Should conservative Christians be persecuted?

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Thanks.
Have you got a logo for your award, it would be cool if you made one. If you had seen that homosexuality thread I think you would find I am on neither side really, my views are an odd set.

Not so much. I prefer roast pork at my cookouts.


I'm in NO WAY like witch burners. I don't know where that idea came from. Probably from me saying that Jesus teaches us to be peaceful and loving. I guess that's where you got that from?
I've NEVER advocated doing harm to someone else, because I don't believe in it except in self-defence.

Actually, that's not the first amendment. You might want to check it out sometime. In fact, NOWHERE in America's constitution, or indeed entire civil law, are all religions called equal. Just because they are to be treated equally doesn't mean they're all the same things, or of the same truth caliber.


So whacha drinkin' today? Absolut, or the strong stuff?



Actually, half of my ancestors weren't white, and my sister-in-law, nephews, and niece are Asian, and I love them very much. I am not racist in the slightest -- I have no idea out of whose bum you pulled that.

EDIT: Also, my favorite composer is black. For, Scott Joplin was the "King of Ragtime". I have a framed photo of him sitting on my piano. He sits on the right corner, opposite Mozart's framed photo, which sits on the left. A tube lamp sits between them, symbolizing inspiration. It's a very, very tough contest, but I think Joplin was actually more musical than Mozart was. But I love them both, and generally consider them equal -- my "co-favorites". Sure, Mozart did a lot "more", but I'm not considering quantity. Joplin had the truer gift, IMHO. I love the sociological irony God used there! Give the son of a slave (his father was a slave) the greatest music talent in recorded history! Beautiful... Of course, musicality is an opinion, unlike the existence of God, so I won't argue musicality with anyone. (Well, not for long, anyway.)

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You're the one who brought up killing -- it's the people who start to spout things like that who are scarry.

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This is what you're for.

I have the right to vote. You said I should vote a certain way, and protested at me that I was wrong to vote the way I feel I should.

Lots of horrible hate crimes occur because people brush off heinous statements they think were not seriously meant. I don't see you actually doing violence, but that idea that you "obviously wouldn't do such" is not sufficient to making your words to the contrary null and void. People often do things out of character -- character is no failsafe predicter of one's actions. Therefore, people take people at their word to a degree, as they should. To make an extremely heinous statement with no indication of a joke will rightfully make at least some people think you mean it.

Hitler succeeded because not enough people who were against his views took him seriously. They brushed him off as a madman. They didn't think he could truly gain that kind of deadly power and influence. Once they realized they were wrong, it was too late.

That's your error in judgement. That you think there's nothing wrong with posting what you know is a load of sh** just for the fun of it. There are many other forums on the internet that specialize in your kind of silly flame games... go join them.

It's curiously funny and sad as well, autistic children were thought to be posessed by demons. Living in that age of ignorance must have been a nightmare.

And I see the analogy with Ragtime, just think of what would happen if he has a son who turns out to be gay, poor kid, really, poor kid. I really hope his children would all be straight and with the "right" gender identity.

But I don't know of many other forums full of as many idiots as this one. It's just too tempting for me.

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Have fun there.

That's cool, it gave me a laugh too.

I don't think so, I really doubt many want to see Robert Powell to die like that, I don't even know if there are people who dislike him that bad.

Just out of curiosity, because I jumped in late on this, if you think this forum is full of idiots, why post here in the first place? It's OK to have a go at opinions you think are s**t, and I've seen quite a few since I joined, but I'm not sure if it's totally fair for ANYONE to start a thread somewhere else and bag other people in that thread, then continue the fight everywhere else (I don't think you have done this here, but some others have). Just wondering.....

no, it's the complete lack of any thought in the original post. i couldn't even begin to expand on how stupid and the statement was and so i left it brief.

talking about christians being tortured is an insult to those of us who actually do face prejudice for just following the facts (atheists).


it's a bigger insult due to the fact that christians run a good majority of the world and complaining about being persecuted while being in control......it's just insulting and lacks any kind of thought on the part of the initial poster.



critical thinking isn't a sin....well...okay it is sometimes but only when the priest tells you it's the devil instead of critical thinking...which leaves your mind enslaved to someone else.

Probably just a huge insecurity issue and the fact that no-one takes them seriously in real life, let alone in a forum. But when someone puts up a post about Christians being persecuted... help! help! I'm being repressed! the sky is falling... really makes me wonder why they bother to go on a forum in the first place. There have been plenty of people from the year dot that could claim persecution, from the pagans in olden days to the Jews to the Indians (both Americas) to the blacks everywhere, but it only seems to be the 'Christians' that have the biggest voice (here, anyway). Why is that? Is it because of the above insecurity issues, or does it really go deeper than that? Frankly, I think they've had more than a decent go at everything, and should maybe give some others a chance for a change.

Yes please.