Originally posted by jaywill
"Sorry if you never believed in anything strongly. Of course you could wear your non-committment as a badge of tolerance."
I believe in many things strongly, but they are much more ephemeral than the bible; things like free speech, human dignity not being reliant on someone else's judgement or belief system, that we bear a social responsibility for each other, I believe that secularists have as much right to air their feelings about religion as vice versa. I have not heard any secularist argue that religion should be banned, but if there are any I would disagree with them.
The problem I have with the video is that it attempts to demonize certain people. not books or ideas but actual people. I am sorry if you cannot understand why that is more offensive and dangerous than questioning the veracity of the bible. Perhaps you are wearing your intolerance as a badge of committment.
"Don't you think Dawkin's most favorite quote which atheists here love to post again and again is hate filled spewing DIRECTLY towards God ?
That famous quote about the God of the Old Testament certainly is a hate spew. And that's why skeptics just LOVE it. "
I am a skeptic and I am pretty sure I have never used it, I am assuming it is the one where they accuse the old testament God of being a genocidal maniac etc. I can imagine that it is not a nice thing to hear as a Christian but you should keep in mind that they do not believe that particular, or any god, actually exists, and they believe that as strongly as you believe he does exist.
"I think the point in the sound effects was that atheists get to a point where they are so vehement it is like discussion with a wild dog. We have a few of those types around here.
VoidSpirit comes to mind. "
I think you could name some Christians on this sight who are every bit as vitriolic when dealing with the atheist argument, the fact you choose not to whilst feeling free to vilify those on the atheist side of the fence is surely worth consideration by yourself as is the highlighting of a spelling mistake, but I shall leave you with that small victory. Simply know that you cannot support the propaganda tactics once used by genocidal maniacs and retain the moral high ground.
"I don't want Jesus to take sides. I want Him to take over. "
Clearly you cannot see the innate aggression in your stance, for me you have conjured up an image of a bloke in sandals with a flaming sword in his hand joyfully smiting the non 'Jaywills', but from the other side you expect consideration for feelings and some sort of respect for this entity.
I think it would help if Christians would create some clear blue sky between themselves and the Old Testament, or if not, accept that those who judge you will judge you based on it's outlandish and judgemental content.