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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here -- I'd say that based on this conversation, there's plenty of touchiness to go around.

I hope it's just a phase, though and that some day soon neither side will feel the need to defend itself so much.

I do feel that Christians are more touchy right now, but that it doesn't really relate to their religious beliefs so much as that they sense that they are losing the [b]privileged status[/b]  that they've had for so long -- sort of like men in the sixties when women's lib started up and white folks before that when the civil rights movement cranked up.

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What exactly is this "privileged status?"  Serious question.  I say this because I was agnostic for quite awhile but I did not notice any real changes in my life compared to now.  It was pretty much the same.  "Privileged status" suggests to me that there are some perks to being a Christian, but I'm not aware of any.  I'm pretty sure that I've gotten more negative reactions from people who know that I'm a Christian.  I've never gotten a job because I'm a Christian.  I don't even get my holidays off because I'm Eastern Orthodox.  You can be part of the majority and not have any real privileges- the middle class, for example, is a majority but I'd argue they don't really have any perks or privileges.[/quote]

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