Originally Posted by pigglet

jorgelito,

i'm personally not really against christians. i don't understand why someone would be into the faith, but i'm not anti-Christian, so to speak. I can understand the comforting aspects of the faith, but I just can't find it to pass muster. Hey, you're a Christian? Fantastic! I'm glad it works for you.

As far as the "only Christian, or all faiths equally?" aspect - I'm pretty much against (what I perceive to be mostly) arbitrary worldviews that lead to a condemnation of large sects of a population, strictly based on what they say they "believe in." Maybe they're out fighting hunger, or poverty, increasing the scientific and technological ability of society to address massive issues, maybe they're raising a family as well they can, basically being good people...but they haven't said the magic words, gone through initiation ceremony...whatever. that i find minorly repugnant. that applies across the boards, religions, creeds, social groups...

what specifically are you referencing as anti-Christian? I'd argue that you could slide Islam or Judaism or Zen-Buddhism in there, and I'd have the same sentiment. I read somewhere last year that someone found a bone fragment that they think might have been THE BUDDHAH's little finger...a bunch of guys with shaved heads showed up to worship it. WORSHIP IT!!!. I thought..."that's some crazy shit right there."

As far as you personally are concerned...well, you might be the type of Christian I can understand. Who knows? I think a lot of sentiments expressed by the "atheists" in this thread are in response to the sentiments expressed by the theists / Christians in this thread. If you want balance...well, then bring the balance. No one is saying a cookie cutter mold fits everyone.