Where are the Christians?

[A_Wanderer]

Pfft, Christophobe.

 

[Irvine511]

Pfft, Christophobe.

it was less offensive than trying to have 300m people recite Our Father along with you.

 

[bono_212]

what if you had a gay child? or what if you had a best friend who told you that she had an abortion?

would circumstance and life experience ever come into play, or do you filter everything through your faith-based beliefs?

While I have not children, I have had the second situation occur, and, in the end I really didn't know what to think of the situation, but I knew it was just as hard on her, so I never brought up my own feelings on the situation, mostly because it's not my place to judge.

I have gay relatives, however, for what it's worth, and I love them no less than the rest of my family, and again, I don't judge them. I feel miserable for them though, because some other members of my family do.

 

[Angela Harlem]

It seems this thread was red meat for some of the lions.

Here, FYM, is a highlight of the problem our iron horse has. Do you pick up the nuance in this sentence? Do you gain a sense of the regard held?

 

[yolland]

Regard for the lions or the thread?

 

[A_Wanderer]

There are no atheists in COEXIST.

White liberal religious toleration is hilarious

 

[Vincent Vega]

We just take the peace.

 

[DrTeeth]

I'll take the male on female

 

[A_Wanderer]

YouTube - Penn Says: A Gift of a Bible

This video actually answers the original thread subject, where are the Christians?

 

[yolland]

There are no atheists in COEXIST.
........
White liberal religious toleration is hilarious

What does that have to do with the thread?

 

[BVS]

There are no atheists in COEXIST.

White liberal religious toleration is hilarious

Do atheists have a symbol?

What part makes you think this is "white liberal religious toleration"?

 

[MadForIt]

There are no atheists in COEXIST.

There are also no Hindus, Sikhs, Jains or Zooastrians it seems

 

[A_Wanderer]

What does that have to do with the thread?

Not as much as I thought, although in fairness Melbourne has been crazy hot over the last few days; it hit 43-44 degrees celsius, or 110 farenheit, it may have ruined my capacity for cognizant posts.

 

[A_Wanderer]

There are also no Hindus, Sikhs, Jains or Zooastrians it seems

Don't forget the Scientologists.

 

[deep]

There are no atheists in COEXIST.

Believers are the ones for coexistence.


We all know atheists don't believe in anything.

 

[Angela Harlem]

Regard for the lions or the thread?

haha, the lions. not sure if you're going along with what i was, but the disdain, the contempt, it drips.

frequently.

 

[deep]

Do atheists have a symbol?

American Atheists | About The Logo

 

[A_Wanderer]

believers are the ones for coexistence.


We all know atheists don't believe in anything.

coexis t

 

[deep]

We could probably fit the atheist symbol in: coitisence

(something they believe in?)

 

[yolland]

I suspect all the venting, heightened sensitivity, defensiveness, sarcasm, elitism, and every other ism we see around here is really at its core a plea for affirmation. And every one of us has hot buttons.

Especially since religion and politics are not realms of polite conversation in everyday life, FYM is a convenient surrogate.

 

[coolian2]

it's staggering how much this thread affirms my post from earlier.

 

[LemonMelon]

it's staggering how much this thread affirms my post from earlier.

Further reason I tend to experience the action from the sidelines, excepting the occasional smart ass remark.

 

[coolian2]

Further reason I tend to experience the action from the sidelines, excepting the occasional smart ass remark.

that's my sole purpose in fym.

 

[major_panic]

I don't ever venture into FYM for good reasons, but I saw this thread and had to say hi.

I'm a Christian (apparently), and a theology student.

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

Probably out there trying to interfere in people's lives..........

Not every Christian wants to do that

That's another issue in FYM, those sorts of stereotypes/blanket statements. Since some people are bringing up their issues. That's my foul shot.

 

[MooMoo!]

Im a person, not a piece of bread.

And as such I dont like having things spread on me, butter, words of god or otherwise.

Religion is alright, its just not for me.

 

[A stor]

what if you had a gay child? or what if you had a best friend who told you that she had an abortion?



I would love them. Simple as that.

 

[BonosSaint]

Most of us evangelize about stuff that's important to us whether people want to hear it or not. We just call it something else.

 

[A stor]

Good point......BonosSaint

 

[youtooellen]

Not as much as I thought, although in fairness Melbourne has been crazy hot over the last few days; it hit 43-44 degrees celsius, or 110 farenheit, it may have ruined my capacity for cognizant posts.

Haha, an excuse for your actions?

Some of the replies to this thread sound pretty ethnocentric. I'm South Korean and my ancestors were all Buddhists. Somehow, somewhere my family converted to Christianity.
I noticed that there aren't as many "religion wars" over there. My parents tell me that in comparison to America (the only other nation they've lived in, haha), Korea seems to be much more understanding towards each others faiths.
I'm not singling out other regions around the globe, but I just wanted to point out that maybe we're asking all the wrong questions here. It isn't the existence of God that we should be flustered over, but rather why we can't be accepting and understanding of each other and each others beliefs.



Oh, and yes. I guess your question has been answered, iron horse... there seem to be many Christians here.