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In your opinion
July 7, 2017 at 12:23 pm
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Of all the sad groups like thief's, scammers, murderers, warmongers, addicts peaceful Christians aren't as toxic as some people here wish them to portray.
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RE: In your opinion
July 7, 2017 at 12:25 pm
I mean... most Christians are completely normal, good people. Because most people are normal, good people. I doubt most people here would portray a soccer mom who believes in God who leads a normal life as 'toxic', for example. It's the whole condemning-people-for-not-believing-claims-of-absolute-truth-and-morality-you-got-your-religion-in-my-government sort of thing that brings out the ire.
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RE: In your opinion
July 7, 2017 at 12:27 pm
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Setting the bar awfully low there, aren't you OP.
It's their religion that's toxic, in any case. The people are usually half assed cultural christians anyway. Kind of makes it worse.
(don't even get me started on how toxic soccer moms are FF, christian or otherwise. )
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RE: In your opinion
July 7, 2017 at 12:40 pm
Christians and scammers are not mutually exclusive. Even peaceful christians.
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RE: In your opinion
July 7, 2017 at 12:52 pm
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(July 7, 2017 at 12:25 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: I mean... most Christians are completely normal, good people. Because most people are normal, good people. I doubt most people here would portray a soccer mom who believes in God who leads a normal life as 'toxic', for example. It's the whole condemning-people-for-not-believing-claims-of-absolute-truth-and-morality-you-got-your-religion-in-my-government sort of thing that brings out the ire.
Yea, I feel ya. Believers "devalue and poop" on their personal life to earn more "heavens points" and when in such desperation the call for "mind rape" of others in the name of the good offered in the holy book is a must. But recently I watched a jail documentary where grown men raped each other and I was like "That's a real hell men in their prime ended up".
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RE: In your opinion
July 7, 2017 at 12:59 pm
As long as they don't try to push their faith on others by law or other means, I'm fine with any believer of any faith.
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RE: In your opinion
July 7, 2017 at 1:22 pm
Exactly, their decency is directly related to their lack of religiosity.
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RE: In your opinion
July 7, 2017 at 1:43 pm
Indeed. I don't mind the faithful ... it's the religious I have a problem with.
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RE: In your opinion
July 7, 2017 at 1:52 pm
(July 7, 2017 at 12:23 pm)purplepurpose Wrote: Of all the sad groups like thief's, scammers, murderers, warmongers, addicts peaceful Christians aren't as toxic as some people here wish them to portray.
The difference is; we have systems in place to deal with the likes of scammers, murderers, warmongers etc. The church over the centuries has corrupted the minds of billions, and they answer to no one.
It's amazing 'science' always seems to 'find' whatever it is funded for, and never the oppsite. Drich.
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RE: In your opinion
July 7, 2017 at 1:59 pm
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Bingo. Being a scammer or a thief is illegal. Being a scammy thieving christian...is not. I guess faith covers a multitude of sins after all...not the least of which, being so bottom of the barrel that managing not to steal from someone - or hit someone on the head with a brick..is somehow seen as an accomplishment, rather than a normal friday.
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