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Showing Original Post only (View all)Has General Discussion Been Hostile to Religious Believers recently? [View all]
73 votes, 2 passes | Time left: Unlimited | |
I am a believer and the answer is definitely | |
18 (25%) |
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I am a believer and the answer is sort of | |
0 (0%) |
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I am a believer and the answer is not really | |
1 (1%) |
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I am a believer and the answer is definitely not | |
1 (1%) |
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I am not a believer and the answer is definitely | |
17 (23%) |
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I am not a believer and the answer is sort of | |
3 (4%) |
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I am not a believer and the answer is not really | |
1 (1%) |
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I am not a believer and the answer is definitely not | |
27 (37%) |
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One thing I do believe is that this poll is bullshit! | |
0 (0%) |
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I like to vote! | |
5 (7%) |
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2 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided. | |
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Has General Discussion Been Hostile to Religious Believers recently? [View all]
el_bryanto
Jan 2015
OP
Yes. But that's not a recent occurrence on DU. GD, and most of DU have always bee pretty hostile to
BlueCaliDem
Jan 2015
#1
Definitely NOT "religious believers". How about Christians? Jewish? Muslims? Buddhists?
BlueCaliDem
Jan 2015
#105
I do. And I'd never use it. I always say, "people of faith" in instances like this. eom
BlueCaliDem
Jan 2015
#109
So you are equating criticism of a set of ideas held by choice to a religious motto which equates
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#125
I specifically said generally. Does your religious organization current support limiting the
Zorra
Jan 2015
#32
You didn't answer my question above - why do you think the Mormon Church is paying me to post here?
el_bryanto
Jan 2015
#50
If your religion funded organizations that denied African Americans the right to marry,
Zorra
Jan 2015
#60
Wrong "his discussion began with an OP that posed a question about DUers dissing religion".
uppityperson
Jan 2015
#138
With core ideas like "God made this temporal world for man to conquer and rule", and
greyl
Jan 2015
#37
contrary to what you may believe, the christian religion has never been a monolith. and is still
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#270
The basis for the killing is power politics. Religion is a tool of the powerful. Witness how our
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#44
sometimes used religion? almost always used religion, including ramping up religious feeling and
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#74
I don't disagree, but the most powerful governments today are no longer religious. They just
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#202
And yet there are billions who believe in a religion and have not killed anyone.
kelliekat44
Jan 2015
#75
Not true. I am a Buddhist who has no opinion on whether God exists or not.
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2015
#212
I am a follower of Tibetan Buddhism and to many it is absolutely a religion with god like
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2015
#218
I don't see merely believing (or not believing) in a god as making something a religion.
LostOne4Ever
Jan 2015
#257
Alerting sends it to a jury. The topic was 'moderator' (i.e. host) locking. n/t
Gormy Cuss
Jan 2015
#58
Yes - after a few days of constant hosility and attacks a few more religious DUers will decide that
el_bryanto
Jan 2015
#39
"if they are religious they probably don't belong here anyway"? W.T.F? Clarify please
uppityperson
Jan 2015
#140
I think so. The hostility level is so high, it sure seems like the intent is to get rid of people.
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#271
in what way does that constitute a response to the question you were asked? maybe you need
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#31
Personally, I haven't seen the hate of people associated WITH religion, so much as religion...
MrMickeysMom
Jan 2015
#38
I take it you are one of those who believes that if someone does something good
el_bryanto
Jan 2015
#46
Religion is unable to do anything except through the people who believe in it.
el_bryanto
Jan 2015
#54
So if someone goes and shoots up a bunch of cartoonists and claims he is doing it for religious
el_bryanto
Jan 2015
#88
Very much so.My reply was to "I can't think of ONE GOOD thing religion has ever done."
uppityperson
Jan 2015
#189
Yes, that did occur to me, thank you for checking. The OP was about "religious believers"
uppityperson
Jan 2015
#196
Indeed, many have. My reply was to "I can't think of ONE GOOD thing religion has ever done."
uppityperson
Jan 2015
#188
Hostile to certain aspects of many religions, but not 'to religious believers'
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2015
#53
Yes, the forum should be restricted to cat videos and mutual exchanges of congratulations
Yo_Mama
Jan 2015
#287
I feel very unwelcomed here as a person of faith and I have decided to take a DU break.
hrmjustin
Jan 2015
#67
wait what? Are you saying that as a religious believer who is tired of DU telling him how stupid he
el_bryanto
Jan 2015
#76
And if a believer says "I've questioned my beliefs, and on reflection I find them to be true."
el_bryanto
Jan 2015
#78
Well I've heard it said that believers are all intellectually dishonest or delusional
el_bryanto
Jan 2015
#81
"there are lines not to be crossed in civil discussion", and that is the question by the OP.
uppityperson
Jan 2015
#144
I wonder if you'd care to launch a side by side comparison of shit said openly about LGBT people
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#86
The person who said that should be ashamed of themselves. I don't know if I'm expected to defend it
el_bryanto
Jan 2015
#87
The point is, if I am expected to endure such extreme hostility, I need to know if you are asking
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#91
I'm asking you to define your terms. There is really no reason for you to get personal and start
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#97
OK apparently you feel I didn't take this seriously enough s- let's go through it.
el_bryanto
Jan 2015
#103
Sinc you aksed, here it is. I have had posts hidden for calling this bigotry to light and the author
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#277
Your words are right there to be seen. And you had no problem speaking for me, 'you think this and
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#132
it's a sample of mass misogyny, world-wide, that for some reason we are supposed to RESPECT
Skittles
Jan 2015
#252
If you look at how the Catholic Church has behaved worldwide since its inception,
Arugula Latte
Jan 2015
#301
Not exactly. There is a long line of crimes done in the name of the Church ....
kwassa
Jan 2015
#313
Yes; and according to the rules religious topics are not allowed to be posted in General Discussion.
Jeffersons Ghost
Jan 2015
#107
Sure, a week in which some religious believers were slaughtering satirists for blasphemy
Warren Stupidity
Jan 2015
#113
I'll just have to imagine it. At any you must be pretty happy with how things are going. nt.
el_bryanto
Jan 2015
#119
I meant at DU - not in Paris. Naturally I was horrified with the various actions over there.
el_bryanto
Jan 2015
#126
They were completely connected, and the events in Paris were far more important.
Warren Stupidity
Jan 2015
#130
I do tithe, I don't believe my money goes to causes that I disagree with. nt
el_bryanto
Jan 2015
#117
The fact that you tithe to your church shows that to be a lie, at the very least...
Humanist_Activist
Jan 2015
#254
You believe gays suffer in hell after death and you don't believe your church should allow same sex
Warren Stupidity
Jan 2015
#288
The point is that it would be disgusting and mean to joke about killing one's self about such a
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#159
And the reason why I left the catholic church. I could not live with myself, in good
Luminous Animal
Jan 2015
#214
Has GD Been Hostile to the Victims of an Extremely Violent & Deadly Attack?
countryjake
Jan 2015
#135
The thing is, hypocrisy. Here you are, after many posts about 'hostility to religion' but this post
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#278
Are religious believers some sort of special class, that should be protected?...nt
SidDithers
Jan 2015
#175
Perhaps you could start by distinguishing "opinion" from indisputable "truth".
whathehell
Jan 2015
#198
Yes, but that is nothing new. I think I'm going to start trashing those threads. They just
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2015
#207
Has religion been hostile to EVERYONE in the 99% recently? Uh, yeah. That's what it does. nt
valerief
Jan 2015
#225
I answered yes because I just read a post claiming they're apologists for public beheading
kcr
Jan 2015
#233
No, but it's generally hostile to harmful or especially stupid beliefs, and it should be.
LeftyMom
Jan 2015
#250
if you support a church that is openly misogynistic and homophobic you are PART OF THE PROBLEM
Skittles
Jan 2015
#253
So that's 'pretty much what you've been told'? Catholic teaching is that I am 'inherently disordered
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#282
Nope, it is the other way around; those without religion are in the minority, impossible for
ChosenUnWisely
Jan 2015
#273
I'm not a believer, & I really don't care if there's been "hostility" to Religious "believers" in GD
2banon
Jan 2015
#310
I've never seen atheists evangelizing anywhere, but maybe it happens in certain forums...
2banon
Jan 2015
#380
The point of the poll was to get people's opinion whether it has become hostile to people
hrmjustin
Jan 2015
#384
I would say there are certain Groups you can post in that are progressive, but as a whole I would
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2015
#365
The truth is, religious people have been used to complete deference, until about ten years ago.
Arugula Latte
Jan 2015
#354