(July 26, 2015 at 11:26 pm)AtheistAspie Wrote: I haven't read all nine pages of this thread, so someone may already have mentioned this, but what I really want to know is why the Christians have to impinge on the rights of others to uphold their faith. If they don't like contraceptives, fine, don't take them, but why deny them to people who don't believe in a god that thinks abortion is evil? Same thing with homosexuality. If you don't like it, fine, don't get into gay relationships, but what business is it of yours what other people do with their lives?
It's like a reflex for them. Given they have so little respect for anyone else's autonomy, they can't help but shove their own beliefs down everyone else's throats, all while never forgetting to whine about how persecuted they are.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
