(September 7, 2015 at 7:16 pm)TheRocketSurgeon Wrote:(September 7, 2015 at 6:57 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: This is a strawman argument, Rocket.
I never said you weren't badgered constantly, and I never said refusing to participate in someone's religion constitutes as badgering.
It's not a strawman argument. Your statement implied that we should not "badger" Christians because we would not appreciate being badgered. I returned with the reply that we are badgered. Constantly. And yet we are the ones who are deemed "angry" if we respond in kind.
It was on that basis that I then pointed out that the reason we're so often badgered is because others believe that if we do not conform, we are in need of pressure to do so. All "out of love", of course. Well, most of it out of love. Some is just plain bigotry.
Right, so if you don't like it when people do it to you, then don't do it to others lol.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
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