Atheism and its negative stigma...

**Frownland** · 12-08-2014, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth

are you serious? this is the best thing i've read in quite a while. does your grandmother do skype?

Real **** man, and she wasn't joking. Or maybe she suddenly got really good at keeping a straight face but I doubt it. She doesn't skype but I can give you her gilflover.com account name.

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 12-08-2014, 08:58 PM

you should start one of those vicarious twitter accounts for her.

Blarobbarg · 12-08-2014, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

According to a large part of my religious family members with their forwarded emails and shared Facebook posts, it's the Christians who are being persecuted in modern America.

As a Christian, I am SO ****ing tired of morons saying this. No, you are not persecuted you idiot. What you are experiencing is called "not having everyone around you agree with your ludicrous and sometimes borderline insane beliefs." Move to Iran or North Korea and then we'll talk about the persecution you're facing, but until then, shut it.

Neapolitan · 12-08-2014, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

According to a large part of my religious family members with their forwarded emails and shared Facebook posts, it's the Christians who are being persecuted in modern America.

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Originally Posted by Blarobbarg

As a Christian, I am SO ****ing tired of morons saying this. No, you are not persecuted you idiot. What you are experiencing is called "not having everyone around you agree with your ludicrous and sometimes borderline insane beliefs." Move to Iran or North Korea and then we'll talk about the persecution you're facing, but until then, shut it.

Maybe not the to the extent Christians in Syria, or Egypt or the other places you mentioned. Where they are not just teased about their religious beliefs but are physically persecuted, or worse killed.

But yes there are Christians in the US who feel persecuted.

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 12-08-2014, 11:15 PM

i think it's mostly just people being a little uneasy with modernity. they see the fact that religion is becoming a less dominant force in most of the metropolitan type areas and more of a cultural relic and that scares them cause the bible is full of stories about god getting pissed cause israel didn't worship him hard enough.

DeadChannel · 12-09-2014, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan

Maybe not the to the extent Christians in Syria, or Egypt or the other places you mentioned. Where they are not just teased about their religious beliefs but are physically persecuted, or worse killed.

But yes there are Christians in the US who feel persecuted.

To be fair, I feel like at least some of the time persecuted means "Not everyone around me agrees with my point of view"

Xurtio · 12-09-2014, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Carpe Mortem

Despite being pretty atheistic... And honestly, pretty lavishly blasphemic... I've found that in a professional environment the bias is in favor of religious folk. And I'm really not passionate enough about my beliefs to say I don't believe in your god if someone says something religion-inspired that's meant to be nice. I just let people believe I'm a good christian girl to avoid drama and dead end conversations that will probably cause more headache and harm than good. They mean well.

I wish I could do that...

Neapolitan · 12-10-2014, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by DeadChannel

To be fair, I feel like at least some of the time persecuted means "Not everyone around me agrees with my point of view"

It might be in public conscience because of media attention, but
to be fair persecution of Christians still exist in the world today.

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 12-10-2014, 09:04 PM

persecution of just about any religious group can probably be found somewhere in the world. people just love to cry victim

Neapolitan · 12-10-2014, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth

persecution of just about any religious group can probably be found somewhere in the world. people just love to cry victim

I don't think could be said (for example) of Syria, where 2.14 million people were forced to flew for the most part due to persecution. It isn't people who "just love to cry victim." They are victims.

12-08-2014, 08:58 PM	#92 (permalink)
~~John Wilkes Booth~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 2,235	you should start one of those vicarious twitter accounts for her.

12-08-2014, 11:15 PM	#95 (permalink)
~~John Wilkes Booth~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 2,235	i think it's mostly just people being a little uneasy with modernity. they see the fact that religion is becoming a less dominant force in most of the metropolitan type areas and more of a cultural relic and that scares them cause the bible is full of stories about god getting pissed cause israel didn't worship him hard enough.

12-10-2014, 09:04 PM	#99 (permalink)
~~John Wilkes Booth~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 2,235	persecution of just about any religious group can probably be found somewhere in the world. people just love to cry victim