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atlas shrugged as jesus wept (lemmy.ca)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/conservative@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 5 points 9 months ago (8 children)

I used to have respect for religion, no longer, all it does is convince the gullible to do the bidding of the wicked.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago (7 children)

    I've always lost respect for a person the instant I find out that they're religious

    It's always like "Really? You're choosing stupidity?"

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    Bigot /bĭg′ət/, noun: A person who regards his own faith and views in matters of religion as unquestionably right, and any belief or opinion opposed to or differing from them as unreasonable or wicked. In an extended sense, a person who is intolerant of opinions which conflict with his own, as in politics or morals; one obstinately and blindly devoted to his own church, party, belief, or opinion.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    Well that's utter nonsense

    Bigotry is about hating something that is an inherent part of a person, like where they were born, the colour of their skin, their gender, their sexuality

    Religion is a choice.

    A stupid choice

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (4 children)

    If you were born in an other country, an other time or just in your country and your time but in an other family, you'd probably have other religious views.

    And even if it wasn't the case, if you lose respect for people just because they made a stupid choice, you didn't have a lot of respect for them from the beginning. Tolerance reserved for people agreeing with you is not tolerance, it's agreement. It's bigotry.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    My tolerance ends the moment someone else is intolerant of me. Christians think I am going to hell and plenty of them would happily kill me if they thought they could get away with it. I won’t tolerate that.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    My tolerance ends the moment someone else is intolerant of me.

    That's legitimate. I'd say it's even the only case where intolerance is legitimate.

    Christians think I am going to hell and plenty of them would happily kill me if they thought they could get away with it. I won’t tolerate that.

    Some think that, some would do that. And you're 100% right not tolerating that. But none of that is inherent to Christianity.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Oh, just fuck off and cry about it to your invisible sky-daddy

    I don't care what you think, I don't value your opinions and I have no respect for you whatsoever

    You're stupid, and once again, you're making up a definition of bigotry that fits your identity as a victim

    I refer you back to my point about bigotry applying to things that people can't control

    Again: Your superstition is a choice.

    You're not the victim of bigotry.

    You're just upset because I think of your religion the same way you think about the religions that aren't your particular flavour of stupidity.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago*

    you're making up a definition of bigotry that fits your identity as a victim

    I didn't wrote this definition. It's from a dictionary; check yours. Or are dictionaries stupid too?

    You're just upset because I think of your religion the same way you think about the religions that aren't your particular flavour of stupidity.

    No you don't think of my religion the same way I think about others'. Contrary to you, I respect people I disagree with, and religions and schools of thought that aren't mine. Most of my friends are atheists, one of my closest ones is Muslim. Because I may be religious, but I'm not a bigot.

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