Nope, sorry Cath. I'm not gonna agree with you on this one.
This guy goes out of his way to come here and be belligerent, insulting, and self-righteous. He derives his pleasure from taunting and pronouncing himself superior to us because of his beliefs and our lack thereof. He willfully defies our requests to be courteous and to speak with us like human beings, and exhibits none of the traits we would expect someone espousing Christianity's tenets to display, yet demands that we respect his beliefs!
No. No, no, no. No!
This guy is what is colloquially known as an asshole. His kind is certainly not limited to those of the theist persuasion, but it does take the kind of blindness that only religious fanaticism seems to be able to produce for a person to reach his level of asinine abrasiveness.
We're not assassinating his character, we're listing the traits we have observed.
Character assassination would look like, "When he finally realizes what an asshole he is and kills himself, his wife and kids won't miss him." Now that is likely true, but I wouldn't normally say it.
This guy goes out of his way to come here and be belligerent, insulting, and self-righteous. He derives his pleasure from taunting and pronouncing himself superior to us because of his beliefs and our lack thereof. He willfully defies our requests to be courteous and to speak with us like human beings, and exhibits none of the traits we would expect someone espousing Christianity's tenets to display, yet demands that we respect his beliefs!
No. No, no, no. No!
This guy is what is colloquially known as an asshole. His kind is certainly not limited to those of the theist persuasion, but it does take the kind of blindness that only religious fanaticism seems to be able to produce for a person to reach his level of asinine abrasiveness.
We're not assassinating his character, we're listing the traits we have observed.
Character assassination would look like, "When he finally realizes what an asshole he is and kills himself, his wife and kids won't miss him." Now that is likely true, but I wouldn't normally say it.
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.