(November 6, 2009 at 9:02 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Of course they are!!! Not in your wildest dreams would that not be true.
All evidence points to the contrary as far as I know...
There are over 1.5 Billion Catholics for instance, as far as I remember...
Christianity is the majority... Islam is 2nd.
Check this out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Religi...bution.png
Quote:Whenever the term 'Christian' is used it's to demonize via some extreme example as if this applies to all Christians by default rather than the extreme and totally non Christian acts always portrayed.
Actually as far as I know... it's the opposite.
People will say things like "That's very Christian of you"... and it's apparently an insult to say someone is "Unchristian".... it has negative connotations according to dictionaries and thesauruses if I remember correctly last time I looked it up
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Just as impious has negative connotations. As piety has positive ones... I as an atheist think that is bullshit of course - there's nothing wrong with impiety
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And people will say things like "What are you playing such loud music for at this ungodly hour?" ...ungodly is used as a curse word.
Sure, there are many non-religious people who flame religious people...but then there are many who don't. And when there are irreligious flamers of the religious... I doubt they simply refer to them as "Christians".
Christian does not=fundie. I, like many atheists alike I believe, understand that there are fundie Christians...but there are also moderate Christians. And there are all those in-between, etc.
What is your point?
EvF