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Originally Posted by newb
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although religion has come under attack in my State. The Governor renamed the Christmas tree "The Holiday Tree". A school prayer that's been hanging in the auditorium for 50 years was ordered to be taken down because one student found it offensive [ she was backed by an atheist group] and ongoing now is a fight by another atheist group to remove a monument in a local fire department's parking lot that was dedicated to a soldier that died in WW1. It has a cross on it so once again it's deemed offensive. It's been there since 1921
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Why should a Christmas Tree be renamed? It's used during Christmas for people who celebrate it. It's not used on other holidays so calling it a Holiday Tree is just stupid.
So a statue is made of a soldier who died defending our country and an atheist group wants it taken down because there's a cross on it? How is that offensive? Do atheists hate the sight of a cross? Are they vampires now? Why should every religious symbol be removed for one group? How does that statue have anything to do with them? What if the soldier was a christian? Doesn't he have the right to display his belief's proudly? Atheists act like they are open minded but are so much more critical and offensive towards other religions then any other religious group i've come across.
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Originally Posted by Медвежуть
my favorite George Carlin quote:p
"Religion has convinced people that there’s an invisible man…living in the sky, who watches everything you do every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a list of ten specific things he doesn’t want you to do. And if you do any of these things, he will send you to a special place, of burning and fire and smoke and torture and anguish for you to live forever, and suffer and burn and scream until the end of time.
But he loves you.
He loves you and he needs money. "
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This just proves my point. This is such a horrible misunderstanding of the christian religion and offensive to me despite it just being a joke.
Hey i know, i'll be like an atheist and petition for that quote to be removed from this forum.
Freedom of speech and the right to practice and celebrate one's religion go both ways.
Do i think Christianity should be treated like the standard religion that all must follow? No
Do i think that Christianity should only be taught in school's and not other religion's? No
Do i think that all religious symbols, practices and beliefs should be removed from school's and otherwise because it could offend someone who doesn't believe in it despite the fact that other's do? No