(September 2, 2014 at 10:14 pm)Polaris Wrote: Considering I was out of town over the weekend when you made this post and the PM you sent me, consider yourself a liar. And it's so easy to prove with your mod abilities to boot.
Certainly you must see the irony in you saying this in a thread you opened calling for tolerance. Also ironic, given the history of the U.S. as a bastion for religious tolerance, is your consistent hatred for all things American being on display in this thread.
Not everyone here treats you poorly so turn off your persecution complex.
As far as religious tolerance goes, I think you need to realize a few thinigs. Without exception, I think everyone here recognizes and respects the right of everyone to believe what they wish; something you fealt the need to pat yourself on the back for. This does not automatically translate into respect of any particular belief or practice nor does it require my participation or consent. Respect for specifics, like everything else in life, will be judged on its merits. For example, I respect the right of people of like mind to congregate once a week to simultaneously whisper sweet nothings into oblivion, but I don't have to respect the act nor am I compelled to go through the motions.
You want to see religious tolerance on display? Go read Christian comments on news stories that talk about installing foot washing stations in public spaces. It's also not hard to find examples of Christians issuing death threats (fatwa for one?) anytime they disagree with someone else. There can also be no respect given for the ridiculous; i.e., claiming that natural disasters are due to tolerating homosexuals.
If you don't want your beliefs to be ridiculed, don't have ridiculous beliefs. I will attempt to illustrate my point. I disagree with someone's belief in God, but don't necessarily believe the position to be ridiculous. I can also leave room for using stories of the Bible as tools for moral instruction, even the parts that can be pointed to as examples of what not to do. Those that believe the Bible to be the infallible word of God are free to do so, but these potentially dangerous idiots are fully deserving of any ridicule sent their direction.
