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passiveporcupine

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93. If you told a group who believed in fairies that they are wrong to believe in fairies

Reply to Fortinbras Armstrong (Reply #78)

Thu Dec 3, 2015, 09:55 PM

Dec 2015

And were intolerant of them trying to push their belief in fairies into your every day existence, like telling you their fairies will fix all their problems if they just believe in them...

Is that really bigoted? Are you saying to not be a bigot you have to be tolerant of every person whoever believed in every imaginary being, like Santa Clause, the Easter Bunny, Peter Pan, etc...are you really saying that is being bigoted? Because you don't just let them push their crap at you and "tolerate" it?

I'm sorry, but I believe in pushing the truth, not fairy tales, and kids should all grow up out of fairy tales.

Until someone can prove to me that their religion is based on "truth", and not some imaginary man in the sky, and a book that was written by men, then I think I have the right not to tolerate them using their religion as a shield or a tool when talking to other adults who don't believe as they do.

Do you tolerate Scientologists? Do you tolerate Mormans? Do you tolerate radical Islam? Do you tolerate radical Christians, skinheads, etc.?

Because you are basically saying that any opinion, no matter how crazy, deserves respect and being tolerated.

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If you told a group who believed in fairies that they are wrong to believe in fairies passiveporcupine Dec 2015 #93

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Whoah! I think you need to reread my post passiveporcupine Dec 2015 #99

You're right, you did not say what I accused of saying, and I apologize Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2015 #105

I'm afraid you couldn't drag me kicking and screaming there passiveporcupine Dec 2015 #106

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