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Reply to Uncle Joe (Reply #7)

Tue Sep 30, 2014, 07:39 AM

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American �Christians�, you are NOT being oppressed. Repeat, NOT BEING OPPRESSED. [View all] riqster Sep 2014 OP

You never know when Christians might be persecuted Mariana Sep 2014 #1

Why you're right: I am oppressing them by writing this! riqster Sep 2014 #2

Soooo funny... peace13 Sep 2014 #3

That's exactly how the atheist firefighter in this photograph feels. Purrfessor Sep 2014 #11

Yep. That's my thought. nt alphafemale Sep 2014 #17

Excellent. bvf Sep 2014 #4

Yep. Been used since time immemorial, it has. riqster Sep 2014 #49

They talk about persecution a whole lot but, Kalidurga Sep 2014 #5

S'truth. My people were Huguenots. I have no stomach for oppressors. riqster Sep 2014 #30

Well then we might be distant cousins Kalidurga Sep 2014 #39

Heard that. riqster Sep 2014 #41

Yay Kalidurga Sep 2014 #70

1774 is as far back as I have gotten on this side of the pond. riqster Sep 2014 #71

Lucky you Kalidurga Sep 2014 #72

Well, after what happened in the Old Countries, we needed some ignoring. riqster Sep 2014 #73

Indeed! +1 Gemini Cat Sep 2014 #58

I wonder if the meme-makers & forwarders... DeadLetterOffice Sep 2014 #6

I can see it now.... ChazInAz Sep 2014 #16

"This shot is for you, Yahweh!" riqster Sep 2014 #19

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #7

Thanks, Unc'. riqster Sep 2014 #48

Given that "Christianity" is getting smaller in USA due to.... Xolodno Sep 2014 #8

Fear makes people easily malleable. riqster Sep 2014 #47

And yet wholesale vicious hate rhetoric against gay people is a common trait of all those groups Bluenorthwest Sep 2014 #55

Disagree. EEO Sep 2014 #9

Funny! n/t. bvf Sep 2014 #13

Best. Pie. Chart. Ever. riqster Sep 2014 #20

Brilliant! truebrit71 Sep 2014 #27

If anything, they're oppressing US! padfun Sep 2014 #10

From your lips to God's ear. riqster Sep 2014 #28

Technically, Christians should pray in public. Jesus said not to. Gore1FL Sep 2014 #12

Yep, same with charity. riqster Sep 2014 #21

I don't now feel and never have felt oppressed. ColesCountyDem Sep 2014 #14

Not I. But then, I am not using a holy book for propaganda purposes. riqster Sep 2014 #22

Correct, riqster. ColesCountyDem Sep 2014 #23

Keep the faith, my friend. riqster Sep 2014 #25

You do the same, my friend. ColesCountyDem Sep 2014 #26

Post removed Post removed Sep 2014 #15

+1, n/t RKP5637 Sep 2014 #34

I say +1, too. There was no need to hide that comment. And I am christian. marble falls Sep 2014 #62

I was expecting some really foul post from the hidden post yeoman6987 Sep 2014 #67

Very surprised. Specially with the nasty things said about Christians in all sorts of other ops. marble falls Sep 2014 #78

True! yeoman6987 Sep 2014 #79

A catholic priest from the island of Dominica officiated at yesterday's mass with lies SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2014 #18

"Reading now, from the First Book of Godwin"... riqster Sep 2014 #24

I'm not trying to be a smart ass, LibertyLover Sep 2014 #94

I may never find out why he was left to officiate on his own SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2014 #109

wait a minute, Phlem Sep 2014 #29

Nononono, they are the victims! Just ask Rush Hannity! riqster Sep 2014 #31

They are the oppressors. onecaliberal Sep 2014 #32

Fundagelicals are, absolutely. riqster Sep 2014 #46

Whenever I hear anything, most of the time, about christians they are out RKP5637 Sep 2014 #33

Yep. Much like Moslems and their "evangelical" wings that are chopping off heads. riqster Sep 2014 #50

Some have maligned Christianity into diabolical teachings, not seeing that taking away RKP5637 Sep 2014 #51

As Shakespeare said, "The devil can cite scripture for his own purpose". riqster Sep 2014 #53

Going way back in my youth, they used to say, "beware of the devil in sheep's clothing," RKP5637 Sep 2014 #59

Remember the SF short story "To Serve Man"? riqster Sep 2014 #61

Yes, it is! Twilightzone also did an episode on this. RKP5637 Sep 2014 #87

did you mean hateful christians underthematrix Sep 2014 #35

I'm guessing that's Jamaal510 Sep 2014 #40

Correct. Calling one's self one doesn't make it so. riqster Sep 2014 #42

There are places Christians are persecuted but the USA is not one of them. hrmjustin Sep 2014 #36

Oh yeah. I have friends who are of middle- and near-east ancestry. riqster Sep 2014 #45

My favorite cartoonist... Bigmack Sep 2014 #37

I wasn't in the Corps, but it still fits lots of civilians. riqster Sep 2014 #44

god, yortsed snacilbuper Sep 2014 #38

A prayer worth reciting; in any culture full of zealots. riqster Sep 2014 #43

As a member of a minority religion, I do not believe that the minority is oppressing the majority Gothmog Sep 2014 #52

Well said. riqster Sep 2014 #54

And then there are those of us who are oppressed by the bulk of the religious. Bluenorthwest Sep 2014 #56

The Reformed Movement of Judaism has been very supportive of LGBT rights for a while Gothmog Sep 2014 #64

The maker of this meme is a self serving attention seeking moron. Gemini Cat Sep 2014 #57

I suspect a more sinister motive. riqster Sep 2014 #60

But someone might be looking on thinking what they're doing is silly. Silent3 Sep 2014 #63

We must outlaw all thought that doesn't meet their standards, clearly. riqster Sep 2014 #65

To be fair, people are fired for just sharing their thought and not acting (i.e. Juan Williams). joeglow3 Sep 2014 #69

Williams violated his contract. It wasn't a free speech issue. riqster Sep 2014 #89

We're oppressing their ability to be bigots against the GLBT community Yavin4 Sep 2014 #66

I doubt they are that honest about it. riqster Sep 2014 #68

are you a christian? repeat are you a christian? strawberries Sep 2014 #74

So give us some examples of Christians being oppressed in the US Retrograde Sep 2014 #75

you mean in this country strawberries Sep 2014 #85

Feelings are not facts. riqster Sep 2014 #90

but strawberries Sep 2014 #96

Hogwash. Karl Rove said the same thing, and remember Election Night 2012? riqster Sep 2014 #97

LOL strawberries Sep 2014 #99

I might have one, and you do the same. riqster Sep 2014 #100

dry merlot here strawberries Sep 2014 #102

Done. As long as it's not a Chilean Merlot. riqster Sep 2014 #103

thanks strawberries Sep 2014 #105

I'd like to claim the title, but I doubt I truly deserve it. riqster Sep 2014 #76

I am Jewish JoDog Sep 2014 #80

you are kind of wrong strawberries Sep 2014 #83

I work in IT too, and have for over 40 years. You are more than kinda wrong. riqster Sep 2014 #86

maybe we know each other strawberries Sep 2014 #95

And when you're NOT on call... tkmorris Sep 2014 #88

for those who have a monday thru friday 9-5 job strawberries Sep 2014 #93

Well said. riqster Sep 2014 #84

2 out of 3 Retrograde Sep 2014 #91

As a white Christian Male I know that I am by far the most persecuted person who has every lived. el_bryanto Sep 2014 #81

That's a picture of them being allowed to pray gollygee Sep 2014 #101

Yer gonna need some Tuck's medicated pads after posting this on DU. Jamastiene Sep 2014 #77

I put on my asbestos Underoos before posting. riqster Sep 2014 #82

Jesus spoke against hypocrites who tried to Zorra Sep 2014 #92

Ya know, I was seated next to a couple last night, riqster Sep 2014 #98

You then believe in Biblical Literalism, the passage may not be validly interpreted any other way? LanternWaste Sep 2014 #104

Here is what I notice from The Bible (all the translations I have read), riqster Sep 2014 #108

What's the difference between prayer in church and prayer in a casino? yortsed snacilbuper Sep 2014 #106

I heard it as "when the cop pulls you over". riqster Sep 2014 #107