TXCAP4228
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You've gotta be kidding me. You're telling me people don't get made fun of on this board ?? Sure they do, on EVERY subject. Its no big deal for me, I can take it. But if you are affraid of comments in this very public forum then don't make posts that invite them.brianjohn said:TXCAP4228-
You are right, there is nothing wrong with disagreeing with someone's personal beliefs. Doing it in a way as to poke fun is totally different. Using the term "religious wacko" is certainly poking fun. It's also stereotyping. I'm not saying you did that, but in my opinion this whole mess got started by someone using the term "religious wacko" for no apparant reason.
It's quite alright to disagree with me, but if it's done in an irrational and cynical way, I would get defensive.
Notwithstanding that I'm Blessed may indeed be a "religious wacko" (there are some out there), the idea that people who disagree are somehow wrong to poke fun is absurd.
Anyway, I had to go all the way back to generaltso(sp?) on page 1 to find the SINGLE REFERENCE to "religious wacko" on this whole thread. However, others who are christians have used terms like "christian-bashers" and "nut case religious fanatics"to respond to that single reference.
By the way, I will give I'm blessed credence in the world. However, if I had a screen name like "NOT A CHRISTIAN" or "I'M NOT BLESSED" or "BLESSED? ME? NO THANKS!", you're saying that you would not have the right to respond to me in a way that pokes fun. To say or do anything else would make the respondant that commented on my screen name a hypocrite.... and I PROMISE YOU, tons of people would tell me how wrong and lost I was.
Do a search and you will find (in the last 4 months even) at LEAST 5 threads were people who did not believe were criticized.
I hate to burst your bubble, but the non believers around this board, and for that matter in most of the world, are content to keep their mouths shut, while the believers are happy to go around and witness to anyone at all even if it is unsolicited and undesired.
For some reason, the non believers are expected to tolerate this without comment.... and if they DO have the audacity to make a comment they are called uncivil and disrespectful.
If you took a moment to see this from our point of view you might understand our frustration/exasperation. You might even begin to understand why I take the time to go into 3 pages on this thread defending my point of view and my right to disagree.
Happy flying.