There is a serious anti-Christian vibe around here

[ChisolmTrailDem]

132. I'm sorry you mistook me, jwirr. I have never said (nor will I) that you don't deserve respect.

I'm sorry my words led you to feel that way, that was not intended. Delusion can be simple and it can be complex. We all have different delusions at different times. For instance, I was once deluded in thinking that the woman who broke up with me would eventually come back. She didn't. Robert Deal suffers from the delusion that his actions will result in the abolishment of abortion in this country. It won't. Some delusions are harmless, but when they drive someone to kill in the name of religion, I have a problem. But nowhere have a I said that all people who are religious are "bad".

I'll tell you a little secret: my fiancee is actively religious, not just paying it lip service. Also, I feel like I follow Jesus' teaching moreso than 98% of those people I know and, from the looks of it much of the time, those I don't know. I believe Jesus lived and I believe he was the inspiration for many legends and tales and that his teachings helped form the moral codes we try to live by today. My problem is the idea that his father is a omniscient being that is control of everything including, apparently, the outcome of every sporting event in the United States. That is what I'm referring to when I say "magical thinking". It's not even necessary to have such a being yet people are willing to kill for it. That's a big problem for me about religion.

Please understand that I don't base my respect of someone based on whether they are religious or not, or else I wouldn't respect my fiancee the way I do. I also wouldn't have any respect for nearly my entire family and nearly all my friends who claim to be religious, despite their frequent hypocrisy. I respect your right to believe whatever you want, jwirr. But when religion boils over into taking an AK-47 and mowing down a family planning center, surely you can respect my position on such religion-driven motives.