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In reply to the discussion: Christians should unite with atheists to defend secularism [View all]Gore1FL
(21,232 posts)I find it hilarious how you are framing this... An agnostic is so sure of his beliefs he wants to destroy yours...
Re-read the posts above. My premise was that Christianity has been poisoned by the fundamentalists. (You seem to aggree).
I said Churches, such at the Lutherans, Catholics, Methodists, Presbyterians, etc. have not stepped up in an official way to stop it.
I've asked for links when I was told they had. They have not been forthcoming.
I've been told that atheists, agnostics, and secularists are all about ridding the world of religion. I have asked for link. They have not been forthcoming.
Now, somehow it is my fault that you get lumped together when your churches don't make the critical differentiations. I stated above that Christians are mostly well-meaning people. I am not attacking you, your religion, nor am I trying to change you.
So let me reiterate for the 9,000,000 time.
1> Christianity's brand has been poisoned.
2> Part (or all) of the cure would be for the larger religions to stand up to those who have (in your words) "a fundamentalist view of faith".
3> Secularists don't care what you believe. They also don't want to hear about it.
4> No one has suggested that the "destruction of what (you) believe and hold as right" is necessary.
You aren't persecuted. You simply aren't wrapping your head around the fact that there is a difference between 1> stopping you from believing something and 2> not wanting to hear you endless argue how cool it would be if I thought just like you.
Learn that difference and you can be a Christian secularist.