"People have been hating Christians since they first appeared, but it angers me how quick folks are to completely disrespect Christ and Christianity--to your face--but much less apt to touch anything else."
People don't care about anything else usually because Christianity is the most in your face religion in the west moreso than anything else, you've got Christians door to door trying to get people to buy what their selling, Christians with signs of aborted babies disgusting everyone with that pretending to be pro life while they support the bloody and illegal war in Iraq making their hypocrisy visible to all, Christians constantly trying to overturn Roe V. Wade and take away many other rights of ours, Christians bombing abortion clinics, Christians holding up fear mongering signs that say turn or burn, Christians hating people that are different than them, Christians throwing deceptive pizza parties to lure unwitting people in to be preached at as they eat, Christians all over tv telling us to accept Christ if we don't want to go to hell. Christians in our fvcking face everywhere we turn pushing their bullsh!t on us and you speak of respect? Give me a break. If Christians would keep their religion to themselves and keep it out of politics especially people wouldn't react so negatively to them.
Also Islam is opposed but because its followers become insane murdering lunatics when their religion is challenged sites like faithfreedom.org where an ex Muslim can't be killed by anyone are among the best places to oppose it without fear of reprisal.
"It happens a lot in this forum. I cant tell you how many outrageously offensive comments i have read here about Christianity; by regular posters. And nothing is ever done about it. But have you ever seen an offensive or vulgar remark about Islam? Or Buddism? No, because it's unacceptable and the person would likely be banned."
Nothing would or should be done about comments that are negative about other religions either.
You know why?
Because this isn't Christianity.com, Islam.com, Buddhism.com or any other religion.com.
This is Sosuave.com and here posting something anti religion cannot by fair moderation standards be considered trolling because the forum is not religion based.
Criticizing or being extremely negative about a religion here should be alright because this is a religious neutral zone.
Its really no different than if two posters were to get into an argument about sports teams here or if one person just had something negative to say about a sports team they didn't like.
"Say what you want in private, but publicly trashing other's beliefs is disrespectful and shows a glaring lack of class. It may be more socially acceptable to trounce Jesus over Mohammed, but they are both immensely personal to a lot of people. Have some respect."
As long as Christians continue to proselytize in public and work to affect our laws atheists need to feel free to counter them publically and depending on the size of a particular atheist's grapefruits if you know what I mean he or she can and should challenge Islam and other religions as well publically.
The only place a religious person's views should not be questioned is when they are in church, temple or in general keeping quiet about them but when they feel the need to share, an atheist should also be allowed to share, an opposing opinion.
