Reply #21: Prosyletizing can be a pain in the butt . . but . . [View All]

[msmcghee]

. . in a free country we often have to put up with speech that is rude, distasteful and obnoxious. That's the price we pay. It's the other side of the coin of being able to pretty much say what you want, when and where you want to.

OTOH - You evangelicals should know that very few of us atheists fall for the "just want to save your soul" schtick. You are infected by the God meme. Like all highly infectuous memes it requires that you spread them to others - like a virus.

Do you find that offensive? Then you know how offensive it is to have someone tell you that you are not a moral person because you don't believe in their God.

Even though (some obnoxious)) Christians continually offend me with that bigotted message I don't hate you. I put up with you because I love my freedom to say what I want - as I am doing here. I have nothing against Christians per se. All of us carry illogical ideas (usually infectuous memes of some kind), myself included. I even like some of you and call you my dearest friends - even though you can be a pain in the butt at times. Besides, I know you're sick (infected). I am not saying this to demean your beliefs. I really believe it. Of course, I can't pray for you - but I do hope you all get better someday.

BTW - In my whole life I have never had a Jewish friend try to convince me that his or her religion was the only true religion and that I should sign up if I didn't want to spend eternity in hell.



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