(March 25, 2015 at 2:28 pm)Judi Lynn Wrote:(March 25, 2015 at 2:01 pm)tonyc4444 Wrote: My apologies Judi I missed this post before. I don't know what a "Xian" is, I've never heard that term before but in the context you're using it I'll assume you mean Christians, if that's wrong please correct me.
Xian means Christian. It's a shortened term for it.
Just like Pxian means Progressive Christian.
And while you may have explained away your reasons for saying xians put country in their top three, it doesn't explain how you still managed to contradict yourself, prior to my asking for a source. Up to that point, you made a generalization about a group of people without identifying any sources to back up that generalization. So I responded in kind, asking why you made that assumption but then turned around and said that you don't want to assume something about an entire group of people.
Because I'm not assuming anything about Christians. You THINK I'm assuming something about Christians in general, but I'm not.
My assumption that Atheists place science on a pedestal was an assumption, saying that Christians tend to place God, Family and Country as their source of emotional stability and happiness is not an assumption. It's an observation that is grounded in reality. The only assumption here was that you and others already knew that. Apparently you didn't. But like any discussion it's not necessary for me to site every single source for every single statement I make. If you take issue with something I say, THEN it can be addressed, just like we did.
