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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will say I think OP is kind of trolling but I was at a bar the other night and was talking to a guy casually and kind of jokingly told him to give me his elevator pitch of who he was as a person and he kicked it off with 'I am a God fearing Christian' or something like that and I have to admit it took effort to keep the surprise off my face.

Of course there's nothing wrong with that, but it seemed like a very intense way to talk to a girl at a bar who was wearing black lipstick haha. [/quote]

OP here.  Definitely not trolling – genuinely curious, especially when I realized that as a society, we have managed to try to be kind to people who are in the minority.  For example, the term "fag"  and the usually pejoratively expressed “homosexual”  changed over time to “gay” – a positive word. And Now there’s LGBTQ.

As a society, we’re moving away from unconsciously stigmatizing people who are not in the majority.  I’d like to see it happen with people who don’t believe in God, too.

I’d sure like to hear from some religious people who think it’s a good idea to avoid using religious speech in secular settings.
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I'm the pp and an atheist and think you're being a little melodramatic (and TBH I think a lot of the LGBT stuff is a little melodramatic too and I'm very liberal pro 'let people do what they want'). If we police language to the point that no one feels they can insert any of themselves in the words because they are worried about otherizing someone else then that is ridiculous. That guy opened with that and hey I didn't continue the conversation very far. I found out we didn't have much in common! I wasn't insulted. If someone says god bless you they aren't trying to hurt you. We can't become like the lunatics who think anyone wishing them happy holidays is personally trying to punch them in the face with words. Most people are just trying to be themselves and be kind. I give everyone the benefit of the doubt![/quote]

I agree - most people are not trying to be hateful.  I think they are just unconsciously being thoughtless, just like people were a few years ago, when they called LQBTQ people fags, under their breath, or made those little hand flips (remember those?) the way they assumed gays did.  And LGBTQ people felt they had to pretend to be straight to fit into a straight world.

Plus, it's much easier to pass as a non-religious person.  A lot of us know how to fit in because religion is so pervasive and/or because we once were religious ourselves.

We can blend more easily, no question about it.  I just don't think we're doing ourselves or others a favor when we do.[/quote]

Equating someone saying god bless you with the way people would call gay people slurs is really over the top. No one is saying god bless you as an insult. [/quote]

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