Dragaera

The Religion Debate

Fri Nov 29 13:02:49 PST 2002

Frank Mayhar wrote:
> Alex Nixon wrote:
>> Post Script: Christ David, you really despise religion in all of its
>> forms. I have one question: Where you beaten up as a child by a
>> group consisting of Christians, Buddhists, and Greco-Roman Pagans?
>> 'Cause this really is a whole lot of hate over something that's easy
>> to ignore.
>
> Easy to ignore?  I Don't Think So.  When the President of the US (Bush
> the elder) vilifies a whole set of people for not sharing his belief
> in God, that's tough to ignore.  When I'm confronted with the
> assumption of such belief every time I turn around, simply because
> 99.9% of Americans share it and assume, unthinkingly, that _everyone_

No where near 99.9% of 'Americans' believe any one thing (religion in
specific!), if we did we'd have at least one point to cooperate upon.

> shares it, that's tough to ignore.  When I am insulted as an
> individual and as a member of a minority for not believing in any
> kind of religion, _that's_ tough to ignore.  And on top of all that,
> I live in Southern California, which may be one of the least
> religious areas of the US.
>
> "Easy to ignore?"  Where have _you_ been living?