse for churlishness.

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