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Angry Dragon

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18. It was a long time ago

Reply to cbayer (Reply #17)

Thu Sep 20, 2012, 01:45 PM

Sep 2012

Yes there are anti-theist groups however we were talking about degrees and the religions are the worst and many of them

The news is full of Christians attacking other religions and I see very few of their churches coming out and condeming them for their comments and saying that they do not talk for our church and if they continue that they will kick them out.

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Religious intolerance on the rise worldwide, says US report [View all] cbayer Sep 2012 OP

Aren't these governmental restrictions being DRIVEN by religious oppression? cleanhippie Sep 2012 #1

Yep. The key phrase from the OP is Goblinmonger Sep 2012 #4

They spend so much time looking OUT the window for intolerance, they never turn around to see cleanhippie Sep 2012 #6

A small detail of little consequence. trotsky Sep 2012 #10

Yes. It's driven by the "Religious Right," mainly the "Fundamentalist Christian Right," not Atheists SarahM32 Sep 2012 #31

I have no problem with religious intolerance bowens43 Sep 2012 #2

You have no problem with religious intolerance? cbayer Sep 2012 #3

In the US, the churches are the ones most guilty of religious intolerance nichomachus Sep 2012 #5

I think that is true world-wide. Religious intolerance COMES from religion, not from non-religion. cleanhippie Sep 2012 #7

Just look at the majority of the SCOTUS cases regarding 1st Amendment religion. Goblinmonger Sep 2012 #8

And that information comes from where exactly? cbayer Sep 2012 #9

A church need not be on the SPLC's "hate group" list to be intolerant of other religions. cleanhippie Sep 2012 #11

The news nichomachus Sep 2012 #12

What news? While there are some stories about churches preaching and acting cbayer Sep 2012 #13

Pay attention class, this is textbook denial right here. cleanhippie Sep 2012 #15

Years ago I read a newspaper article in the Minneapolis Tribune Angry Dragon Sep 2012 #16

Link? Surely you can find a copy of said article somewhere on the internet. cbayer Sep 2012 #17

It was a long time ago Angry Dragon Sep 2012 #18

The internet has a long memory. cbayer Sep 2012 #19

I see each church as a monolithic structure Angry Dragon Sep 2012 #20

"The Catholic Church came out with a statement stating that they would be tolerant of other religion cbayer Sep 2012 #22

I stand by my reading of the article. Unless you want to call me a liar. Angry Dragon Sep 2012 #23

Not calling you a liar at all, I would just like to read it in context. cbayer Sep 2012 #24

I read and clipped it many years ago Angry Dragon Sep 2012 #25

Have you seen anything to support it? cbayer Sep 2012 #26

I am not sure what you are asking Angry Dragon Sep 2012 #27

I am not questioning your personal experience, Angry Dragon, and I am cbayer Sep 2012 #28

Man, cbayer, you REALLY feel the need to blame it all on non-believers, don't you. cleanhippie Sep 2012 #32

What you apparently want to believe is that it's primarily non-religious groups being intolerant. trotsky Sep 2012 #21

+10000000 cleanhippie Sep 2012 #14

Blair Scott...... dimbear Sep 2012 #29

It's no wonder, with the increasing volume of hatemongers on the "Religious Right" SarahM32 Sep 2012 #30