Holy Jesus!

[mrnoodle]

Originally Posted by Flint

I never said you were. I was referring to the institution of Christianity, not to any individual person.

Institutions can't act, only people. By saying that "Christians do blah blah blah", you include me, an individual Christian, in your statement. I understand that you don't accept my definition of Christian, however.

I never said it did. What I call expecting special treatment is: expecting more courtesy than is extended.

If you make fun of my God, knowing that I find it offensive, it is discourteous. Not illegal, not oppressive, just discourteous.

Is this like: I'm rubber and you're glue, whatever you say bounces off my argument and sticks to yours?

No, it's like perpetually reframing the question so that you never have to answer it. Here it is again, in extended form, and with specific example:

If I walked into a room where I knew, in advance, that among the crowd were 5 Hindi, and I wore a big red dot on my forehead, loudly told Ghandi jokes, and asked where the monkey brains were, would I be considered rude? Keep in mind that we all have the right to be there, and it is neutral territory, so no particular group has a right over the others.

If I walked into the same room, and knew there were 5 Christians, would it not be considered less rude if I loudly said "Jesus effing Christ, that guy is a goddam idiot."?

Why?