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When going for a drive and wanting nothing but an enjoyable scenic ride, sometimes someone will throw an egg on the windshield. Nothing one can do about that sort of thing even if just wanting an enjoyable time without the unnecessary crap. Then too when the crap happens, we can choose either to ignore it or throw some back. Depending on my mood, I'll choose one or the other. Egg on the windshield is typically hard to ignore however.
The OP lives in a conservative, rural area of Tennessee, and is complaining about a war on atheists. LMAO! Maybe try moving to a place that isn’t in the Bible Belt?
The OP lives in a conservative, rural area of Tennessee, and is complaining about a war on atheists. LMAO! Maybe try moving to a place that isn’t in the Bible Belt?
The OP lives in a conservative, rural area of Tennessee, and is complaining about a war on atheists. LMAO! Maybe try moving to a place that isn’t in the Bible Belt?
Religions are always trying to stamp out alternate views, other religions as well as non-belief. This is okay with you?
Religions are always trying to stamp out alternate views, other religions as well as non-belief. This is okay with you?
The issue is not whether "this is okay" with a particular person.
All people & like-minded groups would like things to be the way they would prefer them to be. Even to the point of trying to actively compel it to be that way, and prevent it from being otherwise.
Those groups may even assemble armies or other war enacting entities to carry out said compulsion...so things are how they would prefer.
As respects Theology...since most (and that would be MOST) hold a Religious/Spiritual Faith...they will logically be represented in much greater percentages, and dominate.
That's the Reality of the Way of the World.
Of course, those in the minority that do not embrace a Faith complain about being dominated by the vast majority...just as people would complain about anything else going against their desire.
But when it comes to Religion...they may as well pound sand or stand in the path of F-5 hurricane and throw punches at it, they are so outnumbered.
That is also a Reality of the Way of the World.
Once people get hip to that (and accept it) they will come to greater understanding.
The issue is not whether "this is okay" with a particular person.
All people & like-minded groups would like things to be the way they would prefer them to be. Even to the point of trying to actively compel it to be that way, and prevent it from being otherwise.
Those groups may even assemble armies or other war enacting entities to carry out said compulsion...so things are how they would prefer.
As respects Theology...since most (and that would be MOST) hold a Religious/Spiritual Faith...they will logically be represented in much greater percentages, and dominate.
That's the Reality of the Way of the World.
Of course, those in the minority that do not embrace a Faith complain about being dominated by the vast majority...just as people would complain about anything else going against their desire.
But when it comes to Religion...they may as well pound sand or stand in the path of F-5 hurricane and throw punches at it, they are so outnumbered.
That is also a Reality of the Way of the World.
Once people get hip to that (and accept it) they will come to greater understanding.
I don't think anyone would argue that majority rule always has been and will continue to prevail, but truth really can't be reliably established by voting alone, despite the fact that method is present in virtually every human institution, including academia and scientific research. But that also does not make the minority on any given topic inherently incorrect, as they may simply be operating with different data.
Getting hip and accepting what a crowd does might lead to improved odds of surviving social scrutiny, but not in establishing reality. All too often crowds are in competition with reality.
The issue is not whether "this is okay" with a particular person.
All people & like-minded groups would like things to be the way they would prefer them to be. Even to the point of trying to actively compel it to be that way, and prevent it from being otherwise.
Those groups may even assemble armies or other war enacting entities to carry out said compulsion...so things are how they would prefer.
As respects Theology...since most (and that would be MOST) hold a Religious/Spiritual Faith...they will logically be represented in much greater percentages, and dominate.
That's the Reality of the Way of the World.
Of course, those in the minority that do not embrace a Faith complain about being dominated by the vast majority...just as people would complain about anything else going against their desire.
But when it comes to Religion...they may as well pound sand or stand in the path of F-5 hurricane and throw punches at it, they are so outnumbered.
That is also a Reality of the Way of the World.
Once people get hip to that (and accept it) they will come to greater understanding.
Minorities should NEVER accept dominance by majorities. Never.
Religions are always trying to stamp out alternate views, other religions as well as non-belief. This is okay with you?
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Originally Posted by phetaroi
It's a variant of the love it or leave it attitude.
OP moved out to this area knowing it was heavily Christian Small Town America. She even acknowledged this in past posts if you did your due diligence. She also said it wouldn’t bother her, which apparently it DOES. [She has also expressed heavy anti Christian sentiment.]
I’m not religious in one way or another but come on, what did she expect moving to a rural community in the Bible Belt?
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