speak for yourself I am Canadian eh... we are the most multicultural country in the world......  we have zero christian radio stations and I think maybe 1 christian tv station.

Truth be told I don't hate atheist or agnostics or those who believe differently than I, for who am I to judge?  who am I to think that I know so much and know better?  I am not, yet I hate being lumped into a category b/c you don't know me... you just know that I believe that there is something out there that created us and this world.  And you judge me and my choice to believe that.  It hurts b/c you didn't take the time to get to know me.

And you put up walls of anger and frustration and make claims about who you think I am and what you think I will do. I am not like that.  I have enough questions and concerns of my own, I have enough doubts and a bit of knowledge to think that maybe just maybe you're on to something and maybe just maybe you have it right.

Also I have fear for those who ask questions and get information and then scoff at it.  I have fear that if there really is a god (I  do believe there to be one) then what happens to me if I shared info with someone and it was wrong or if I didn't do it right and now that person has knowledge.  That freaks me out to be honest.  The bible states we will be judged on what we know.  Well if we know about God and there is a God and we chose to deny him then what??? really then what?  Where does it put everyone that learned and turned their back, and where does that put me if I played a part in that?  That scares me. 

But then if God is full of mercy and grace and can redeem all things... that is if there is a God then we should all be good right? 

I suppose we will never know for certain until the day comes and we leave this earth.

Two way street.

If you feel someone is trying to "force" their belief on you...ignore and walk away.


Welcome to America...democracy in action...where decisions are made in the ballot box....don't like the concept of representative democracy?

I guess you could always move.

In a private survey conducted in 2001, 76.7 percent of American adults identified themselves as Christian, down from 86.4 percent in 1990.-WiKi

Wow. 3 out of 4 are Christian.


If you advocate that 3 out of 4 Americans are to disavow their faith and how they believe government should have the hand of God upon it, then yes.

What "group" or "affiliation" or "ideology" IS NOT "desperatly trying to gain power and control" in American politics?

I do not believe your issue is with groups, affiliations and ideologies "desperatly trying to gain power and control"...it's just that Christians do a better job at it than your "group", "affiliation" and "ideology"


It wasn't set up to expunge God from our society either.

The Constitution makes no mention of lots of things....since there is no specific reference to Gay Rights, should we ignore them?....anyway...many founding documents refer to a "Creator" or "God"...they just insert those words as "fluff?"...or did they believe what they wrote?

I see you refer to the original content of the Constitution.

What about this from Article I Section II:

Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several states which may be included within this union, according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons, including those bound to service for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons.

Who was 3/5ths a person?  Sound equal to you?

What about Women...could they vote?  Sound equal to you?

Seems when this was written, all men WEREN'T equal.

Somehow the Constitution fixed it's oversight of rights conferred to certain groups...and all but ignores others, doesn't it?


Your right, we could...but something even you cannot dispute is that mentioning Him in founding documents must have meant something to them or else why mention Him at all?


You make it sound like you cannot be pro-choice and be Republican...or anti-gay marriage and be Democrat...you REALLY believe that?

What a load of crap.

Because some who claim to be Christian are bigot, you think that makes you somehow better than Patton and other Christians. Why should Patton answer for bigoted people he's never met, somewhere in the south.

TBH, I find your dogmatic us vs them mentality to be just as corrosive and divisive as anything I've seen from Christians. You should check out that church I used to go to. You all could have a great time burning bibles together.

 

That has got to be the most pathetic Christian excuse I've ever heard. Absolutely f'ing pathetic.

Somehow I think GOD could have found time to deal with the slave issue.

I guess kicking the money lenders out of the house of god was a better use of time than trying to stop slavery.  Those damn money lenders!!! Who cares about humans owning humans.

Your excuse is lame on so many levels. Maybe when God was talking to Paul during one of his personal revelations, he could have mentioned something about owning humans? I guess that would have been too much for God. Too many other things to talk about. Important stuff like how to worship him.

You are pathetic. Look at what ridiculous excuses you'll make for your hero savior.

Perhaps if you approached the topic with respect instead of putting 12 laughing faces on the thing and calling it pathetic they might listen to what you have to say. But insulting them and such will only further the frustration.

Now I think its a bit ridiculous as well, I mean if Jesus was the son of God you think he would've preached about many things (slavery, world hunger, moral issues, quantum mechanics) and solved more problems. Their are many things about christian beliefs that make me angry as well, but seriously this ranting isn't the way to approach it.