(September 11, 2015 at 12:30 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I don't know if I'd have the courage to stand up publicly if I were alive during the Inquisition. I like to think I would, but it's impossible to tell. But there are plenty of Muslims in the Western world who have nothing to fear by standing up. And yet when confronted, the first thing many of them choose to do is get defensive.
They don't objectively have "nothing to fear", in the sense that they no longer live in oppressive theocracies, but that doesn't necessarily mean free of violence.* (More joy out of Birmingham.) And even without violence, social pressure is very real to people.
*Quote from article: "They may also be particularly vulnerable to abuse as they can be blackmailed into keeping quiet because of the risk of ‘bringing shame’ on a community, she added.When abuse is revealed some families are more likely to send the daughter abroad or hastily arrange a wedding to get rid of the problem rather than face it, the report claims.‘The biggest barrier that we need to address is the shame and honour card,’ Ms Gohir said.‘They would rather protect the honour of the family and community than report an offender and protect other girls...".
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
