Reply #7: There is so much fucking bullshit in this post, I am boggled

[WilliamPitt]

I am sorry that diversity of opinion causes you such distress.

Horseshit straw man. It is not diversity of opinion that causes ire, but the fact that thanks to assholes like Bush and his crew, it is acceptable to piss on Christians as if we are all cut from the same mold.

That true facts to support the origination of Easter have been met with Ire.

Whose true facts? That perhaps the guy did not rise from the dead? That Constantine completely changed the religion because it served his political power play? True facts are there for the interpretation, but perhaps it is the spirit of Easter - sacrifice and selflessness - that deserve more respect than they have gotten.

That a mere questioning, QUESTIONING, of your religious foundation is called into doubt depite the history and facts that surround it. That non-christian opinons are, and ALWAYS apparantly will be met with fury and anger (and apparently the wrath of the moderators).

Non-Christian opinion offered with respect are not met with fury. Post like this, filled with self-serving overblown rhetoric designed only to insult and attack a whole group of people, however, will in fact raise some tempers.

That the truth hurts.

Here's some truth that'll hurt: I dare you to write a similar post attacking Judaism or Islam. You won't, because thanks again to George and the boys, Christians are a worthy target for so-called liberals who like to talk about respecting religious and secular diferences but all too often fall far short of that goal.

That the open-ness that we all hope to be a part of the new America are met with the same old whining that they are discriminated against.

If your opinions and the manner in which you present them are an example of the kind of 'openness' you'd like for America, color me Canadian.

Our beliefs seem solid, and we are willing to be understood, argued with and dicussed, rather than a blind gag-rule on that which doesn't hold Jesus and his bloody death and supposed ressurection in the highest regard.

See above. Give respect and get respect.

This is not a Christian Nation. Jefferson himself said that "the separation of Church and State is vital to any democracy."

99.9% of the Christians on this board would completely agree with you on that, so I am not sure what your point is. This isn't a Falwell message board.

You can all delude yourselves, and claim to be for open and honest government...but at long as you use the bible as your source of morality, you do a dis-service to Democracy. And you continue to put zealots in charge of our government.

Find me a Bush voter here. Find me someone who would supplant the separation doctrine with Christian rule. The Bible is an excellent source of moral direction if read properly, if the archaic crap is done away with, and if you understand that Jesus stood for what most of us here stand for - justice, peace, sacrifice and love. That's a good basis upon which to build a life.

It is time for America to wake up, and quit using fairy tales to explain our current condition.

Comparing someone's personal religion to a 'fairy tale' is grossly insulting.

It is HUMANITY...and the best thing HUMANITY can do is to learn from history. Real history...not just biblical history.

Again, 99.0% of DU Christians would agree with you here...so what's your point?

I hope every christian on this board is rewarded with their own personal heaven.....

Thanks. Here's to hoping you can keep your mouth shut when we get there.

however what you are creating is a hell on earth for the rest of us.

I am? Me personally? By being a Christian I am making a hell on earth for you? How, exactly am I doing that?

He's your God...they are your rules...you burn in hell...because the rest of us don't have time for it...we are trying to save democracy in America.

My fucking hero.

Jesus is so mis-represented in this world. He would tell the Pope, the Terri Shiavo petitioners, all of us to find our own path...and to know that "those who aren't against us are for us." and that those "those who are not for us are against us."

Again, 99.9% of the people here you attack and insult would agree with you.

Open you mind, or close your mouth!

Take your own advice.