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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some religious people just want atheists to go away.[/quote]

Well when Christians try to share the good news with you, which is literally a central piece of our religious practice you get all offended. And obviously the same is true when your non-belief dictates that you should proselytize your atheism to convert others….so there will be a natural clash.
The difference is that [b]in my worldview, [/b]it is actually harmful to cause others to fall away from Christ. And in your worldview—it makes no difference whether someone believes or not because the result is the same.
So I just don’t understand the motivation on Team Atheist that causes you to agitate for sport.[/quote]

Can you understand that others are not interested in your worldview?  Your belief does not affect how others think or act.

With this forum though, it's kind of amazing that people post ABOUT atheists, and then get offended when atheists post.

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OK but what about the questions like the one about helping kids sit through church where the atheists came in and just hijacked the thread with many (now deleted) posts that were simply attacking the OP and anyone who had the nerve to think that it was a good idea to have their children in church?

I don't attack atheists - friends or here - who think it's a good idea to teach their kids that God doesn't exist. It don't attack my Jewish friends for taking their kids to synagogue. I don't attack Muslim friends for taking their kids to the mosque.

This is what posters are so frustrated with. It's the non sequitur where somehow the minute it's Jesus we get "fairy tales, bronze aged god, blah blah blah." As someone upthread said, it's almost like the Bible passage about him being a stumbling block is true or something  :lol: .[/quote]

Jews aren't going around sharing our "good news" and then getting offended people find us irritating about it.

Instead Jews are attacked for wanting to exist. We're told the only country on earth that is a Jewish nation should suicide itself and that every person who lives there is a "colonizer" who deserves what happened on Oct 7. We're not allowed to have nuanced views on Israel - not here anyway. Not without being shouted over and violently insulted. So you know what we learn to do? TALK ABOUT IT ELSEWHERE. This is not the forum where Jews can talk to each other about the complicated thing of being Jewish in today's world. We find other forums - in person, online - where we aren't constantly intruded on by people who hate that we even exist (then deny hating that we even exist, then that's a whole ugly, endless conversation, too).

You will excuse me for not shedding too many tears over the complaints you are expressing, which sound so freaking trivial you cannot even believe it. Just listen to yourself. Take a look around at what's happening in this country in the name of your g_d. See if you can develop the slightest bit of self-awareness and empathy, while also bemoaning other people's lack of interest in your "good news."

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I'm not the poster who brought up good news. I'm just irritated that people can't ask a reasonable question and get a reasonable answer. I know it's DCUM and maybe that's ridiculous. I don't ask questions about Christianity here because I have better places to ask them, but when people do it would be nice to have a calm conversation for once.

And yes, I fully realize that what happens here is nothing, nothing on the hate you experience.[/quote]

Friend, we can't even have a conversation about sandals in the beauty and fashion forum without it devolving into nuclear war. DCUM is what it is. An engrossing, maddening, funny, weird free anonymous online forum where people come to insult each other and sometimes be helpful.[/quote]

I like the beauty forum too, but the sandals that you are referencing were truly hideous  :lol: [/quote]Yes, those sandals wouldn’t make even Frankenstein look sexy. And some people have ugly feet and ought never to wear sandals.
 I think there is a commandment “Thou shalt not bare thy feet if ugly” somewhere. [/quote]

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