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’d probably stop doing business with someone that thought just because I disagreed with people acting on their homosexual tendencies and homosexual union that I am a bigot and couldn’t take a joke.

So, I suggest you don’t actively reveal your prejudices if you want to keep your business.

[quote]karite36 wrote:

[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]

Yes and I’m the Pope so please bow deeply as you leave the room—There is no end to this teen invasion. No end! I sure hope the boys at T Nation are selling them lots of supplements otherwise it’s a lose lose proposition.

And yes as you requested – You’re excused.

[quote]ZEB wrote:

[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]

And I responded with a resounding yes. And the way you responded with such haught (I know it isn’t technically a real word in this tense), and attitude to my original post, I probably know more about it than you.

In advance of tomorrow night, shabbat shalom.

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![/quote]

[quote]ZEB wrote:

[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![/quote]

This is all I’ve ever said. Don’t get so defensive, sheesh =/

[quote]ZEB wrote:

[quote]karite36 wrote:

[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]

Yes and I’m the Pope so please bow deeply as you leave the room—There is no end to this teen invasion. No end! I sure hope the boys at T Nation are selling them lots of supplements otherwise it’s a lose lose proposition.

And yes as you requested – You’re excused.[/quote]

Catholicism, what a laugh. The most embarrassing thing to ever happen in the name of Christ. They celebrate saturnalia, they warp the Passover, and the feast of unleavened bread, they look to a man for advice, they do not keep the Sabbath, and other things. They are an affront to the God they claim to praise.

[quote]TigerTime wrote:

[quote]ZEB wrote:

[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![/quote]

This is all I’ve ever said. Don’t get so defensive, sheesh =/[/quote]

Then go read the actual book. Why would anyone even try to critique “Of Mice And Men” for example, without first having read it? It’s not asking too much for you to read the book understand it fully and THEN come in and debate it.

Fair enough?

[quote]ZEB wrote:

[quote]TigerTime wrote:

[quote]ZEB wrote:

[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![/quote]

This is all I’ve ever said. Don’t get so defensive, sheesh =/[/quote]

Then go read the actual book. Why would anyone even try to critique “Of Mice And Men” for example, without first having read it? It’s not asking too much for you to read the book understand it fully and THEN come in and debate it.

Fair enough? [/quote]

… I think you misunderstand. By “This is all I’ve ever said” I’m referring to when you said “All you have to do is tell me if you’ve read the Bible (and understood it) from cover to cover.”

[quote]ZEB wrote:

[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![/quote]

Hey, I remember in a previous thread you said you liked to molest little boys! I have better things to do than remember the exact dates of some old man!

[quote]Brother Chris 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’d probably stop doing business with someone that thought just because I disagreed with people acting on their homosexual tendencies and homosexual union that I am a bigot and couldn’t take a joke.

So, I suggest you don’t actively reveal your prejudices if you want to keep your business.[/quote]

I like how you tried to flip that. I like it.

This thread delivers, and continues to illustrate why I have only replied sarcastically so far.

The non-christians that have posted here so far (not all of you, but many) certainly do not sound like paragons of non-bigotry, from where I’m sitting. I’d fear for my safety if some of you guys were in the majority.

[quote]Cortes wrote:
This thread delivers, and continues to illustrate why I have only replied sarcastically so far.

The non-christians that have posted here so far (not all of you, but many) certainly do not sound like paragons of non-bigotry, from where I’m sitting. I’d fear for my safety if some of you guys were in the majority. [/quote]

Fear for safety? I am guessing that you are refering to me as the bigot, and I can see how you would come to that conclusion in regards how I view religion.

You know what, I may have just realized something about myself, I guess I am a bigot, but only towrds peoples choices not towards what people are. Religion is a choice. Being Gay is not.

[quote]Makavali wrote:

[quote]ZEB wrote:

[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![/quote]

Hey, I remember in a previous thread you said you liked to molest little boys! I have better things to do than remember the exact dates of some old man![/quote]

Lol

[quote]Makavali wrote:

[quote]ZEB wrote:

[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![/quote]

Hey, I remember in a previous thread you said you liked to molest little boys! I have better things to do than remember the exact dates of some old man![/quote]

And I know what those better things to do are. Post little cartoons and try as hard as you possibly can to be an insignificant piece of crap on T Nation.

Congrats on that you’re are succeeding!

[quote]Cortes wrote:
This thread delivers, and continues to illustrate why I have only replied sarcastically so far.

The non-christians that have posted here so far (not all of you, but many) certainly do not sound like paragons of non-bigotry, from where I’m sitting. I’d fear for my safety if some of you guys were in the majority. [/quote]

Really, it’s like we are pointing a gun at them and saying YOU MUST BELIEVE! They have free will so go be non-believers. What part about being a non believer gives you the right to constantly attack Christians? Some of you go at it as if it’s your job. It’s almost like their just a tad bit insecure about their decision.

[quote]fattymcfatso wrote:
Religion is a choice. Being Gay is not.[/quote]

LOL…keep posting.

[quote]ZEB 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]

Wahahaha…Pat that one practically knocked me off my chair — Stop really…you’re causing a ruckus in my office.
[/quote]

:slight_smile:

[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]

Nope, I am saying your being a whinny little school girl.

[quote]fattymcfatso wrote:

[quote]ZEB wrote:

[quote]fattymcfatso wrote:
There is no room for rationality with any person who believes in any religion.
[/quote]

Well, at least you’re open minded. I tell you T Nation has the wackiest bunch of atheists that I’ve ever seen. I keep telling my wife how nutty you guys are but she still refuses to read.

LMAO![/quote]

Incase you did not read the 2+2=17 comment. My point is Being open minded about facts is silly. If you need to open minded about religion the concepts can not be factual.[/quote]

What “facts” are you referring too, exactly? Far as I know, you haven’t stated any.

[quote]therajraj wrote:

[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.

[/quote]

You guys should start the ‘Whiny Atheists’ club. Waaaaah! Christians are just so, so mean! They just hate us because we’re different.

The utter ridiculousness of this is killing me. I say you lobby Washington for minority status. Politicians aren’t ones to turn a blind eye to the most silly of notions.

[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]

For an atheist, you sure see a lot of things that don’t exist.