I'm sitting here trying to articulate what irritates me so much about the True Believers ™. I don't think it's because they're inherently bad people. I'm confident that if we sat down and avoided religion entirely we could have many hours of constructive discussion on just about any other topic. But every time they bring up religion, it just rubs me a little bit raw.
I thought it was the inherent arrogance (or smugness, if you will) that comes part and parcel with religious thinking. But that's not really it. Because I'm equally as arrogant and I don't annoy myself that often or that consistently. It's the insistence of the theist to piss on my shoe and tell me it's raining. That's what pisses me off the most about theists (but especially christians.)
Especially the so-called liberal ones. They are the most intellectually dishonest people that you're likely to meet because they hide their arrogance behind the idea of religious pluralism, all the while sniggering behind your back that they feel sorry for you not being a card-carrying member of their cult (or sub-cult). At least the Robertson's and the Falwell's have the balls to tell you to your face that they think they are better than you (even if they don't buy the bullshit they sell.) They may be dishonest about other things, but at least they're upfront about what they think of you.
Listening to a christian bitch about being oppressed is like listening to a white male complain about reverse-discrimination. If they didn't act like such bastards all the time, maybe the minority groups wouldn't need special protection from them.
So knock off this "pluralism - up with people" crap because I don't buy it and neither do you. If you really thought that all religions were of equal weight, you wouldn't cling to the christian god so tightly. Gilded bullshit smells just as bad as the plain bullshit.
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I will ask God to pray for your lost soul. I think you are judging your whole opinion on a few christians you meet. If they pissed you off, Im Sorry, But not all christians are like that.
And you have no conception of how condescending it is to tell someone who doesn't share your beliefs that you are going to practice your belief on their behalf, do you?
Don't bother praying for me.
Those are my feelings exactly , you can't have your cake and eat it.
I am praying for you too.
I have no idea why that's condesending. If my beliefs require me to pray for you then for you to say I'm wrong to do so is intolerant... or whatever.
In reality, people are free to do as they wish. Protestant christians in the States are hardly oppressive compared to much of what goes on in the world, but they certainly have their flaws.
Saying they hope you feel better and they will do what they believe will get you there is not one of those flaws.
I understand your need for attention with the cheesy blog and the gotcha thing. I've done worse. Of course, attention is what prayer is all about!
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