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RE: How many of you would punish religious people for being religious?
April 17, 2022 at 7:53 pm
(April 17, 2022 at 7:28 pm)Belacqua Wrote: (April 17, 2022 at 7:10 pm)polymath257 Wrote: That opinion right there speaks volumes.
Yup. She's not advocating violence. She's tolerant of religious people with children. She recognizes the obvious fact that many people get pleasure from punishing others.
Not everyone can manage these very sensible positions.
She's a he.
Glad you make your pronouncements based on what you know about a person.
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RE: How many of you would punish religious people for being religious?
April 17, 2022 at 8:09 pm
(April 17, 2022 at 7:53 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Glad you make your pronouncements based on what you know about a person.
Hard to make the distinction without deeper knowledge, given the avatar.
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RE: How many of you would punish religious people for being religious?
April 17, 2022 at 8:21 pm
If you hear "black person" and you immediately assume the phrase is referring to a violent gangbanger, then you're prejudiced.
If you hear "Jewish person" and you immediately assume the phrase refers to a greedy usurer, then you're prejudiced.
If you hear "gay person" and you immediately assume the phrase refers to a pedophile, then you're prejudiced.
If you hear "religious person" and you immediately assume the phrase refers to a child abuser, then you're prejudiced.
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RE: How many of you would punish religious people for being religious?
April 17, 2022 at 8:21 pm
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(April 17, 2022 at 8:09 pm)abaris Wrote: (April 17, 2022 at 7:53 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Glad you make your pronouncements based on what you know about a person.
Hard to make the distinction without deeper knowledge, given the avatar.
He's been posting here for months.
Some of us pay attention to other members and learn about them.
Bel isn't exactly a newby either.
I'm not Harley Quinn...others here aren't cats or dogs and Brian 37 certainly isn't ABBA.
Shut up, by the way. You are a bigger pompous ass than Bel is.
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RE: How many of you would punish religious people for being religious?
April 17, 2022 at 8:40 pm
(April 17, 2022 at 8:21 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Shut up, by the way. You are a bigger pompous ass than Bel is.
I'm glad to see, our mutual respect is on the same level.
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RE: How many of you would punish religious people for being religious?
April 17, 2022 at 8:44 pm
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(April 16, 2022 at 1:51 pm)Ahriman Wrote: Would you punish/torment religious people, if you could? How far does your disdain for religion go?
So long as their practice doesn't violate our laws, no. I've got religious people in my family. Why would I want to torment them who I love?
It's a weird question.
(April 16, 2022 at 8:37 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: (April 16, 2022 at 6:59 pm)Ahriman Wrote: If he/she thought science was provably superior to religion, and if he/she thought he/she was smarter than religious people.
It might be emotionally satisfying for the punisher.
That’s pretty creepy, dude.
There's a low self-esteem issue hiding somewhere in his answer.
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RE: How many of you would punish religious people for being religious?
April 17, 2022 at 9:01 pm
(April 17, 2022 at 8:40 pm)abaris Wrote: (April 17, 2022 at 8:21 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Shut up, by the way. You are a bigger pompous ass than Bel is.
I'm glad to see, our mutual respect is on the same level.
The pleasure some people get from punishing, insulting, or scolding is plain to see.
It's a reasonable thing to talk about in a thread. To what extent does our disagreement over religion cause us to want to act out? To force others to feel bad?
It's a good thread topic.
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RE: How many of you would punish religious people for being religious?
April 17, 2022 at 9:02 pm
(April 17, 2022 at 12:42 pm)Ahriman Wrote: Well I'm pretty wise, and I don't doubt myself at all, because......why would I?
Perhaps because questioning one's own precepts can lead to further enlightenment? The surest roadblock to learning is the certainty that one possesses the Truth™.
Just a thought.
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RE: How many of you would punish religious people for being religious?
April 17, 2022 at 10:09 pm
(April 17, 2022 at 8:21 pm)Belacqua Wrote: If you hear "black person" and you immediately assume the phrase is referring to a violent gangbanger, then you're prejudiced.
If you hear "Jewish person" and you immediately assume the phrase refers to a greedy usurer, then you're prejudiced.
If you hear "gay person" and you immediately assume the phrase refers to a pedophile, then you're prejudiced.
If you hear "religious person" and you immediately assume the phrase refers to a child abuser, then you're prejudiced.
What a self-righteous tool.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
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RE: How many of you would punish religious people for being religious?
April 18, 2022 at 1:24 am
When someone aims a vulgar, content-free insult at you, it's just an attempt to make you feel bad.
And an attempt to make you feel bad is an attempt to punish you, for something the insulter doesn't approve of.
So Ahriman's earlier point is proven here: some people enjoy punishing others.
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