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Originally posted by johnnymysto
The reason I'm starting this thread is because I don't seem to hear a lot of negative comments from the general public about Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Judaism, or New Age. But I do hear a lot of opposition to Christianity.
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I think you hear a lot of opposition to Christianity because it keeps being brought up. If we lived in a predominantly Jewish or Muslim or Hindu society, and people of those religions used their religion as the basis for their beliefs and opinions on the boards, you'd find a lot of disagreement from us with Hinduism and Islam. We oppose Christianity because it's there to oppose, not because it is inherently any better or worse than any other religion but because it's simply the one to which we have the most exposure here.
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I should clarify. It's not objectionable that Christianity informs your beliefs and opinions; it's objectionable that it tends also to inform beliefs and opinions about public policy that affects non-Christians living in a secular democracy.
And personally, Christianity is not at the bottom of my list. I won't say which religion is at the bottom of my list for risk of offending.