I do agree to an extent, but some would consider the choice between jail and church an attempt at forced conversion involving the Gov. There are Muslim judges in America now, would Mosque or jail be as acceptable?
I do agree to an extent, but some would consider the choice between jail and church an attempt at forced conversion involving the Gov. There are Muslim judges in America now, would Mosque or jail be as acceptable?
I would say that any method of pre-confinement rehabilitation is a better alternative than imprisonment, I'm sure those being sentenced have an opportunity to decline if the sentence is religiously objectionable.
Is going to jail and possibly loosing a job, car, etc. or going to church and not chance loosing those a real choice? Again would it be as acceptable if it was a mosque? Not trying to pick at you just trying to see your reasoning in this considering your earlier post...
"By allowing the 10 commandments on government property, we are allowing the church in the government, by forcing citizens to visit these institutions, religion is being forced on them. By allowing churches to influence elections, we are allowing the churches in government. There is no place in our government for religion.
People of faith are trolling threads to inject their beliefs....hell, they will even troll your doorstep to inject their faith in your life. I don't see too many atheists doing the door to door trolling thing."
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I don't object to there being a Christian forum, but I don't see the need for an Atheist forum. I don't see any Atheists on here who feel the need to discuss their beliefs in an environment devoid of opposing viewpoints. While it might be nice to have some fellowship with fellow non-believers, I don't feel a need to seek that out through a gun forum.
Ultimately the fact that so many Christians are uncomfortable discussing their beliefs outside of an echo chamber bodes well for the future of Atheism, and may have a lot to do with why the "nones" are the fastest-growing belief category in the country.
Ultimately the fact that so many Christians are uncomfortable discussing their beliefs outside of an echo chamber bodes well for the future of Atheism, and may have a lot to do with why the "nones" are the fastest-growing belief category in the country.
Not quite. But nice try.
To clarify, I describe some of the halfwit bigots as halfwits because they are not very bright and they are bigots. It is not that they are halfwits because they are bigots but that their parents dropped a deuce in the shallow end of the gene pool and the educational system did not do them any favors.
There are a lot of intelligent religious bigots who can discuss their special kind of hatred and abject intolerance in an articulate manner. Just not here.
Yes, it's a choice. Life is full of tough choices. Choices like, "should I drive drunk or should I not drive drunk?" can lead to other tough choices like "should I go to prison or should I accept this program at a church that I find objectionable?".
I guess I misunderstood the purpose of this thread. Why are there so many non-Christians commenting on a topic they say has no interest to them?
We changed the purpose of the thread. Welcome to OSA.
To clarify the weak minded comment it was in response to judgement laid upon me after a joke. In which, I truly believe if you are trying to scare me into your belief...... or believe the scary stories.... then you are weak minded and insecure. Not far from the same type of a hollow philosophy of screaming bigot every 5 secs and hoping it sticks. See Ferguson for reference.
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