(September 21, 2015 at 1:44 am)Losty Wrote:(September 21, 2015 at 1:37 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I have specifically said several times that this does not apply to everyone. If that still insults you, I don't know what to tell you. My intention was not to insult anyone. When I see someone getting ganged up on and being called nasty names like what was happening earlier, my instinct is to say something, regardless of who it is or why they are getting ripped apart. I've done the same thing when it was happening to EP, and very recently when it was happening to Atheist BG.
I don't have any problem with you standing up for him when people call him nasty names. I just don't appreciate you saying he has a good point when he has made it clear that he thinks we are all obsessed with insulting him because he's a Christian. I'm sure you can understand that.
I like you, I think you're a sweet person. But I don't understand how you can't see this.
If one of our anti theists were to create a thread called The Christian Obsession with Hating Gays and I were to say "well s/he does have a point", wouldn't that be insulting?
All I was saying was that there is such a thing as bigotry towards people of faith. (just as there is bigotry towards non religious people, and all types of people, really. So it is no different.)
I can see how the title is insulting, though, and I apologize. I should have specified that I don't agree with the generalization being implied in the title.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh