linwood said:
You judge a situation you`re ignorant of.
I don`t care about social acceptance, I care about how I`m raising my kid.
Not to mention that not everything is about ME.
In fact the situation is another bit of ignorance by Christianity that I have to deal with.
The neighbor is a Southern Baptist preacher who knows less about the Bible he thumps 5 times a week than I do.
My daughter and his son have been playmates since my daughter was born.
he is 5 and she is 4.
He would stop all contact between our families if he knew of my belief.
The contact between our familys is considerable and goes well beyond my daughters friendship.
If I were to tell this ignorant man of my beliefs I would have to explain to my daughter that her friends God thinks we`re evil, bad, and , working for Satan.
She would ask why she wasn`t allowed to play with him anymore.
That will breed tolerance at an early age won`t it No*s.
Telling a four year old that her best friend thinks her father is destined to burn in hell is not a good way to teach your kids about religion.
I didn't judge the situation. I judged your statement, which in its turn testifies to what I described, and this isn't a part of it. The dominant philosophy/religion in a land is the one most resented by minority groups, because it seeks to preserve itself and uses its position of dominance. What you are describing is exactly what belief systems tend to do. Do I like it? No, but it's the way people in general behave.
linwood said:
Christianity in so many ways is the cause of it`s own derision.
And every philosophy will find itself in that exact situation if it becomes dominant. It will remain for a time, and then, it will be abandoned with disgust later. If society adopted yours, it would maintian itself, and then would be "the cause of its own derision."
linwood said:
I`m sorry, I missed those posts.
I have never seen the same behaviour in any other religious group.
Never.
Please point out another religion that has the same traits of "Pushing itself" on those who don`t want it.
Just one please.
That was specified and explained in the very
first post. It even contained an example: Islam. Islam is just as missionary as Christianity, but it's not dominant here. The thread-starter specified all of this, and it certainly qualifies as one.
For my part, I add atheism and agnosticism. It's quite a missionary philosophy that seems to have some impetus toward persuading people to believe in it. I've had the experience of people trying to persuade me to unconvert many times. Usually with more than a little disgust in their voice. I find it very pushy.
I can add ancient paganism's intolerance of sects and persecution of people within their borders (Socrates, Druids, Christians, etc.). They tended to force conformity on anyone they had power over.
In recent days, we have Scientology, the UFO sects, and any number of others.
I think that is a sufficient list. All of these push their beliefs on others, and do so regularly when they can. Christians, though, are simply the dominant group.
linwood said:
Then apparently I`m in one of those parts.
I`ll stay here if thats the case, I`ve been thinking about moving to the NW though.
That is probably the case.
For the record, I don't condone the actions you're dealing with.