Sopho wrote:
Kilroy wrote:
Soph just because someone disagrees with you doesn't mean they don't like you
okay you have some thoughts on religion that not everyone agrees with but that doesn't mean they hate you
But why am I getting criticised for doing something that people are actually TELLING me to do?

I wouldn't have started that thread if it hadn't been for what someone said this morning about how I should try and work on understanding another person's point of view. That's the only reason I started that thread and I even wrote that in the first post. He wasn't even saying he disagreed with me, all e did was post what I think was a sarcastic comment somehow comparing me to an evangelical Christian. Why am I even bothering to do this? I'm trying to be a good person but every time I try and do something right, everyone thinks I'm doing something else or has a go at me.
I take it that it was me that you are refering to there?
The reason that I posted that was because I was just pointing out that hypocrisy in your argument e.g. that you hate evangelists and people who enforce their religeous beliefs on other people yet you feel it okay to ridicule and attack religeon and religeous people all over the forums. It wasn't specifically about that thread.
You are right that I don't entirely disagree with your beliefs; I am an agnostic myself but that is besides the point for me. I don't hold those views in such a high opinion and henceforth don't have as much hate and vitriol towards organised religeons and religeous people. I take a liberal stance on it: I don't agree with it or believe in it but I do believe in the principle of people being able to practice their religeon/follow their belief structure without too much unneccesary criticism or prejudice or insults against them (as long as their religeous beliefs do not harm others).
This is why, as a very moderate, liberal agnostic, I can't stand Dawkin's and his church of followers who have read a few pop-sci books and feel they have the right to go around trash talking good, honest religeous people. It just isn't me and I would hate to think that people would confuse me with that sort of mob.
Many world leading (including Nobel prize winning) scientists have been able to reconcile their religeous beliefs with conventional science (and are against what happened in Kansas) so I don't feel qualified to say much else other than religeous people have the right to their beliefs and if it helps them in their lives, makes them feel good and doesn't harm others then it is of no concern to me.