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Is there a war on Christianity in America's Left?

sooda

Veteran Member
Sure there is. We see it all the time. Does the left's attack on Christian bakers who don't want to bake a pro-gay wedding cake ring a bell? Or the left's all-out assault on the Boy Scouts of America?

The bakers immediately jumped on Facebook and bragged about how they had refused the gay couple believing it would generate MORE sales for them.

There is NO assault on the Boy Scouts, drama queen.
 

Spartan

Well-Known Member
The bakers immediately jumped on Facebook and bragged about how they had refused the gay couple believing it would generate MORE sales for them.

There is NO assault on the Boy Scouts, drama queen.

Dream on, sport.
 

sooda

Veteran Member

Crisis magazine needs your money..

I laughed when they wrote this:

For its first 100 years “morally straight” meant that homosexuals could not be members of Boy Scouts of America because they did not “possess the moral … and emotional qualities deemed necessary” to be role models and leaders of youth. Provided that someone did not “avow” that they were homosexual and did not promote or advocate homosexuality, however, an individual’s sexual orientation was considered irrelevant to membership in the Boy Scouts of America. This was true whether it was a youth member or an adult member.

Hypocrites and manipulative liars. The BSA has more integrity than the fools who are attacking them.
 

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
Think it through. The Gadsden Purchase!
Those guys love desert, they know how to build walls.

There would be a lot of serious benefits to the whole
thing.

Can you get someone to do a Revelation?
I picked Quebec cuz conflicts with Francophones would be fun to watch.
 

Spartan

Well-Known Member
Crisis magazine needs your money..

I laughed when they wrote this:

For its first 100 years “morally straight” meant that homosexuals could not be members of Boy Scouts of America because they did not “possess the moral … and emotional qualities deemed necessary” to be role models and leaders of youth. Provided that someone did not “avow” that they were homosexual and did not promote or advocate homosexuality, however, an individual’s sexual orientation was considered irrelevant to membership in the Boy Scouts of America. This was true whether it was a youth member or an adult member.

Hypocrites and manipulative liars. The BSA has more integrity than the fools who are attacking them.

Laugh all you want. But those "morally straight" guidelines from the BSA didn't originate from secular humanism but from a society that was overwhelmingly a Judaic / Christian community.
 

9-10ths_Penguin

1/10 Subway Stalinist
Premium Member
It's not so much that I'm confused as that it seems like you're simply wrong, but I'mgiving you the opportunity to explain yourself.

The Boy Scouts of America isn't a Christian organization and - AFAICT - never has been:

The BSA recognizes religious awards for about 35 faith groups including Islam, Judaism, Baha'i, Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, Sikhism and 28 varieties of Christianity.[18][19]Boy Scouts of America–approved religious emblems exist for a number of religions, while other emblems remain unrecognized by the BSA.
Boy Scouts of America membership controversies - Wikipedia

A quick Googling tells me that the BSA started accepting Buddhist members in 1920.

So I repeat my questions:

- what "all-out assault?"
- the Boy Scouts of America aren't a Christian organization. They go to great lengths to make that clear. Why are you lumping them in with Christianity?

Maybe try answering them this time.
 

sooda

Veteran Member
Laugh all you want. But those "morally straight" guidelines from the BSA didn't originate from secular humanism but from a society that was overwhelmingly a Judaic / Christian community.

Were you a Scout?

Judaic/Christian community? LOLOL
 

sooda

Veteran Member
It's not so much that I'm confused as that it seems like you're simply wrong, but I'mgiving you the opportunity to explain yourself.

The Boy Scouts of America isn't a Christian organization and - AFAICT - never has been:


Boy Scouts of America membership controversies - Wikipedia

A quick Googling tells me that the BSA started accepting Buddhist members in 1920.

So I repeat my questions:

- what "all-out assault?"
- the Boy Scouts of America aren't a Christian organization. They go to great lengths to make that clear. Why are you lumping them in with Christianity?

Maybe try answering them this time.

Boy Scouts has been a huge success among the Saudis in Arabia since 1950s.

The Saudi Arabian Boy Scouts Association (SABSA, Arabic : جمعية الكشافة العربية السعودية ‎) is the national Scouting organization of Saudi Arabia. Scouting was officially founded in Saudi Arabia in 1961, though Scouting was active many years prior to the founding date, and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1963. It has 19,269 members (as of 2010).

Saudi Arabian Boy Scouts Association - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabian_Boy_Scouts_Association
 

Spartan

Well-Known Member
It's not so much that I'm confused as that it seems like you're simply wrong, but I'mgiving you the opportunity to explain yourself.

The Boy Scouts of America isn't a Christian organization and - AFAICT - never has been:


Boy Scouts of America membership controversies - Wikipedia

A quick Googling tells me that the BSA started accepting Buddhist members in 1920.

So I repeat my questions:

- what "all-out assault?"
- the Boy Scouts of America aren't a Christian organization. They go to great lengths to make that clear. Why are you lumping them in with Christianity?

Maybe try answering them this time.

Maybe if you could have comprehended my previous post you wouldn't be asking again.

And if you're still confused try submitting it to prayer.
 

sooda

Veteran Member
Maybe if you could have comprehended my previous post you wouldn't be asking again.

And if you're still confused try submitting it to prayer.

Why do you suppose the Boy Scouts have been so successful in Saudi Arabia?
 

9-10ths_Penguin

1/10 Subway Stalinist
Premium Member
Maybe if you could have comprehended my previous post you wouldn't be asking again.
I did comprehend it, but I'm doing my best to give you the benefit of the doubt that you didn't intend it to be as ignorant and paranoid as it came across.
 

9-10ths_Penguin

1/10 Subway Stalinist
Premium Member
Boy Scouts has been a huge success among the Saudis in Arabia since 1950s.

The Saudi Arabian Boy Scouts Association (SABSA, Arabic : جمعية الكشافة العربية السعودية ‎) is the national Scouting organization of Saudi Arabia. Scouting was officially founded in Saudi Arabia in 1961, though Scouting was active many years prior to the founding date, and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1963. It has 19,269 members (as of 2010).

Saudi Arabian Boy Scouts Association - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabian_Boy_Scouts_Association
I was a Scout myself - in Canada - and I clearly recall reading in all our materials that all the references to "God" weren't meant refer to the Christian God specifically, but to whichever god the individual Scout believed in. "Duty to God" wasn't meant to refer to any sort of Christian tenets necessarily, but to the Scout's duty to approach their religion - any religion - honestly and honourably.

Theism was nominally required, but Christianity was not.

Now... I know that in the US, many Scout troops are sponsored and hosted by churches, but AFAIK no troop forbids non-Christians from joining, insists that members practice Christianity, or does anything else that would justify calling the BSA a Christian organization.

I can't help but wonder if the BSA's anti-atheist and anti-LGBTQ views were what made @Spartan decide that they must be Christian.
 

Spartan

Well-Known Member
Sorry, I don't think ending discrimination against gay people is an "all out assault".

This isn't an assault on gay people, it's a continuing discussion concerning the moral foundations of God / Christianity in relation to left-wing moral relativism that supports moral depravity.
 
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