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RE: Why Christians can't respect other's opinion?
July 15, 2015 at 12:35 am
(July 15, 2015 at 12:25 am)robvalue Wrote: I wonder how well an atheist preacher on the street would be received by most theists?
Honest wonderment. It would be very interesting, but not something I'd ever do.
I remember hearing somewhere about a "counter" to street preachers. Stand a little bit away from them, and say the same kind of thing they say, but keep referencing an umbrella or a brick you are holding out instead of the bible.
"Worship the brick or you will be punished, because the brick says so. It's not me threatening or judging you, it's the umbrella. Which is also the brick."
Wonder no more, my friend. 
I got curious and googled some videos of it. This is the first one that came up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85YldHleogg
I've never seen any Christian street preachers, so I don't know if this is the same treatment or not.
"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."
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RE: Why Christians can't respect other's opinion?
July 15, 2015 at 12:47 am
(July 15, 2015 at 12:35 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Wonder no more, my friend.
I got curious and googled some videos of it. This is the first one that came up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85YldHleogg
I've never seen any Christian street preachers, so I don't know if this is the same treatment or not.
Very similar. I've seen such things in more than one major city. However, I live in the midwest, so the "Street corner" thing is a little rarer here.
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RE: Why Christians can't respect other's opinion?
July 15, 2015 at 1:04 am
(July 15, 2015 at 12:35 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Wonder no more, my friend.
I got curious and googled some videos of it. This is the first one that came up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85YldHleogg
I've never seen any Christian street preachers, so I don't know if this is the same treatment or not.
I've never seen a Christian street preacher myself either, but I think this is about the same amount of attention they'd get. Most people have grown adverse to others spewing their beliefs like that in public....
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RE: Why Christians can't respect other's opinion?
July 15, 2015 at 1:12 am
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Quote:I don't preach on the street, but I had never heard of anyone having anxiety attacks from it until Vic told me just now. It is completely possible that they just don't realize it. People can have good intentions while not knowing they are causing harm.
Yes....again, a limit to their capacity to give a shit...they don't even know what they're giving a shit about, or how to go about doing so..... which isn't much of a shit to be able to give in the first place, eh? Personally, I don't think that I'd be able to call preaching, let alone preaching a christian faith, even remotely related to good intentions - which people are perfectly capable of having, regardless, granted. Pretty sure we're not disagreeing on that count.
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RE: Why Christians can't respect other's opinion?
July 15, 2015 at 1:16 am
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(July 15, 2015 at 1:12 am)Rhythm Wrote: Quote:I don't preach on the street, but I had never heard of anyone having anxiety attacks from it until Vic told me just now. It is completely possible that they just don't realize it. People can have good intentions while not knowing they are causing harm.
Yes....again, a limit to their capacity to give a shit...they don't even know what they're giving a shit about, or how to go about doing so..... which isn't much of a shit to be able to give in the first place, eh? Personally, I don't think that I'd be able to call preaching, let alone preaching a christian faith, even remotely related to good intentions - which people are perfectly capable of having, regardless, granted. Pretty sure we're not disagreeing on that count.
Rhythm, have you ever posted a picture of yourself here? Do you look anything like this:
http://cbsnews1.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2...92648x.jpg
Lol, that's how I imagine you. That's big Tom from Survivor Africa. Your style of writing reminds me of how he talks. Whenever I read your posts, I read them in his voice and his accent. 
"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."
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RE: Why Christians can't respect other's opinion?
July 15, 2015 at 1:18 am
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You wouldn't be the first soldiers wife to daydream about me. 
-aint no sense in goin home.......[walks off whistling]
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RE: Why Christians can't respect other's opinion?
July 15, 2015 at 1:23 am
(July 15, 2015 at 1:18 am)Rhythm Wrote: You wouldn't be the first soldiers wife to daydream about me.
-aint no sense in goin home.......[walks off whistling]
Hahahaha!!
Do you look like him? Post a picture!
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RE: Why Christians can't respect other's opinion?
July 15, 2015 at 1:29 am
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Plenty of em up in member photos. All my feral children as well. If I'm -lucky- in a few decades...I might look that good, but I doubt it.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: Why Christians can't respect other's opinion?
July 15, 2015 at 1:35 am
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(July 15, 2015 at 1:29 am)Rhythm Wrote: Plenty of em up in member photos. All my feral children as well. If I'm -lucky- in a few decades...I might look that good, but I doubt it.
I'm gonna go check it out. Do you have a video too? I wanna see if you have the Big Tom accent I always imagine you having when I read your posts.
(July 15, 2015 at 1:29 am)Rhythm Wrote: Plenty of em up in member photos. All my feral children as well. If I'm -lucky- in a few decades...I might look that good, but I doubt it.
Your pictures aren't showing up anymore:
http://atheistforums.org/post-702588.html#pid702588
 I'm sad.
"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."
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RE: Why Christians can't respect other's opinion?
July 15, 2015 at 1:52 am
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I googled the guy. I do have a similar accent, only difference being that I use it to speak in english.
(-those- pictures, btw, would have been great to re-live... The Imperial Mullet.)
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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