Magog1 said:
Kinda like how the Bill mar's of the world try to label every one with faith as simple minded
like George W Bush. What's the saying about shoes and feet?
To be fair, Bill Maher calls Bush stupid for many things that have nothing to do with religion.
And honestly, the guy acts like a moron. And he'd still be a moron without religion.
Yes, I know some atheists have come to the conclusion that a lack of faith somehow makes them smarter, but they fall into the same mental traps even if it's not religious in nature.
If you gave any atheist on the world a magic switch that could make religion disappear from the world he'd flip that f'r so fast your head would spin.
Having just spent a decent chunk of time defending a Muslim for her beliefs....
Yeah, I don't give a shit if religious exists. I may disagree, but that's the thing. You can believe what you want and I can believe what I want without us needing to destroy one another or "win." Belief in God? Fine.
What pisses me off are holy wars and religious excuses to persecute people they don't like. Believe what yuo want, but don't use it to justify harming or discriminating against others.
It sounds like you're using the argument that "I'm prejudiced, so everyone else is."
I hope that you some day learn that things are not always black and white. In fact, they rarely are.
Should the day come that atheists rise up and demand an end to religion I will stand with the theists, not because I believe but because I believe in the right to believe. Even if I think it's wrong.
mitchell271 said:
Cure implies there's something wrong and there isn't in the case of homosexuals and transsexuals. They are who they are and they aren't causing damage to themselves or anyone around them by choosing what gender they're attracted to or what gender they choose to identify as.
Transsexuals frequently damage themselves. Half attempt suicide. I'm not sure why people wouldn't want a cure. You've even had multiple transsexuals saying they'd like it to be wiped out.
Boris Goodenough said:
Coincidently you can get blue eyes from laser surgey http://www.medicaldaily.com/brown-eyes-turn-blue-new-laser-procedure-may-permanently-change-eye-color-video-245514
Sweet, does that mean I can know what it's like to be a bad man? To be a sad man?
Da da da daaaaaa?
Magog1 said:
See you proved my point,
I jumped the gun, with out waiting for you or someone else to post here and i got demonized. I didn't hear you deny the view point. I didn't hear you explain "well this is why I'm different from that."
Why should anyone have to? That's dishonest. He demonstrated why bringing up Bill Maher was pointless. There's no grounds to assume similarity in the first place, so there's no reason to explain otherwise.
He also did deny it. That post was a denial. Or, rather, a dismissal of carpet prejudice.
Master of the Skies said:
"People are demonizing me!"
"For what?"
"Because I said they hold positions they don't hold!"
That's a pretty common attitude amongst majorities, at least in America. Borderline professional victimisation.