Just an observance--oops, OBSERVATION! Thank you Professor V. ;)
But is there a similar theme to all these religious threads? Look at some of the titles...don't they seem a little off the wall? What are the posters trying to convey about religious folks?
Do people really think these articles are valid, or are they just out to smack the religious people and make them look ridiculous?
What is the point in all of these? And why the same couple of posters?
Why do they seem to want to paint religious folks in a negative light?
Does this strike YOU as a little odd?
Quoting newmom2be08:
Quoting romalove:
Quoting newmom2be08:
I think people want to make Christians look like fools. I get a VERY negative vibe toward Christians on this site. That's my opinion and I'm stickin' to it!
I'm an atheist. We are apparently the most hated and mistrusted of all people.
Wanna compare negative vibes? LOL
I guess we are in the same boat, huh? :) BTW, I don't hate you. ;)
I think we're in the boat of "CM threads tend to be extremist". :-)
I don't hate you either LOL!
Quoting toomanypoodles:
Quoting Sisteract:
Well, I saw a clip of the Minister and his thoughts on gay children .I am disgusted at his inhumanity-
I didn't read through it...but I'm sure I would have been too.
Then why not go onto the post and agree that it is wrong?
That's I think what I don't understand and I think a lot of what those posts are about. If Christians don't come into those posts to say that it is wrong and totally unrepresentative of their beliefs, I think it could go a long way.
Instead, usually any Christians who do come in tend to be defensive, dismissive or say that they can see where it is coming from. In particular, the way that so many Christians simply accept that targetting the rights of gays is acceptable is so galling.
The best way for Christians who think it is unrepresentative of the religion to address that fact would appear to be coming in to any thread like that and joining in the condemnation of it. If that doesn't happen, the feeling tends to grow that it is more representative than most of us would hope of Christians as a whole.
This is the sort of inflammatory remark that is irritating.
I am glad that you at least had the decency to admit in an earlier post that it is horrendous that anybody would do as the man who shot the boy did. Unfortunately, you immediately classify him as "not a man of God", yet he did what he did because it is what he believed God wanted him to do.
It is the failure of those who are Christian in these groups to come into those posts and to condemn the actions and comments of those who claim to be acting in God's name. Not to dismiss them as not being "Christian" because they believe they are.
Somehow, those who feel that these threads are attacking Christians need to find a way to own the fact that their religion is responsible for some incredibly evil actions. The people doing these things are "following" a religion that is very important to you, yet the response tends to be ignore, dismiss or disown the actions.
That is the true travesty of all of this...that Christians will simply refuse to see the evil that is done in their name...is never really addressed. Simply saying that the people who do this are not "true" Christians is minimizing the impact. Own that it is your religion that is at the base of these things. Acknowledge that the teachings lead to these results. You can then clarify that you do not believe that those teachings are core with your beliefs or whatever your personal "truth" is with regard to the religion but the complete lack of ownership that so many Christians take to the evil that is done when certain people are taught some of the (minimally supportable) teachings is what leads to people posting more and more examples of this happening.
Quoting kailu1835:
Personally I think they're so insecure in their own beliefs that they have to poke sticks at others to make themselves feel better about believing something they aren't sure about.
Quoting toomanypoodles:
Quoting kailu1835:
Some people just are vindictive. It isn't odd to me at all, because these posts are posted by and filled with the posters you would expect. Just skip it... you give it power.
Exactly. I generally don't even open the posts---the titles alone turn me off.
It's sad that people do this though, as the poster above said.
What's the point of continuing to poke sticks at a certain group of people? It just makes them look trite.
What I find funny and hypocritical is the bashing of religions by the people who cry when their own religion is the topic and being scrutinized.
But the most hilarious people on CM are the ones who deflect in a thread by pointing out the absurdity of another religion when defending their own.
Psychology says atheists have higher IQs when compared to people who embrace a religion and that study is very easy to believe on this website.
Quoting Veni.Vidi.Vici.:
Quoting romalove:
Quoting newmom2be08:
I think people want to make Christians look like fools. I get a VERY negative vibe toward Christians on this site. That's my opinion and I'm stickin' to it!
I'm an atheist. We are apparently the most hated and mistrusted of all people.
Wanna compare negative vibes? LOL
:smacks gum:
You're going to hell whether you believe in hell or not
:flips hair:
Quoting toomanypoodles:
Quoting kailu1835:
Personally I think they're so insecure in their own beliefs that they have to poke sticks at others to make themselves feel better about believing something they aren't sure about.
Quoting toomanypoodles:
Quoting kailu1835:
Some people just are vindictive. It isn't odd to me at all, because these posts are posted by and filled with the posters you would expect. Just skip it... you give it power.
Exactly. I generally don't even open the posts---the titles alone turn me off.
It's sad that people do this though, as the poster above said.
What's the point of continuing to poke sticks at a certain group of people? It just makes them look trite.
Perhaps so.
I think I'd be insecure too if I had nothing to believe in.
And as a Christian I think it is important to expose the insidiousness of hatred.
Why on earth would you make that leap in logic?
Quoting KC33:What I find funny and hypocritical is the bashing of religions by the people who cry when their own religion is the topic and being scrutinized.
But the most hilarious people on CM are the ones who deflect in a thread by pointing out the absurdity of another religion when defending their own.
Psychology says atheists have higher IQs when compared to people who embrace a religion and that study is very easy to believe on this website.
Quoting toomanypoodles:
Quoting kailu1835:
Personally I think they're so insecure in their own beliefs that they have to poke sticks at others to make themselves feel better about believing something they aren't sure about.
Quoting toomanypoodles:
Quoting kailu1835:
Some people just are vindictive. It isn't odd to me at all, because these posts are posted by and filled with the posters you would expect. Just skip it... you give it power.
Exactly. I generally don't even open the posts---the titles alone turn me off.
It's sad that people do this though, as the poster above said.
What's the point of continuing to poke sticks at a certain group of people? It just makes them look trite.
Perhaps so.
I think I'd be insecure too if I had nothing to believe in.
Oh man, lol. This is a the best response ever by a Christian in a post they themselves made complaining that others are picking on their religious beliefs. Kailu only gets second place because she's not the op.
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