(June 21, 2015 at 9:33 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote:(June 21, 2015 at 9:24 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: Seems to me your boy has some moral relativity happening inside his own heart there. Would you treat others in the manner of chattel? Does loving your neighbor entail forcing them to work from sunup to sundown without compensation outside of food and shelter, lacking the freedom to come and go as they please, even lacking the freedom to refuse your offer? Well, Jesus apparently thought that was a good deal, because as we've seen already, he counseled slaves to "chillax, brotha, love your master and obey him as you would me".
Yo're goddamned straight I am saying exactly that. Silence in the face of evil is inexcusable on the part of a moral being. Either Jesus knew slavery was evil, and kept his trap shut, or Jesus thought slavery was A-okay. Which is it?
I judge a man by his actions, or inactions. Words are cheap ... anyone can talk.
I don't know what site you are referring to, but the site I was a member of had debates just as heated (if not more so) than this one.
Quote:I'm not referring to one website. I've been a member on a few religious wewbsites of varying bents and have invariably been silenced in one form or another once my atheism was made plain. I certainly wasn't permitted to argue 60-page threads of my opinions versus the membership there.
Perhaps you could drop a link to this allegedly permissive site you belonged to, and we can see in a real-world experiment exactly how tolerant they are of non-approved beliefs?
(June 21, 2015 at 8:34 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I look forward to evidence of Christians willing and able to tolerate a continued atheist presence on their forums. I'll believe it when I see it.
Actually, I'll allow this. Even if we discourage links to outside forums and blogs for new members, in this case, it only makes sense for the discussion.
I appreciate the exception but I am going to choose not to do this.
I feel like at this point, if I post it here, a ton of the members from this forum may join with the sole intention of antagonizing the Catholic members to see what happens. It wouldn't be fair to those people if I did that. Especially since Randy and I are on there.
I know neither of you would be so disrespectful as to do that, but I don't know who else is reading these posts.
With that being said, since I will not provide you with evidence, you are, of course, free to not take my word for it. I apologize.
"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
-walsh
