NEWS: Someone Should Have Told Me Christians Are At War With Us

The road to hell is paved with good intentions. The Christian Right in America scares me a hell of a lot more than a bunch of fuckwads living in caves in Afghanistan do. At least death by terrorist is relatively quick. Stifiling under religious theocracy is (ironically) soul crushing.

I diidn't read most of this thread but since when is Christianity about highlighting the cons of everything? It seems like these abolitionist puritan types are only in it for themselves and seldom do I trust their intentions. Spouting off rhetoric and punctuating with biblical reference is hardly what I would call Christian idealism.

Yeah... i said that kind of wrong. It's the "Jesus-Law" part of this that bugs me more than anything else. Didn't mean to diss a low ranking law school (just THAT one specifically). My bad.

Going to an AIDS walk with them and with the rest of a local atheists group. I've met 'em before at a bar, nice guys.

Since about the mid-First Century.

I wouldn't. I wouldn't even put myself in the position to try to talk them out of what they believe. Trying to talk someone out of what they believe will turn into a very heated conversation, if not into an argument.

This is one of those cases where it needs to run it's cycle. The ones who are independent enough to figure out that they are being lead to believe rather than choosing to believe will figure it out. Unfortunately your still going to have a few that choose to believe everything this guy is saying without a second doubt, and the whole vicious cycle will start with the next generation.

Warning: Pedantic Digression on the Days of the Week

Anyway. Carry on.

glad to be a non believer.... religion has been edited and interpeted to fit different cultures so many times its sickoning.

But what about leap year ?

Damn straight .

yeah, the one with the arena footage was great! I was waiting for the 700 clubs cameo!

Did all those kids with their "fists raised high" remind you guys of anyone? [second video]

Now, while I can't argue with the premise that we need some change, the conclusions that they draw from that premise are quite frightening.

yuh

extremism in any form isn't a solution because it supports closing the mind and ending the debate.

this comment was on a different story - about the World of Warcraft girl who sold sex for an "Epic mount".

Not sure how it got here... anyway - that story was interesting and very disturbing.

isn't it time we persecute christians again?!
ok, not really, but this kind of shit has been getting on my nerves for the past twelve years. and i feel like i've been nearly burned at the stake for being different...i don't know, there's not even anything i can say to wash away all the bullshit. i'm pissed, i'm tired of it, i'm ready to see gdub, dick, and many others publicly castrated and banished to an island wasteland til death.

This article and the attached videos make me sad. It warms my heart to see young kids engaged in challenging a culture that puts too much value in material things and sexualizing every aspect of our lives. But, then they're just being told to jump from one bandwagon to another. There's no encouragement of independent thought, that I can discern. They're being told that it's ok not to follow popular culture, but instead you should FOLLOW the church and make sure Satan doesn't get you when you go to the bathroom. I mean, I really want today's youth to value themselves and really criticalling examine the messages they're receiving. I just want them to examine ALL the messages, not just the ones from "The Liberal Media". And vowing not to question authority? Now that's just fucked up.

By the by, I do like teh secks, but I don't appreciate every part the media (being tv, radio, internet, print ads, newspapers, billboards, etc. ad nauseum) being totally saturated. It's unnecessarily excessive. Maybe sex sells, but does it have to be used to sell lettuce?

i think it is great. keeps that kids from fucking with my shit cause they are to busy loving jesus. some will become disillusioned by the hypocrice they see around them. some will be tempted away in other ways. i don't think being religious is a bad thing at all. and I don't think being evangelical is bad. i smill when someone witnesses to me. it makes me feel good that they thought enough of my eternal condition to try and save my soul. that is the best thing they can do for the lost. i don't get mad, or tell them to fuck off. you can view it as they are judging you, or they are trying to love you and show you gods love. i had something better written... but it got deleted... and so it goes.

if a joke isn't funny, they resort to the f word.
If their music is not good enough, they shake their ass a bit more.
at least that's how I explain it to my daughter.

god, these people make the actual principles and teachings behind the Christian faith a fucking moot point.

good going, battlecry. way to make us decent ones look like fucking imbeciles.

that made me smile. what a great way of putting it.

that is just plain scary.

you'll probably never see this, but thanks.
Since my tween-ager is into hip hop I was
desparate to come up with SOMETHING slick

i see it, i see it!