RE: religious discrimination by the reigning majority religion of Christendom
September 24, 2015 at 11:29 am
(September 24, 2015 at 11:24 am)Deepthunk Wrote:(September 23, 2015 at 12:23 pm)TheRocketSurgeon Wrote: That's a great essay. I'm sorry to hear about what happened to you.
I would love to reply, but I now have a headache from the strobing colors in your signature.
Please change that! (You can leave the colors, just not the flashing.)
Oh, sorry about that, I designed it that way to draw attention to what he said, but I've been meaning to change it anyway. I have it made with other graphics and other sigs I could toss in there, I'll see what I can do.
On a side note, if flashing colored lights give you headaches you should actually get that checked out, it could be a sign of epilepsy, ( for real, i'm not being sarcastic, if your not just joking you should check with a neurologist, that is a symptom of epilepsy).
I was joking. I already had a headache, at the time (I build custom motorcycles, so I spend a lot my my day looking at the flare of a TIG welder, which is still really bright through the lens), hammering and grinding loudly on metal sheets, and in general trying to give myself a headache. But the flashing did hurt my eyes, because of the headache, and made it worse.
It's just so distracting that it made it hard to focus on what you said in your post, which is, I think, counter to your purpose in making it flash. If it's so annoying that someone doesn't even want to look at it, then they're less likely to read either your post or our signature. That I did is just a reflection on the fact that I'm roughly as curious as the proverbial cat.
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.
