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Why are the religious so sensitive?
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Why are the religious so sensitive?
After watching part one of 'The Four Horsemen' yesterday an interesting point was raised about how deeply offended and angry some religious people get when you question their faith and how society seems to treat religion as somehow more important than other subjects.

For example, if I wrote a book directed towards how strange and pointless I though the whole world of football was, it would certainly get a reaction from football fans but I doubt very much if it would be met with the kind of vitriol, aggression, death threats and emotional outpouring that ensues when books like 'The God Delusion' are released.

The question is, why does religion have this special status where it is generally seen as a terrible taboo to mock, question or even challenge these beliefs?

And it's not just the faithful either, there are even examples of protecting these sensibilities by proxy. I am thinking of such things as organisation banning decorations and trees in their shops at Christmas because it might offend Muslims or Hindus etc. which of course it would not and in many cases does these groups no favours as it simply exaggerates societies perception of extreme sensitivity.
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Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Darwinian - August 25, 2008 at 5:46 pm
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Meatball - August 26, 2008 at 1:40 pm
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Darwinian - August 26, 2008 at 1:48 pm
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Brick-top - August 26, 2008 at 5:09 pm
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Ace Otana - August 26, 2008 at 5:23 pm
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by WOKE UP - August 31, 2008 at 10:21 pm
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Pete - September 1, 2008 at 5:11 pm
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Jason Jarred - September 1, 2008 at 10:15 pm
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Pete - September 1, 2008 at 11:30 pm
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Jason Jarred - September 1, 2008 at 11:50 pm
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Pete - September 1, 2008 at 11:58 pm
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by allan175 - September 2, 2008 at 5:13 am
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Pete - September 2, 2008 at 7:40 am
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by allan175 - September 2, 2008 at 9:13 am
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Jason Jarred - September 7, 2008 at 10:02 pm
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Ace Otana - September 2, 2008 at 11:09 am
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Meatball - September 7, 2008 at 8:02 pm
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by chatpilot - September 2, 2008 at 10:12 am
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Eilonnwy - September 2, 2008 at 10:56 am
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by allan175 - September 2, 2008 at 11:06 am
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Tiberius - September 2, 2008 at 7:07 pm
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by KRW1612 - September 2, 2008 at 7:41 pm
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by FutureAndAHope - September 8, 2008 at 5:16 am
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Ace Otana - September 8, 2008 at 6:01 am
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Eilonnwy - September 8, 2008 at 5:06 pm
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Jason Jarred - September 8, 2008 at 7:11 pm
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Tiberius - September 8, 2008 at 6:50 am
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Ace Otana - September 8, 2008 at 7:28 am
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Tiberius - September 8, 2008 at 1:30 pm
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Ace Otana - September 8, 2008 at 4:42 pm
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by FutureAndAHope - September 10, 2008 at 4:51 am
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Ace Otana - September 10, 2008 at 5:45 am
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Eilonnwy - September 10, 2008 at 9:19 am
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by FutureAndAHope - September 11, 2008 at 6:39 am
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Brick-top - September 11, 2008 at 12:21 pm
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Eilonnwy - September 11, 2008 at 9:50 pm
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Ace Otana - September 11, 2008 at 12:53 pm
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Ace Otana - September 11, 2008 at 1:01 pm
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by allan175 - September 12, 2008 at 4:01 am
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by allan175 - September 11, 2008 at 7:15 am
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Edwardo Piet - September 22, 2008 at 7:00 am
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by starbucks - September 24, 2008 at 12:33 am
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Edwardo Piet - September 24, 2008 at 12:49 am
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by starbucks - September 24, 2008 at 3:01 pm
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Jason Jarred - September 24, 2008 at 12:59 am
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Spashie - September 24, 2008 at 7:48 pm
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Jason Jarred - September 24, 2008 at 11:55 pm
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Spashie - September 25, 2008 at 12:52 am
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Edwardo Piet - September 26, 2008 at 10:20 am
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by starbucks - September 26, 2008 at 10:30 am
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Alan - September 26, 2008 at 10:31 am
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by starbucks - September 26, 2008 at 10:39 am
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Alan - September 26, 2008 at 10:51 am
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by starbucks - September 26, 2008 at 11:08 am
RE: Why are the religious so sensitive? - by Alan - September 26, 2008 at 11:39 am

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