i am a pacifist, and if anyone has a problem with that, they can meet me outside

[ivy_chan]

  Shocking news, folks. Christians are NOT the only perpetrators in the homophobia epidemic. No, seriously. I know, I was shocked, too. They are also not the source of every kind of right-winged zealous insanity.

Christians are not the source of all evil. Christianity is not the only religion used as a weapon and a reason to remain willfully and

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[ivy_chan]

...Okay, well, common decency says that some things are better off left unsaid. Outright insulting people's personal beliefs? One of those things that is extremely rude.

Meanwhile, I have met many 'love thy neighbor' Christians. I've lived in the Midwest and the upper East coast, so I can't speak for the Southern states.

And yes, I *have* seen evidence to the possibility that they can coexist. It's called America, or Canada, or England, or any of these countries in which people of different religions live together without having wars and genocide and stake-burnings. On a smaller scale? My college, my high school, my workplace, my circle of friends. As I mentioned before, a diverse cultural and religious group, and those personal beliefs have never gotten in the way of friendship.

Polytheistic religions tend to be centered around belief systems, philosophy, and the gaining of wisdom. Most monotheistic religions seem keen on keeping their adherents ignorant so they can control them better, and make no room for other religions or gods.

Wrong. In fact, the basic tenets of early Protestantism required the followers to be literate and intelligent so they wouldn't be ignorant. Roman Catholicism, from what I've seen, encourages debate in their youth groups and allows growth and development. Islam believes in Jesus as another prophet, if not the savior. Bahá'í believes in unity of religion and harmony between science and religion. Unitarians and Universalists, both monotheistic, share the same sort of tolerance and openness towards new ideas. Some Christians ditch Creationism for the Big Bang Theory. The church constantly adapts its scripture in accordance to changing data.

You may have had bad experiences with Christians in the past, but your experiences are not the whole of Christianity and the worst of a group shouldn't represent it in its entirety.