Why Christianity is picke on.

Damocles said:
Christians are rarely Theocrats. Just as Buddhists are rarely Theocrats...
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Even if only a small percentage of Christians -- and by "Christian" I mean anyone who calls himself or herself a Christian; I take no sides -- are theocratically inclined, that's still a very large number of people. Worse, that particular group has gained a disproportionate share of power and influence in the past 25 years or so.

The good news is, as I've said before, I think they've already passed their high water mark. Their power now is ebbing, albeit slowly.
 
AssHatZombie said:
Could you please explain your assininity?
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Maybe uscitizen can explain why you're so deluded as to find the truth asinine. I'm at a loss, myself.

Anyone who honestly thinks that Chirstians are persecuted for their religious beliefs here in the Western world displays stupidity worthy of a retarded ass. Such a person is so far into that great river in Egypt that he probably ought to wear scuba gear constantly. Christianity is so strongly dominant in Europe and North America that any claim to minority status for the creed is absurd on its face. This is unfortunate from the point of view of many Christians because, as uscitizen has pointed out, there is a need for persecution built into modern Christianity.

Much of the mythological underpining of Christianity is founded on the notion of persecution. Not surprising, considering the history of the early church. Actually, it may just be their Jewish heritage at that. Whichever may be true, the myth of the put-upon Christian, discriminated against in his own land, remains central to many Christians' conception of their faith.

There are, of course, certain fringe sects within Christianity whose members are indeed persecuted for their beliefs. This is generally due to the fact that their beliefs are perverted and grotesque. These ugly little bad seeds, though, don'r really reflect on Christianity as a whole: in any crop so very large and geographically diverse, you're inevitably going to find a certain number of wierdly distorted fruits.
 
OrnotBitwise said:
Maybe uscitizen can explain why you're so deluded as to find the truth asinine. I'm at a loss, myself.

Anyone who honestly thinks that Chirstians are persecuted for their religious beliefs here in the Western world displays stupidity worthy of a retarded ass. Such a person is so far into that great river in Egypt that he probably ought to wear scuba gear constantly. Christianity is so strongly dominant in Europe and North America that any claim to minority status for the creed is absurd on its face. This is unfortunate from the point of view of many Christians because, as uscitizen has pointed out, there is a need for persecution built into modern Christianity.

Much of the mythological underpining of Christianity is founded on the notion of persecution. Not surprising, considering the history of the early church. Actually, it may just be their Jewish heritage at that. Whichever may be true, the myth of the put-upon Christian, discriminated against in his own land, remains central to many Christians' conception of their faith.

There are, of course, certain fringe sects within Christianity whose members are indeed persecuted for their beliefs. This is generally due to the fact that their beliefs are perverted and grotesque. These ugly little bad seeds, though, don'r really reflect on Christianity as a whole: in any crop so very large and geographically diverse, you're inevitably going to find a certain number of wierdly distorted fruits.
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Watermark's sunday school whenever he was ten:

OK, class, raise your hand if you think that Christianity will one day be persecuted like in Rome in the USA?

(Everyoen raises their hand, including WM)
 
Cypress said:
There's not a snowball's chance in hell that the United States, Denmark, Austria, and Iceland are going to "forcibly" be converted to islam.

I spent the first decades of my life being lectured on how Soviet communism was going to "forcibly" convert us to communists.

We, of course, won that "fight" with a battle of ideas, and by holding the high moral ground. Not, with guns and bullets.
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We won "that fight" because the Soviet Union imploded.

If we do not wake up, we will lose the next one by implosion.
 
yes they lost because their form of government was unsustainable.

Democracy is sustainable IF we can retain it from the scum who are currently trying to subvert it?

The Bush admin.
 
Desh said:
yes they lost because their form of government was unsustainable.

Democracy is sustainable IF we can retain it from the scum who are currently trying to subvert it?

The Bush admin.
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It is sustainable so long as we can keep people's greedy paws off our money.
 
Look back up to Ornots post, he said it much better than I could.

My knowledge was gained in over 16 yrs of church attendance in 3 different denominations. and from discussions recently with theologians at the local seminary. Very interesting conversations. Seminary taught preachers do understand far more than they preach to the congreagations.
 
uscitizen said:
Look back up to Ornots post, he said it much better than I could.

My knowledge was gained in over 16 yrs of church attendance in 3 different denominations. and from discussions recently with theologians at the local seminary. Very interesting conversations. Seminary taught preachers do understand far more than they preach to the congreagations.
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DId they try to cop a feel?
 
I still believe the premise of the thread is hilarious. Here in the boondocks, the nearest gas station being about 15 miles away, there are three churches between here and that gas station. There is no fricking way that christians are getting 'picked on'.
 
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