(April 22, 2012 at 7:36 pm)padraic Wrote:Quote:What I dont understand i suppose is the hostility shown to believers.
That statement is not true,at least not for me. In daily life I rarely have a cross word with believers. That is because they mind their own business and stay out of my face.
It's true I'm often downright aggressive to some of the believers we get here. To be hostile BECAUSE they are believers would be bigoted. I become hostile with people who are arrogant and willfully ignorant. Not my fault that they are mostly ALSO believers.
Case in point;read Gilligan's idiotic thread on god smiting people who mock him. The ridicule and hostility he is getting is because he comes across as a willful ignoramus who also happens to be a believer. I hope you see the difference.
Hey padraic, yes i can surely see the difference there. I think thats just confrontational human nature really. Gilligan probably dosent realize that that could come off even a little threatening denpending on how you look at it. Im sure he probably didnt mean any harm. At least it makes us think about it at least for a second. although I agree with most on that topic that those people that mocked god probably didnt get struck down because of that fact. The God that i serve is rich in mercy and slow to anger. Back on subject, you seem like a reasonable person having read your post and i look forward to talking on the forum. And I agree with you its very hard not to be aggressive if sombody gets in your face about something be it about religion or evn sports teams. i wont hold it against ya
Islam has killed millions in the last decade, lets focus all attention on Christianity!
