uscitizen
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Nope, just control my mind and life.
Why Christianity is picke on.
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Nope, just control my mind and life.
Litmus
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No. They definitely are, relative to other religions. Christians are expected to be silent about their beliefs while our public spaces must be modified to accomodate muslims. And everyone gets uptight about offending muslims, but christ can be covered with feces and displayed as art, and christians who complain are ridiculed. If you can't see the double standard, it's just cuz you're trying to win favor with board libs.
Litmus
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# of chapels is not a sig fig. The key is: TO what degree can the group be maligned and mistreated with impunity? Christians can be mocked mercilessly, Islam must be treated with respect. That's a double standard.
uscitizen
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yeah sure, just try proclaiming yourself as an atheist in the bible belt. Around here you would get no jobs, etc and might be killed.
Mistreated? Seriously, you can't hardly throw a rock without hitting a church. They hold an strong coalition of the government, even the "Christian Left" has more power than they should. When people complain about not being included on WalMart's website they immediately change it.
Seriously, when you know what it is actually like to be part of a minority religion then you can talk to me about this, otherwise call a Wahmbulance and cry to your emergency shrink who will probably tell you to shut up.
The persecution syndrome constantly presented by Christians in a nation full of Christians is simply disingenuous rubbish designed to keep more people in their pews.
Seriously, when you know what it is actually like to be part of a minority religion then you can talk to me about this, otherwise call a Wahmbulance and cry to your emergency shrink who will probably tell you to shut up.
The persecution syndrome constantly presented by Christians in a nation full of Christians is simply disingenuous rubbish designed to keep more people in their pews.
Litmus
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Again. Number of churches is not a meaningful indicator. What is relevant is the double standard I mentioned previously. It's socially acceptable to publicly mock and malign christians, but it's considered wrong to discuss other religions in a similar fashion. That double standard is part of the national brainwash regimen. you lose again. Go ahead, huff and puff some more.
Litmus
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I think most people who call themselves christians are quite wrong and deluded. But that's not actually the message of christ, it's a perversion. Yes, it's been perverted a long time.
But if one merely considers the basic narrative of the bible, the message is clear. The layers and layers of pontification and perversion have had a destructive effect, but the pearl of wisdom is there. Jesus was nearly a renunciant, an anti-materialist, what today we would consider to be something of an eastern philosophy, like buddhism.
uscitizen
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Strange that he hung out with upper middle class folks then. Owning a boat in those times was not common.
But then someone who did not work would have to have someone to support them.
It is an extremely valid indicator of how accepted Christians are in our society. When you can't walk through a major airport without seeing three chapels, when you can't even drive through the boondocks where I live without seeing a myriad of churches, when you see movies based on their beliefs constantly displayed, when it is assumed you will understand much of the content in the movies without explanation...Again. Number of churches is not a meaningful indicator. What is relevant is the double standard I mentioned previously. It's socially acceptable to publicly mock and malign christians, but it's considered wrong to discuss other religions in a similar fashion. That double standard is part of the national brainwash regimen. you lose again. Go ahead, huff and puff some more.
Blah, blah.
There are about a million different little things that permeate our lives that are pro-christian, so much so that when one little thing doesn't go their way they are crying like the smallest children without regard to actual evidence it makes those of us in minority religions have just a bit of schadenfreude.
uscitizen
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Who's picking on who ?
MANCHESTER, Kentucky (AP) -- John Becknell enters the courtroom and finds his usual spot in the front row, just behind the prosecutor's table.
Becknell -- a devout Christian known to many as "Brother John" -- pulls out a pen and an inch-thick docket, mostly of drug and alcohol cases. For the next three hours, he takes diligent notes on the judge's actions, the attendance of police officers, repeat offenders making another appearance, and so on.
The purpose? To make sure drug offenders in eastern Kentucky are getting what they deserve.
Frustrated with widespread drug abuse -- especially of easily accessible prescription painkillers -- a handful of mountain churches are moving away from their traditional role as a refuge for the poor and addicted. Now they're more interested in law enforcement.
The Community Church of Manchester is leading the way through "Court Watch," a program in which volunteers attend court hearings to monitor judges overseeing drug-related cases.
"It's kind of a new position and very controversial," said Becknell, who also runs his church's local Christian television station. "A lot of churches shun getting involved in politics or going to court."
The Rev. Doug Abner, pastor at Community Church -- whose slogan for a 2004 anti-drug march was "get saved or get busted" -- said the presence of Court Watch volunteers puts "mild pressure" on judges "to do the right thing." The volunteers collect information for a database and look for trends in drug crimes.
for full story:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/07/18/christian.watchers.ap/index.html
MANCHESTER, Kentucky (AP) -- John Becknell enters the courtroom and finds his usual spot in the front row, just behind the prosecutor's table.
Becknell -- a devout Christian known to many as "Brother John" -- pulls out a pen and an inch-thick docket, mostly of drug and alcohol cases. For the next three hours, he takes diligent notes on the judge's actions, the attendance of police officers, repeat offenders making another appearance, and so on.
The purpose? To make sure drug offenders in eastern Kentucky are getting what they deserve.
Frustrated with widespread drug abuse -- especially of easily accessible prescription painkillers -- a handful of mountain churches are moving away from their traditional role as a refuge for the poor and addicted. Now they're more interested in law enforcement.
The Community Church of Manchester is leading the way through "Court Watch," a program in which volunteers attend court hearings to monitor judges overseeing drug-related cases.
"It's kind of a new position and very controversial," said Becknell, who also runs his church's local Christian television station. "A lot of churches shun getting involved in politics or going to court."
The Rev. Doug Abner, pastor at Community Church -- whose slogan for a 2004 anti-drug march was "get saved or get busted" -- said the presence of Court Watch volunteers puts "mild pressure" on judges "to do the right thing." The volunteers collect information for a database and look for trends in drug crimes.
for full story:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/07/18/christian.watchers.ap/index.html
Litmus
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Wanting to enforce drug laws is not theocracy, you ignorant douche. I don't think jesus's position on drugs was very well documented. Is it just that christians have no right to participate in public life? Why are you such a nazi?