(November 3, 2014 at 6:21 pm)tjakey Wrote: ...to support some particular prejudice or to nurce some particular hatred that they already hold. But it rarely leads to new prejudices or hatreds. ...
The one danger of this aspect of "moderate" is that it offers "God's Seal of Approval" and allows them to say, "hey, it's not me, it's God".
Of the three most homophobic guys I've ever known, two were atheists and one was a Christian. So lacking a belief in any god will not inoculate you from prejudice. However, the two that were atheists had no easy out as the moderate Christian did.
One was forced to own his prejudice ("Look, I just don't like fags") or while the other chose to soft/back peddle whenever it came up (*cracks a fag joke, then realizes the social faux paus* "...um, not that there's anything wrong with that of course").
As a side note, I think I've been asked how a "moderate" Christian can be bigoted against gays, women, etc. My definition of "moderate Christian" or "moderate Muslim" is one who accepts science, attempting to reconcile it with his/her faith, and occasionally (though not always) supports separation of Church and State. It does not mean that the "moderate" won't be a political conservative or even advocate prejudice being written into the law.
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"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
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... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
