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[Ghogiel]

Voridan Atreides, on 27 February 2013 - 07:56 AM, said:

Now that can be offensive. We all have our beliefs and I suggest you respect them. The tweet was not a big deal but calling someones beliefs fairy tails? Thats ridiculous and totally uncalled for.

Do you believe in Thor?

[Agent of Change]

Shredhead, on 27 February 2013 - 08:06 AM, said:

Why? Respect is earned by deeds, and those sects had millennia to show why they should never be respected. I'm happy we left the times behind where disrespect for those sects ended in a death sentence. Nobody cares what everyone believes. Coming forward and asking to "respect my/his/her beliefs" is uncalled for.

I agree heartily, I respect the right for people to HAVE beliefs not the beliefs themselves.

Not being a asshat and respecting something are not inextricably connected. Hell I can not be a asshat while not respecting things.

[Heffay]

This thread will probably be one of the longest threads the forum has seen in a month.

Religious flamewar incoming!

[Joseph Mallan]

Voridan Atreides, on 27 February 2013 - 07:59 AM, said:

Tell me that when you die.

Easier to do if you follow a Native American faith than some others.

[Wraith05]

Voridan Atreides, on 27 February 2013 - 07:56 AM, said:

Now that can be offensive. We all have our beliefs and I suggest you respect them. The tweet was not a big deal but calling someones beliefs fairy tails? Thats ridiculous and totally uncalled for.

Yet most organized (if not all) claim they are the one true religion thus deeming the others as "myths".

As for OP, how can you tell his text was cynical? It seems to me that was just the way you read it. I don't think either tweet was being disrespectful and if it is offending you then you really really need to grow some thicker skin.

[Agent of Change]

Thirdstar, on 27 February 2013 - 08:07 AM, said:

If you're going to stubborn about it, I'm going to have the Inquisition get the flamers.

I can get behind those guys... In fact i prefer to stay well behind them.... and out of line of sight.

[w0rm]

Heffay, on 27 February 2013 - 08:09 AM, said:

This thread will probably be one of the longest threads the forum has seen in a month.

Religious flamewar incoming!

And many lulz shall be had.

[Joseph Mallan]

Ghogiel, on 27 February 2013 - 08:08 AM, said:

Do you believe in Thor?

Many people still do you know.

[Voridan Atreides]

RG Notch, on 27 February 2013 - 08:03 AM, said:

I'm perfectly willing to take my chances, odds seem to be with me, but that's just logic and science talking and well what have those ever accomplished right?

Logic explains the excistence of God. There is no logical explanation that man can make that explains how we came together at this moment. The complexity in just some of our simple organs is amazing. Take out brains for example. We still do not not know everything about our bodies yet they just came together? It makes no sense. Being created by some sort of intelligence does.

[Norris J Packard]

Ghogiel, on 27 February 2013 - 08:08 AM, said:

Do you believe in Thor?

I do.

[armchairyoda]

A bad poster said:

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See how easy it is to stay on-topic in these forums?
/dropsmic

[Agent of Change]

Ghogiel, on 27 February 2013 - 08:08 AM, said:

Do you believe in Thor?

Yes in the form of a Iconic personage embodying feats of heroism strength and lessons to be learned from the sagas.

So it is written in the Eddas.

[Lyrik]

I think that all fairy tales should be treated equally bad xD

[Ghogiel]

Joseph Mallan, on 27 February 2013 - 08:10 AM, said:

Many people still do you know.

Yeah, but the point is that guy probably doesn't and thinks he's a fairy tale myth.

[Iacov]

if this is going to be a flamewar, then i hope this thread gets locked and i apologize for causing a great stir

i just wanted to point out, that making joke is okay - but comenting on it in the way it happend just seems cynical

and Agent of Change did say it very very well:
"I agree heartily, I respect the right for people to HAVE beliefs not the beliefs themselves."
that's how we should treat each other!

Edited by Iacov, 27 February 2013 - 08:13 AM.

[Ghogiel]

Agent of Change, on 27 February 2013 - 08:12 AM, said:

Yes in the form of a Iconic personage embodying feats of heroism strength and lessons to be learned from the sagas.

So it is written in the Eddas.

He's a god innit.

[Voridan Atreides]

Shredhead, on 27 February 2013 - 08:06 AM, said:

Why? Respect is earned by deeds, and those sects had millennia to show why they should never be respected. I'm happy we left the times behind where disrespect for those sects ended in a death sentence. Nobody cares what everyone believes. Coming forward and asking to "respect my/his/her beliefs" is uncalled for.

I will be outright and say that I am a Mormon. We have been the most persecuted religion in this country yet we did nothing. Our tithing goes to those in need and we are one of the first to be there during natural disasters.

[Sir Trent Howell]

Voridan Atreides, on 27 February 2013 - 07:56 AM, said:

Now that can be offensive. We all have our beliefs and I suggest you respect them. The tweet was not a big deal but calling someones beliefs fairy tails? Thats ridiculous and totally uncalled for.

Then I suggest you respect my beliefs. You can't tell me I'm not entitled to my beliefs while demanding I respect yours.

[Voridan Atreides]

w0rm, on 27 February 2013 - 08:10 AM, said:

And many lulz shall be had.

Yes its so funny. -sarcasm-

[Comassion]

Voridan Atreides, on 27 February 2013 - 08:10 AM, said:

Logic explains the excistence of God. There is no logical explanation that man can make that explains how we came together at this moment. The complexity in just some of our simple organs is amazing. Take out brains for example. We still do not not know everything about our bodies yet they just came together? It makes no sense. Being created by some sort of intelligence does.

His (or her) parents made that person through known biological processes of sex, birth and growth. You have parents, right? You came from them - it's very logical and reasonably well understood. Granted, we don't know 'everything' about our bodies, but we certainly know enough to tell you, in general terms (and extremely specific terms if you want to get into the science of biology), how a person comes into being.

Edited by Comassion, 27 February 2013 - 08:18 AM.