(February 19, 2014 at 6:43 pm)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: It really shouldn't.
People really stretch John 15:19. It may be true that if you are a true Christian ™ the world will hate you. It does not follow that the world hating you makes you a true Christian ™. Being a douche does not make one holy.
My point was that when your beliefs state that all humans are filthy, wicked beings and everyone that doesn't accept your beliefs and your savior deserve to be denied paradise and sentenced to eternal torment, being uncompromising to those beliefs require you to be a dickhead.
So, if The Good News is to be uncompromising, he/she must be a cunt when expressing his/her beliefs.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
