Iamsemisweet
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You might be afraid of Christians, with some justification. Christianity itself, though, as a belief system, is not particularly subversive or frightening. quote:
ORIGINAL: darchChylde quote:
ORIGINAL: Iamsemisweet It isn't like Christianity is something to be frightened of. History would tell us different. Faith, belief in higher power and all that jazz is one thing. But saying "Christianity" invokes organized religion. And if there's one thing I've learned from history, when you have a large group of people who believe something that they have no possible way to prove; the innate insecurity of their untenable position forces them to lash out. Might makes right. We beat you which means God is on our side; thus you are heathens and must be saved from yourselves. CONVERT, ASSIMILATE OR DIE. The very cultural and technological development of our species is based on the entire idea that Christianity, or any other largely held ideological belief is something to be afraid of. Why are the terrorists not slowing down, even after we cut the head off of the snake? We're fighting a "War on Terror", they're fighting a "Holy War". While we fight an idea, they fight for the entire basis of their culture (or so they believe, having only selectively read and interpreted the Quran... sounds familiar, doesn't it?) So long as they have the will to continue, no matter how beaten; their faith will not allow them to quietly retreat or stay down. So yes, I am afraid of Christianity. It will only take one spark for the masses to decide that to protect their way of life, they must put the heathens down. And that means atheists, pagans, Jews, gays, kinksters and anybody else who's not like them. We're living in economically and socially insecure times, it even seems like mother nature is out to get us; all it will take is a charismatic leader with a big enough following that's able to convince them that all that's is bad in their lives is a punishment from god for letting the "others" get away with living their lives. On that day, you can say goodbye Constitution and goodbye civil rights. So you go ahead and not be afraid of them, there's too many of them for me not to have a healthy fear.
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Alice: But I don't want to go among mad people. The Cat: Oh, you can't help that. We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad. Alice: How do you know I'm mad? The Cat: You must be. Or you wouldn't have come here.
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