...and you think that the best way to deal with non-Christians or non-theists is to bash them on the head repeatedly with a big stick? Yeah, that'll work! [grin].
Laughing boy said: With a big enough stick you only need to bash them once. It's all about efficiency.
I guess those who have had their brain addled by the application of a large stick are less likely to put up as much resistence to theism or to think for themselves very well - at least until their ears stop ringing. Yup - it could work.... [grin].
Exactly! As usual, a cartoon does a better job of illustrating a point than a long-winded essay.
Critize Christians (or Muslims or Jews, for that matter) for being bigoted or prejudiced against gays (in this case) and they'll play the Anti-Christian card bullshit.
dbackdad said: Critize Christians (or Muslims or Jews, for that matter) for being bigoted or prejudiced against gays (in this case) and they'll play the Anti-Christian card bullshit.
Don't they just... We had a law change over here recently making it illegal to refuse goods & services to homosexuals. Immediately Christian groups started campaigning for the right to discriminate based on religious grounds. Blair almost caved in - in fact he did pretty much - but had to back down from a total exemption because of the reaction it caused throughout the country. It definitely burst the bubble of 'special treatment' that they had presumed they deserved.
laughing boy asked: So you guys are OK with Christians expressing their religion-based opinions in the public square?
Well, that depends on what you mean... but if you mean "Do religious organisations have the right to public protest on issues that they think affect them?" then just like any other special interest group they have the rights to free assembly and peaceful protest. I see no problem with that - as long as they act within the law or are willing to pay the consequences of breaking laws they disagree with.
In the cartoon, the 'Christian' has been asked by a particular individual to stop pestering him. In this case the person is not exhibiting anti-christian bigotry but merely asserting his right to not be pestered. I doubt if too many Christians have ever considered a personal request to cease the godtalk as anti-Christian bigotry.
But if the cartoon is considered more abstractly, which I think is the intent, then the guy in the shirt represents society in general. If society in general wishes to silence the voice of a religious, or any other contingent, then that is another matter entirely and, I believe, qualifies as bigotry.
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That guy needs a bigger stick.
Laughing boy said: That guy needs a bigger stick.
...and you think that the best way to deal with non-Christians or non-theists is to bash them on the head repeatedly with a big stick? Yeah, that'll work! [grin].
With a big enough stick you only need to bash them once. It's all about efficiency.
Laughing boy said: With a big enough stick you only need to bash them once. It's all about efficiency.
I guess those who have had their brain addled by the application of a large stick are less likely to put up as much resistence to theism or to think for themselves very well - at least until their ears stop ringing. Yup - it could work.... [grin].
Exactly! As usual, a cartoon does a better job of illustrating a point than a long-winded essay.
Critize Christians (or Muslims or Jews, for that matter) for being bigoted or prejudiced against gays (in this case) and they'll play the Anti-Christian card bullshit.
dbackdad said: Critize Christians (or Muslims or Jews, for that matter) for being bigoted or prejudiced against gays (in this case) and they'll play the Anti-Christian card bullshit.
Don't they just... We had a law change over here recently making it illegal to refuse goods & services to homosexuals. Immediately Christian groups started campaigning for the right to discriminate based on religious grounds. Blair almost caved in - in fact he did pretty much - but had to back down from a total exemption because of the reaction it caused throughout the country. It definitely burst the bubble of 'special treatment' that they had presumed they deserved.
So you guys are OK with Christians expressing their religion-based opinions in the public square?
laughing boy asked: So you guys are OK with Christians expressing their religion-based opinions in the public square?
Well, that depends on what you mean... but if you mean "Do religious organisations have the right to public protest on issues that they think affect them?" then just like any other special interest group they have the rights to free assembly and peaceful protest. I see no problem with that - as long as they act within the law or are willing to pay the consequences of breaking laws they disagree with.
In the cartoon, the 'Christian' has been asked by a particular individual to stop pestering him. In this case the person is not exhibiting anti-christian bigotry but merely asserting his right to not be pestered. I doubt if too many Christians have ever considered a personal request to cease the godtalk as anti-Christian bigotry.
But if the cartoon is considered more abstractly, which I think is the intent, then the guy in the shirt represents society in general. If society in general wishes to silence the voice of a religious, or any other contingent, then that is another matter entirely and, I believe, qualifies as bigotry.
I had a discussion the other night with a Christian who felt that he was being inhibited by social morés from laughing at homosexuals (as, presumably, he would like to do), and this was seen by him as a sign of society's moral degeneracy.
I think this cartoon captures that pretty well.
Hi wunelle. Welcome.
Many more cartoons where this came from.....
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