That's privilege, not persecution.

Sep 13, 2010 15:32

Standard fine text applies: this is someone else's words, not mine; I agree with much of what they are saying, but not all, and not every nuance of how they say it; this is directed at/covers certain people who make certain claims, and not the entirety of a religious group; I'm probably preaching to the crowd; etc etc.

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nightskyre September 14 2010, 00:15:33 UTC
I'm going to pre-empt every\anything with a question.

Do you want me to comment on this?

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londo September 14 2010, 00:44:24 UTC
I'm interested in seeing what you have to say on this, so if you end up not posting here, feel free to CC: me.

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nightskyre September 17 2010, 17:24:06 UTC
See my responses to this.

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juldea September 14 2010, 18:40:52 UTC
As long as you have read the fine text at the top of the post, sure.

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nightskyre September 17 2010, 17:21:35 UTC
Well, I'll start with this.

tiamat360 made the point earlier that the lack of persecution != privilege. I agree with this.

Back to my thoughts.

The OP, as well as pretty much everyone here, as well as many Christians (probably) fall into what I will, in a pejorative sense, term "Mainstream Christianity". This can further be represented in terms of one of the more popular "Christian" publications - that is, Christianity Today. To give you a sense of my thoughts on the ragmag, I and a number of others I know have affectionately renamed it "Christianity Astray ( ... )

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nightskyre September 17 2010, 17:25:56 UTC
Not start, stark.

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nightskyre September 17 2010, 17:22:43 UTC
Assertion 4. "More Churches Per Capita"
The OP is just plain wrong here with their supporting arguments. There are more churches per capita because Christianity has been the prevailing religion in the US for the last 200 years. The OP suggests that this is the case because "mostly because when other religions seek permits, they must prove they are a legitimate religion, but if they're a Christian denomination they are automatically granted the permit" which is only a valid point when you're talking about the church of self. Not only that, but UU (and some similar organizations) churches are called churches. They'd fall into the OP's mischaracterization of Christianity in this point, but if you've ever been to one, even as an atheist or whatever, you'd know they aren't Christian organizations ( ... )

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nightskyre September 17 2010, 17:23:23 UTC
So, tell me. Do you think anyone who would "taunt, harass, tease, and\or beat" would be defined by the Bible as a Christian? Hopefully the answer is self evident. If I encourage my daughter when she enters school to preach the gospel to her friends, and her friends ask her not to do it, then I expect her to stop, and live her life as a witness of Christ. Similarly, if the OP's child is in my class, and they want to share their faith with my daughter, is it within my rights to ask them not to do it? The OP, over the course of their post, is sounding less and less like a victim of persecution and more and more like someone shouting racism because someone noticed they're a different color ( ... )

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