I too am offended when Jesus is disparaged

[CatWoman]

but I try to be a grown up about it.

There are lots of atheists here. And I need to respect their beliefs as well as my own.

If a thread title really offends me, I either won't post in it, or I will take the light hearted approach.

[KG]

1. not to mention that little X thingie that will make the offending thread

disappear!

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. tolerance

and not judging are hallmarks of those who follow the Teachings. I like your approach to threads-like you, there are times a title offends or rankles me, so I just don't read them.

[DS1]

3. Don't fuck with the Jesus

[kittenpants]

27. you said it man!

[Blue-Jay]

29. Whoo!

[patrice]

4. Doesn't bother me.

Whatever the reality is it will survive all of our errors.

It hurts when people disparage me for whatever, but I figure "God" can take it.

[Left Is Write]

5. I agree on the need to respect everyone's beliefs.

That's why I don't disparage atheists. Respect is a two-way street.

[baldguy]

6. Jesus is disparaged every time a conservative claims to speak for him...

And says something hateful, intolerant or untrue.

You can't be a Christian and a conservative at the same time.

[Left Is Write]

7. And isn't that funny?

My brother and I have both been told (by fundies, of course), that one cannot be liberal (or a Democrat) and be a Christian.

[madison2000]

9. being a Dem and a Christian makes a lot more sense than

being a Republican and a Christian

The core value of Republicans is wealth/money, and I don't see how that fits very well with Christianity.

[AZCat]

11. You must not be familiar with...

Supply-Side Jesus.

Unfortunately he has replaced the "other" Jesus in the belief systems of many Republicans. :(

[madison2000]

25. Al Franken hit it right on the head with that one!

[UrbScotty]

38. THANK YOU for saying that!

:thumbsup:

[Rowdyboy]

8. Honestly, people on both sides need to get over themselves....

Its an internet message board folks, is it really worth working up a self-righteous wrath over what some fool you'll never meet posts?

[CatWoman]

10. preach it, Baby!!!

:hi:

:loveya:

[Bouncy Ball]

20. Thank you, rowdy, very true.

I guess that's why I've never been able to get that worked up over it.

[madrchsod]

12. hey" jesus is just alright with me......"

to bad people don`t realize is what jesus said was universal-his message has many truths that all religions believe.oh well i try to live my life by the values i have learned from my folks and the church.hell i even sang in the church choir untill high school,i guess you could say i`m a shout`n methodist!

[Fenris]

13. I have no problem with Jesus

However, I cannot stand many of his followers.

[flamingyouth]

14. Happy Easter, Catwoman!

:hi: :D

[CatWoman]

15. Now where's my Papa fix????

:hi:

[flamingyouth]

16. Here's Fenris taming the very shy Winky ...

[CatWoman]

17. Keep that cat away from Fenris' monster brain!!!!!

he'll have him reciting poetry!!!!!

:D

[flamingyouth]

18. I'm working on a deprogramming right now

Yesterday he woke up and watched "Wet Hot American Summer" so I think we're making some headway. ;)

[Bouncy Ball]

19. I'm with you.

Although I don't really get too offended in the first place. But your approach is exactly mine.

[Terran]

21. I'm pretty much a godless heathen

but I would never disparage Jesus, or Mohammed, or Bhudda, or any of them. It's only a large segment of their followers (well, not so much Bhudda's) who deserve disparagement.

I guess that's all fairly obvious, by now. Happy Easter Midori! :hi:

[CatWoman]

24. right back atcha, Dirk baby!!

:hi:

:loveya:

[Floogeldy]

22. Meow

B-)

[UrbScotty]

23. Bashing someone's Religious beliefs is not what Dems should do.

We must respect each others' beliefs and recognize that there are other, more important issues to face.

[Wapsie B]

26. I grew up a fairly conservative protestant

and the thing I've learned that sometimes you have to have a sense of humor in many aspects of your life, religion included. That doesn't mean you can't have deeply held beliefs. I'd like to think God has a sense of humor. It's a part of the human psyche. To me joking about religion strips away some of the pretentiousness and makes it more human. Telling the old Good Friday joke doesn't mean that you don't believe. Quite the opposite.

[ContraBass Black]

34. Good Friday joke?

[Wapsie B]

37. The one that goes

"What a hell of a way to spend Friday afternoon. Just hanging around with the boys." "Peter, Peter I can see my house from here."

That one.

[Wat_Tyler]

28. Jesus is a big boy.

He can take it.

[RevCheesehead]

30. I agree.

Read the thread title, then decide if you want to enter or not.

If someone posts "Howard Dean is our best hope for the future," you have to decide if you're going to enter the discussion or not. But if you hate Howard, and post "Howard is a douchebag," you are disrupting a thread, and offending Dean supporters. If you loathe Howard, you are entitled to your opinion. But you really can't blame the Dean supporters if you have personally disrupted the thread yourself. And it would not be unusual for your post to be deleted.

That being said, I have seen many times when a discussion of Christianity is disrupted by someone saying "it's a mental illness, and those who follow it are deranged." Most of the time, I ignore it. But I get sick of the "Fuck Jesus Shit." That's just plain offensive to me.

Believe me, the last thing I want to do is argue about religion. I am happy to explain what I believe, if people ask me. However, I have been called "intolerant", "rude," and "hypocritical" by people who were NOT having a little fun (this was a while back, in GD, NOT here in the Lounge). They were attacking me, as well as my beliefs. God may be able to take it, but I'm a bit more fragile.

As someone wrote above, "it cuts both ways."

[tinfoilinfor2005]

33. If you have a friend who is always there for you,

to comfort,to advise, to share grief and joy throughout your lifetime, you get a bit sensitive when someone starts throwing crap at them. This is a very personal friendship, and I don't turn my back on my friends. I agree, God may be able to take it, but you will have to go through me to kick Him.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

31. How dare you act like a liberal on a liberal messageboard!

I am offended by your willingness to tolerate another point of view, you, you - openminded person, you!

[imenja]

32. Can these posts please go in the religion and theology forum?

Thank you.

[Coyul]

35. Ya know....

CatWoman you continue to be the moral compass of this board....Love ya for it...
I was just trying to help before...some might just be beyond help...
Coyul

[LoZoccolo]

36. Really shrill anti-religious people are part of the Republican strategy.

Think about it: Republicans talk about this culture war and how it should be fought on government turf. A bunch of people on our side take the other side of that, allowing the Republicans to fight according to a strategy they picked as a way they think they can win. It's a ridiculous thing to try to imply that the Democratic Party is anti-religion, even if you are yourself.