(October 22, 2011 at 10:42 am)frankiej Wrote:(October 22, 2011 at 10:35 am)reverendjeremiah Wrote:(October 22, 2011 at 10:34 am)frankiej Wrote: I don't see it as rude. I imagine you want honest opinions on things like this and this is what you get, otherwise you wouldn't be on an atheist forum.
"you're offended? So fucking what?" - Stephen Fry
Personally I find the bible to be VERY offensive.
It is just stupid book, there is no reason to get offended.
It is what is done in the name of a book that gets me, but offence is not something I take from that... Disgust and sympathy for it's victims is what I take.
Thats just it. If it were a book that was obviously taken as fiction..it would still be offensive, but not NEAR as much.
This book presents fiction as fact...it then demonizes those who refuse to accept that..even to the point of demanding their lives be taken from them if they do not conform.
If you arent offended by that...then you will probably not understand my stance on the subject.
