Reply #216: Big tent my ass!

[BeTheChange]

If it was a big tent we wouldnt have constant arguements over religion on a political forum between people who are liberal just not nonreligious.

Those that are religious are often called sheep, closeminded, fairy tale believers.. yadda yadda yadda..

You talk about how you dont like weak people.. well lets all stop being weak and keep our cards firmly on the table. Dont get all willy nilly when someone calls out the antireligion bigots that do indeed effect the votes of moderates.

Let's just be real and stick to it. A good percentage of the people that call themselves liberal, democrat and progressive on these boards have some serious issues with anyone that believes in God and that is a fact. We can dress it up and back away from it.. say it aint so when it is put underscrutiny.. yadda yadda.. but it's not fooling anyone. And those of us that are religious, most of the time, we shut up because we acknowledge that alot of things have been done in the name of religion that plain out suck. And we know that our religion is liberal, it is progressive. Most of us are liberal and progressive BECAUSE of our faith, not inspite of it... but we turn the other cheek when we see the constant sarcastic posts about Churches, Christians, Christmas, Jesus, etc... because what good does it do? Bigots are bigots on either side of the aisle so you pick up what you have in common and you push the rest aside.

I love my God. Im tired of pushing that love aside to deal with people that constantly feel the need to demean those that think the way I do, but may not always act as "Liberally" or "progressively" as I do.

Especially when they decide to back peddle on their bigotry.