(November 4, 2014 at 10:31 pm)Servatum Wrote: In my experience, Christians are proud of being known for their biases and hatred, and especially their narrow-minded thinking.
Why would you be proud of that?
That isn't my experience. What I've seen is that those Christians who practice bigotry realize that their views aren't shared, and they will take pains to cover up those views unless for some reason they believe they're in company that they think might be receptive.
When I lived in Southern California, I had a Christian neighbor who was nice as you could ask for, and then one day she found out I was from Texas. I had to ask her to quit with the racial epithets, as they were flowing freely from her mouth. It seemed clear to me that she felt as if she would have a sympathetic ear; she was clearly taken aback when I pointed out how offensive her speech was to me, a member of a multiracial family.
She clearly wasn't proud of her views once they faced pushback.
She's not the only bigot I've known who has taken pains to hide their bigotry.
And just to be clear, I'm not arguing that all Christians are bigots, because I know that not all are.
