thin air? As if the readiniess of half this forum to jump on the christian bashing bandwagon every time a thread like this comes alog.... hasn't made it readily clear?
c'mon dude, same thread using "gays" instead of christians would probably be locked faster than someone could post *****.
Hey at least you guys are all here together to circle jerk your way to a happy conclusion right?
and when did I make myself a martyr?
You are probably assuming I'm a christian. And even if I was, theres no martrydom here.
How does that even make a diference? Are you kidding me???
Discrimination is discrimination. period.
I lived in the northeast for almost 20 years. It does not happen 'all the time'. Not only was nearly every person I knew a christian of some sort, but the idea that they would somehow not be given a job due to the fact they are christian is preposterous.
Even in New York City, certainly the most religiously diverse city in the entire northeast due to the large percentage of immigrants and a particularly large Jewish population, more than 60% of the population describes itself as christian. (add in almost 20% that describe themselves as Jewish and you have close to an 80% judeo-christian majority) Are you trying to say that the religious minorities in NYC (who are overwhelmingly poor as compared to other groups) are somehow denying christians jobs?
In addition you are simply incorrect about your statement about christians, whites, and discrimination. Non-Hispanic whites comprise about 66% of America's population, (if you count Hispanics it's about 75%). Self identified christians comprise just under 80% of the US population. So, your facts are wrong. Also, to paint whites as some sort of target of discrimination in our country is laughable. While every group has problems that should be addressed, on the whole there is no more favored ethnic group in the United States than whites.
You really are a moron aren't you?
I have spent my entire life as a semi-practicing (at least once a month) Presbyterian, the majority of my friends practice Christianity in one form or another. Not once in my life have I been approached by someone and called ... I dunno.. "a filthy christian" or "a dirty christian". Not once in my life have my friends ever told me they expereinced that.
However, things like "greedy jew" or "dirty N-word" or "fucking i love you" are phrases you hear from ignorant people's mouths all the time.
To even try to present the argument that Christians are being descriminated against on any level comparable to various minority groups in both race and religion is just LOL-worthy.
I'm so ashamed of myself for actually presenting a long response in this sad sad thread.
wait, are you changing your stance AGAIN? you conviniently keep deleting your own quotes:
Is it because they AREN'T being discriminated against, or because gays "have it worse" ?
dude I'm calling an idiot an idiot. I am not Christian bashing at all. Please don't confuse yourself as a representative of Christianity. My only posts this thread have been to laugh at your idiotic comparisons. So what a bunch of internet heroes like to rip on Christianity, this has nothing to do with real-world descrimination of which the majority is focused on minorities, sorry to burst your bubble.
I never claimed hypocrisy, I merely suggested that those doing the boycotting should consider what happens when the situation is turned around.
XMan
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Can't imagine why.
St. Stephen suffered the next in order. His death was occasioned by the faithful manner in which he preached the Gospel to the betrayers and murderers of Christ. To such a degree of madness were they excited, that they cast him out of the city and stoned him to death. The time when he suffered is generally supposed to have been at the passover which succeeded to that of our Lord's crucifixion, and to the era of his ascension, in the following spring.
. . .
. The account given us by an eminent primitive writer, Clemens Alexandrinus, ought not to be overlooked; that, as James was led to the place of martyrdom, his accuser was brought to repent of his conduct by the apostle's extraordinary courage and undauntedness, and fell down at his feet to request his pardon, professing himself a Christian, and resolving that James should not receive the crown of martyrdom alone. Hence they were both beheaded at the same time.
. . .
[James] was elected to the oversight of the churches of Jerusalem; and was the author of the Epistle ascribed to James in the sacred canon. At the age of ninety-four he was beat and stoned by the Jews; and finally had his brains dashed out with a fuller's club.
. . .
Andrew Was the brother of Peter. He preached the gospel to many Asiatic nations; but on his arrival at Edessa he was taken and crucified on a cross, the two ends of which were fixed transversely in the ground. Hence the derivation of the term, St. Andrew's Cross.
. . .
By this, Peter, perceiving his suffering to be understood, returned into the city. Jerome saith that he was crucified, his head being down and his feet upward, himself so requiring, because he was (he said) unworthy to be crucified after the same form and manner as the Lord was.
Just a few . . . in the year 1 (and shortly thereafter) of course.
I fail to see how Christians choosing not to do business with a particular company because of advertising on their part is playing the "martyr" card. Perhaps you should also read a few history books so you can understand just exactly what the word means instead of making asinine, uneducated statements.
The great thing about forums is your name travels with you. The likes of Red, CLite, etc form a name for themselves from threads like this. Over time you begin to see their ramblings as less of specific opinion backed by fact, but more of a general hate that they are always too eager to express.
The only thing this forum is missing is an "ignore" button.
The only thing this forum is missing is an "ignore" button.
TheSlamma
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Good, Godaddy can now just deal with people of sense and reason, it's a good deal for them.
Maybe the Christians can make their own web hosting company.. called it hocuspocus.com or some other made up magic shit to go along with their made up stories.
Maybe the Christians can make their own web hosting company.. called it hocuspocus.com or some other made up magic shit to go along with their made up stories.
LOL. So to clarify you agree with Train's point of view that Christian's are being discriminated against like minorities are? I just want to confirm if I can ignore any future posts by you or not.
*edit*
Based on soccerballtux's retarded response I figured I would look at his post history to get some lol's
However, this is a fairly intelligent post. I never argued Christian's could not boycott goDaddy, I have only made fun of Train's point of view that they were discriminated against similar to Southern State African Americans and the Jews of 1930's Germany.
Doc Savage Fan
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You never used the word "hypocrisy" in your original post, but your meaning was clear. Even our esteemed eskimospy can see that (response to blackangst1 below):
"Did you read the OP? The point of this thread has absolutely nothing to do with that. It has to do with fundamentalist christians boycotting things they don't agree with, and then complaining about boycotts when they are used against them. It's hypocrisy that's being mocked here, and rightfully so." - eskimospy
The logic of bigots clearly fails. This is just one more example of how ignorance and bigotry affects rational thought. They use their stereotypes as justifiction to demean and marginalize another group of human beings as well as to flaunt their perceived superiority. Human beings are strange, strange creatures.
For the record...I like boobies
From Wikipedia:
"A stereotype is a preconceived, oversimplified, exaggerated, and often demeaning assumption of the characteristics possessed by an individual due to his or her membership in a specific group. Stereotypes usually function to deny individuals respect or legitimacy based on their membership in that group. They are the hardest to dislodge in situations where a dominant group desires to keep another group subordinate.
Stereotypes often form the basis of prejudice and are usually employed to explain real or imaginary differences due to race, gender, religion, ethnicity, socio-economic class, disability, occupation, etc. A stereotype can be a conventional and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image based on the belief that there are attitudes, appearances, or behaviours shared by all members of a group. Stereotypes are forms of social consensus rather than individual judgements. Stereotypes are sometimes formed by a previous illusory correlation, a false association between two variables that are loosely correlated if correlated at all."
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