> Just to clarify, please note that I never said I "hate Christianity"
My bad. I'm usually pretty good about parsing you for meaning, but this time I read a little too much between the lines. (And there was a lot of hate-Christian vibe from *cough* a few of your commenters. :P Which is unavoidable, unfortunately, in a counterculture where the mainstream religion has scarred so many.)
> I think people who believe in the divinity of Christ are factually incorrect. But I don't believe this with the certainty I'm complaining about in certain Christians.
While this is true (hell, you think I'm incorrect too, but we've had some awesome discussions about magic and draconity! ]B=8)), I think the important distinction is: You don't care about it nearly so much.
Even if you think someone is wrong, you're content to let them live that way as long as it isn't leading to dramatic self-injury and/or harm to others. Which is as it should be! The Christians get their God and I get my dragon and you get your cheerful ... plastic ... thingy, and we come together and agree how to keep our society functioning, informed by our beliefs but not seeking to force others to accept them as self-evident.
My bad. I'm usually pretty good about parsing you for meaning, but this time I read a little too much between the lines. (And there was a lot of hate-Christian vibe from *cough* a few of your commenters. :P Which is unavoidable, unfortunately, in a counterculture where the mainstream religion has scarred so many.)
> I think people who believe in the divinity of Christ are factually incorrect. But I don't believe this with the certainty I'm complaining about in certain Christians.
While this is true (hell, you think I'm incorrect too, but we've had some awesome discussions about magic and draconity! ]B=8)), I think the important distinction is: You don't care about it nearly so much.
Even if you think someone is wrong, you're content to let them live that way as long as it isn't leading to dramatic self-injury and/or harm to others. Which is as it should be! The Christians get their God and I get my dragon and you get your cheerful ... plastic ... thingy, and we come together and agree how to keep our society functioning, informed by our beliefs but not seeking to force others to accept them as self-evident.
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