Poppinjay

So you would also be against literature? I live my life based on the books of Sinclair Lewis and select others. Am I a fool?

If you said you would be foolish to lead your life according to what some book says, I would agree with you. You should live your life by the means you see fit. The fact that you find it foolish essentially dismisses a philosophy and belief and its followers as fools.

The rest of your post describes very nicely how you co-exist with religious people and how you are tolerant even when they seem not to be. But the fact is, even when Christianity is mildly broached on TFP, somebody will join the thread to say what you said at the beginning of your post.

Example here

I ignore those posts and I don't really find them menacing or unwelcome. I just find it dis-heartening that somebody can post really interesting insights on say, cars or movies or music, but then blindly dismiss Christians as fools.

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I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet