Why Do People Use Religion to Hide Bigotry?

[quote]fattymcfatso wrote:

[quote]pat wrote:

[quote]Jfbalabama wrote:
sounds, like your a pussy.[/quote]

Agreed, your a pussy. [/quote]

Really? I live in Oklahoma right now. A very large % of the people who use my services go to church twice a week. Most are homophobes. If they found out I was an atheist I would lose business. How is that being a pussy? [/quote]

I do business with people in OKC all the time. I’m an Orthodox Jewish guy. They don’t care.

[quote]Makavali wrote:

[quote]forlife wrote:
It’s disappointing to see people I normally like and respect using a derogatory slur to describe gays, regardless of whether or not they happen to be religious.

In other parts of the less civilized world, we call our friends “fag”, “faggot”, and “cunt” as terms of endearment.

A - “Oi cunt, pass me a beer”
B - “Piss off faggot, get your own stubbie” (while throwing a beer to A)
A - “Cheers cunt”

And no, I’m not kidding, this is how we talk.[/quote]

That’s because you are all genetically just convicts, criminals, and vagabonds.

:wink:

[quote]Jewbacca wrote:

[quote]fattymcfatso wrote:

[quote]pat wrote:

[quote]Jfbalabama wrote:
sounds, like your a pussy.[/quote]

Agreed, your a pussy. [/quote]

Really? I live in Oklahoma right now. A very large % of the people who use my services go to church twice a week. Most are homophobes. If they found out I was an atheist I would lose business. How is that being a pussy? [/quote]

I do business with people in OKC all the time. I’m an Orthodox Jewish guy. They don’t care.[/quote]

So what? They still see you as a man of faith, your situation doesn’t apply here.

OP,

I wouldn’t tell people if it’s going to cause you any harm, especially if it’s to your source of income.

The thing I would suggest is to get into contact with a local atheist group. You can meet a lot of like minded people.

[quote]lucasa wrote:

[quote]fattymcfatso wrote:
Is it well accepted by anyone of you that 2+2=17?
Please answer this.[/quote]

Challenge accepted!

If I add two 3.25 degree angles to two 5.25 degree angles, I get an angle equal to 17 total degrees.

My turn (and so you can understand, I’ll avoid religion):
A bear walks ten feet, turns exactly 90 degrees to the right, walks ten feet, turns another 90 degrees to the right, walks a final ten feet and ends up back where he started. What color is he?

Too easy? Given that I just showed you that 2 angles + 2 angles = 17 degrees, prove that a circle is exactly 360 degrees.

Still to easy? If pi is an irrational (unable to be reduced to a fraction) number then why is it defined by the ratio C/d?

How about an older/easier one? Prove the existence of zero.[/quote]

I have another one

Why is the son of god named Jesus and not Steve, Steven or Stevenson. Why is the symbol a cross or a star and not something else. Why is it that place and not the other one. What I am getting at is that organized religion is a construction. It is not the absolute. Organized religion is for fools.

And these fools forcing their vision of life on me, all those hopeless retards with scarf on their head, creeping around where I live in larger number every year, they will send the western world in a new dark-age.

Well that is no biggie for the USA who has already some similarity with the third world in term of ideology ( (shitty) ‘‘scientist’’ who believes in creationism and a bunch of other stuff, a minority of people who own a majority of the wealth, hig…). Your scientific ‘‘brevet’’ number keep decreasing every year. Overall it is never going as good as it was after the second world war. You were pretty lucky but prepare to wallow into shittiness. And seeing the sort of crap that get posted in PWI I don’t really feel sorry for you as a group.

[quote]Christine wrote:

[quote]Sloth wrote:
So, you choose to misrepresent the Bible, or at least avoid saying anything, for profit.[/quote]

I say use the same rules many Christians live by.[/quote]

Don’t change my quotes without at least saying so, please. Even a simple ‘fixed’ will do. I don’t do it to others, and would appreciate the same.

[quote]Jewbacca wrote:

[quote]Makavali wrote:

[quote]forlife wrote:
It’s disappointing to see people I normally like and respect using a derogatory slur to describe gays, regardless of whether or not they happen to be religious.

In other parts of the less civilized world, we call our friends “fag”, “faggot”, and “cunt” as terms of endearment.

A - “Oi cunt, pass me a beer”
B - “Piss off faggot, get your own stubbie” (while throwing a beer to A)
A - “Cheers cunt”

And no, I’m not kidding, this is how we talk.[/quote]

That’s because you are all genetically just convicts, criminals, and vagabonds.

;-)[/quote]

How dare you imply I’m Australian!

[quote]Makavali wrote:

[quote]Jewbacca wrote:

[quote]Makavali wrote:

[quote]forlife wrote:
It’s disappointing to see people I normally like and respect using a derogatory slur to describe gays, regardless of whether or not they happen to be religious.

In other parts of the less civilized world, we call our friends “fag”, “faggot”, and “cunt” as terms of endearment.

A - “Oi cunt, pass me a beer”
B - “Piss off faggot, get your own stubbie” (while throwing a beer to A)
A - “Cheers cunt”

And no, I’m not kidding, this is how we talk.[/quote]

That’s because you are all genetically just convicts, criminals, and vagabonds.

;-)[/quote]

How dare you imply I’m Australian![/quote]

You should be happy, he just gave you the ultimate complement…and pass me a stub you dirty cunt.

[quote]fattymcfatso wrote:

[quote]pat wrote:

[quote]Jfbalabama wrote:
sounds, like your a pussy.[/quote]

Agreed, your a pussy. [/quote]

Really? I live in Oklahoma right now. A very large % of the people who use my services go to church twice a week. Most are homophobes. If they found out I was an atheist I would lose business. How is that being a pussy? [/quote]

I am confused as fuck. You service a large number of people that also tend to go to church two times a week.

You are servicing them. They hate homos yet they are coming to you to be serviced.
Are you incognito? In drag? How do they not know it is you that is doing these things to them

Glory Hole?

Seriously, If they hate fags and yet are still making time from church to come get serviced by you. Your stellar fag machinations are apparently so over the top good that the fact that you are also a godless prick doesn’t even come into play.

Shit man, I am soundly on the hetero team, but after acknowledging you obvious skills I am almost tempted to sneak in an away game.

Good on you brother. You may actually be the pole smoker that builds the bridge of communication between the rod layers and the fudge packers.

If all the bigots that use the Bible to protect them could ACTUALLY READ A BIBLE, they’d stone themselves for blasphemy.

[quote]lucasa wrote:

[quote]fattymcfatso wrote:
Is it well accepted by anyone of you that 2+2=17?
Please answer this.[/quote]

Challenge accepted!

If I add two 3.25 degree angles to two 5.25 degree angles, I get an angle equal to 17 total degrees.

My turn (and so you can understand, I’ll avoid religion):
A bear walks ten feet, turns exactly 90 degrees to the right, walks ten feet, turns another 90 degrees to the right, walks a final ten feet and ends up back where he started. What color is he?

Too easy? Given that I just showed you that 2 angles + 2 angles = 17 degrees, prove that a circle is exactly 360 degrees.

Still too easy? If pi is an irrational (unable to be reduced to a fraction) number then why is it defined by the ratio C/d?

How about an older/easier one? Prove the existence of zero.[/quote]

I said is it well accepted. I like your style though. I’ve got two zeros in my phone number: hows’s that for your last question?

This next part is directed towards anyone who “has a God”

My point is this: 2+2=4 in Japan, in Russia, in Iraq, and even in Alabama. We all accept it to be true becuase it is. Jesus, and Mohamed and, Zeus, and, Krishna are all opinions or theories, and all of the people who follow their chosen fable belive that theirs is the correct one. We are all supposed to be very respectful of everyones beliefs eventhough they are all differnt.

Well in Mississippi we belive 2+2=46 in China we think it is 7. This would not fly and people would never pretend to respect other peoples opinions when they are obviously wrong. Religion gets a pass from reality though because it makes people feel nice about themselves.

If you belive your religion is right and your neighbor who is a jew or musslim or christian believes his is right, obviously someone is wrong, you can’t both be right if you believe differnt things!!! There can be only one true answer to all of the questions that you pretend to know the answers to, and odds are you and all of your fellow god lovers don’t have ANY of the right answers.

You don’t have any facts about the origin of the universe or what happens after you die. Neither do I. The differnce between Religious people and me and people like me is that I don’t pretend I know to make myself feel better. I am content knowing that I just don’t know, and that is OK.

[quote]aussie486 wrote:

[quote]Makavali wrote:

[quote]Jewbacca wrote:

[quote]Makavali wrote:

[quote]forlife wrote:
It’s disappointing to see people I normally like and respect using a derogatory slur to describe gays, regardless of whether or not they happen to be religious.

In other parts of the less civilized world, we call our friends “fag”, “faggot”, and “cunt” as terms of endearment.

A - “Oi cunt, pass me a beer”
B - “Piss off faggot, get your own stubbie” (while throwing a beer to A)
A - “Cheers cunt”

And no, I’m not kidding, this is how we talk.[/quote]

That’s because you are all genetically just convicts, criminals, and vagabonds.

;-)[/quote]

How dare you imply I’m Australian![/quote]

You should be happy, he just gave you the ultimate complement…and pass me a stub you dirty cunt.[/quote]

Off-topic: What beer should I be drinking in Australia? Most of the crap I had tasted like piss when I was there.

[quote]karite36 wrote:
If all the bigots that use the Bible to protect them could ACTUALLY READ A BIBLE, they’d stone themselves for blasphemy.[/quote]

It just keeps getting better and better around here. We now have a 16 year old Bible scholar scolding Christians on what is in the Bible. And something tells me that he’s probably never read even one of the 66 books all the way through and actually understood it. What with High School history exams, and those low math and science grades he has to bring up he’s probably got a full schedule.

Thanks for your opinion kid. And I’m sorry about your upbringing.

[quote]fattymcfatso wrote:
I am content knowing that I just don’t know, and that is OK.

[/quote]

Then why are you so whiny?

[quote]Sloth wrote:

[quote]fattymcfatso wrote:
I am content knowing that I just don’t know, and that is OK.

[/quote]

Then why are you so whiny?
[/quote]

I don’t know the origins of the universe and I also don’t see why people think can use their religions as an excuse to hate, aside from the fact that their rligions teach them too hate.

[quote]fattymcfatso wrote:

[quote]Sloth wrote:

[quote]fattymcfatso wrote:
I am content knowing that I just don’t know, and that is OK.

[/quote]

Then why are you so whiny?
[/quote]

I don’t know the origins of the universe and I also don’t see why people think can use their religions as an excuse to hate, aside from the fact that their rligions teach them too hate.[/quote]

Should I restart that fattymcfatso human rights relief fund? You sound tragic, again.

[quote]Sloth wrote:

[quote]fattymcfatso wrote:

[quote]Sloth wrote:

[quote]fattymcfatso wrote:
I am content knowing that I just don’t know, and that is OK.

[/quote]

Then why are you so whiny?
[/quote]

I don’t know the origins of the universe and I also don’t see why people think can use their religions as an excuse to hate, aside from the fact that their rligions teach them too hate.[/quote]

Should I restart that fattymcfatso human rights relief fund? You sound tragic, again.
[/quote]

I don’t really get your human rights relief fund refernce. I don’t think anyone in this country needs any relief from anything. I do think that if two gay women want to get married they should be allowed to. It is not like People here actually care about the sanctity of marriage. How many Marriages between men and women end in divorce? Does that not take away from the sanctity of marrige? (whatever that means) I think so.

[quote]ZEB wrote:

[quote]TigerTime wrote:

[quote]pat wrote:

[quote]TigerTime wrote:
It’s easy to call him a pussy when you’re part of the majority.[/quote]

What color skirt do you squat in?[/quote]

Are you saying it’s just as easy to be vocal about your beliefs while in the minority? [/quote]

Hey there Tiger, I recall you telling me in yet another religious thread that you have not even read the Bible. But yet you feel empowered to criticize what you have not even read.

Now how do you square that one junior?[/quote]

… Where exactly did I say this?

[quote]ZEB wrote:

[quote]karite36 wrote:
If all the bigots that use the Bible to protect them could ACTUALLY READ A BIBLE, they’d stone themselves for blasphemy.[/quote]

It just keeps getting better and better around here. We now have a 16 year old Bible scholar scolding Christians on what is in the Bible. And something tells me that he’s probably never read even one of the 66 books all the way through and actually understood it. What with High School history exams, and those low math and science grades he has to bring up he’s probably got a full schedule.

Thanks for your opinion kid. And I’m sorry about your upbringing.
[/quote]

Excuse me?

Yes, I have.
And the apocryphal texts.
I read my Old T from a Tanakh.
I read my new from a Diaglott in Koine Greek, in which I dabble.

Yes, I am a spiritual Jew (somewhere in Romans).
Do you even know about keeping the Sabbath? Or who are the nations of Israel?

You’re a fool for jumping to such a conclusion. If you think I know nothing, please, prove me wrong on something. I’ll be waiting.

[quote]TigerTime wrote:

[quote]ZEB wrote:

[quote]TigerTime wrote:

[quote]pat wrote:

[quote]TigerTime wrote:
It’s easy to call him a pussy when you’re part of the majority.[/quote]

What color skirt do you squat in?[/quote]

Are you saying it’s just as easy to be vocal about your beliefs while in the minority? [/quote]

Hey there Tiger, I recall you telling me in yet another religious thread that you have not even read the Bible. But yet you feel empowered to criticize what you have not even read.

Now how do you square that one junior?[/quote]

… Where exactly did I say this?[/quote]

WHAT ARE YOU NUTTY? I have better things to do than remember the exact dates of some 18 year olds post. Smarten up skippy.

All you have to do is tell me if you’ve read the Bible (and understood it) from cover to cover.

SIMPLE!