Discrimination, oppression, and the War on Christianity

[arewethereyet]

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I wonder if you would feel the same if you lived in a world where most people worshipped Satan and you knew that by not participating your child would be ostracized at best and possibly bullied.

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Kids bully, and people judge. Giving into peer pressure or compromising your beliefs aren't going to stop that because people also love to steam roll over perceived weakness. Oh, and I think I would, but with my privilege and bias it's hard to know for certain.

Here is the bottom line.

If Christians aren't allowed to insert their beliefs/faith/rituals on everyone they are being persecuted.

Ask them...they'll tell you.

No. If Christians aren't allowed to express their beliefs/faith/rituals in public in their daily life they're being censored. You can't have plurality of expression and free speech without freedom for everyone. I understand that in a sad effort for equanimity of outcome the minority seeks to limit their patriarchal oppressors, but I see it as just as fruitless as fighting fire with fire, an eye for an eye, hatred with hatred, racism with racism, etc. I understand quite clearly that I shouldn't have had a prayer at a secular game in a role of leadership of children. I was flaunting my privilege and it was wrong and not very Christian of me.

can we move on now to discussions of ways to stop oppression without using oppression, discrimination with discrimination, etc.? Should we legislate that people can only pray in authorized areas? Hijabs in public are a religious expression of beliefs, should it be disallowed in all public places? Why just religious expression, why not cultural expressions?

I am glad to see that you realize now you shouldn't use your position of authority over kids as an in to evangelize.

Beyond that, I am not playing word games with you any more.  I don't really find you to be very honest which is a change from what I thought when I came here on the regular about a year ago.