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Sandy wrote:

ZSpider, re-read my post. I never assigned these actions to Christians. I was talking about everyone involved in these debates. Shoving anti-[insert religious affilian here] or pro-[ditto] views down other people's throats disgusts me. On the other hand, I totally dig open minded discussions about religion. Trouble is, most people are not open-minded about this subject.

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I didn't say you did. I mentioned a "trend," which I saw long before your post and long before this particular thread. Your post merely inspired mine.

And "open-minded" is a particular state of mind, so you're essentially saying that you don't mind having a discussion with people that believe the same as you. My feeling is that an "open-minded" attitude that does not respect the validity of belief systems that are held without question is, in fact, rather closed-minded.

I am singularly unimpressed with the pervasive liberal insistence that one must be "open-minded," and that the truth is relative and one way of believing is just as good as another. Their contentious and bellicose reaction to those who genuinely do believe differently than them is a glowing tribute to the hypocrisy and snobbery that underlies their position.

ZSpider

your definition of an "open-mind" and mine are quite different. To me an open mind is one that is receptive to ideas which are different or new, willing to consider them and potentially change or at least shift currently held opinions.

holy crap, I'm only up to page 7. There is some very good stuff in this thread!

why do I have to have an openmind......I'm Right!!!

mgad wrote:

I see a trend here. Belittling Christians appears to be accepted here as a natural expression of "logic and reason," whereas defending Christianity is viewed as an attempt to shove a set of childish, superstitious beliefs down other peoples' throats.

This is probably one of the reasons I started to get involved in this thread.It seems to be something that has been done so much in our present culture and media that it just seems natural for some, I guess.

This is the most bogus BS that the Christian right has ever come up with! "Oh we're just mistreated and discriminated against! Boo hoo!" When you can get such lame crap as Creationism to be taught in school as a science you're anything but discriminated against. You're being catered to. Only a full fledged dumb shit buttfuck moron would consider such tripe to meet ANY aspect of scientific rigor but still it's being forced into curriculla (sp?) all over the country.

Believe what you want but science requires data and proof, not belief. You people have church all the time and can teach your own type any kind of lunacy you want. There's no reason to force your superstitions on the rest of our children. And your kids don't have to take biology to graduate. I'm pretty sure chemistry meets up with Biblical readings... except for the walking on unfrozen water part...

And JB, quit apologizing... unless you're one of these people that actually supports forcing Creationism or Intelligent Design or other idiocy into public schools. Then you're forgiven because you're a fool.

wow such vitrol....

Putting it a little more nicely, putting intelligent design or creationism in a science class is like putting pornography in a sermon. They are that antithetical.

http://www.reasons.org/

{bowing out again}