RE: Open discussion of the Christian Why We're Here thread
May 23, 2018 at 11:57 am
(This post was last modified: May 23, 2018 at 11:58 am by Catholic_Lady.)
(May 23, 2018 at 11:49 am)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:(May 23, 2018 at 11:38 am)Kit Wrote: The problem is when the cult gets too big and too powerful and insists that everyone else join the cult and that the government bends to the cult's will.
Don't you believe that your political opinions are correct and should become policy? Every form of government imposes its will on its citizens or subjects based on some value system. What makes an atheistic value system, if there really is such a thing, any better? Why should Christians be forced to adopt purely secular values?
And besides don't you know the difference between a cult and a religion?
Yes, this^
Everyone imposes their value system on how they vote, etc.
Most American's value system includes freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state. But the differences come in the finer details than that, and of course everyone will vote based on what they think. Religious and non religious people alike.
(May 23, 2018 at 11:51 am)mh.brewer Wrote:(May 23, 2018 at 11:47 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I'm sorry people have shamed you for being atheist. A good way to respond is to not do the same thing and shame others for being things you're not.
I'm pretty thick skinned now, they still make the attempts but are mostly ignored.
A good way to respond is just take it? Gee thanks.
A better way to respond is sarcasm.
No, not what I said at all.
"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
