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j dude doesnt believe in hadez.
Hmm...I can appreciate that my friend. Yes, I see...it's a matter of cultural difference.Separation of church and state. It's almost a joke in this country because of how religiously loaded so many "issues" are, but I support that separation VERY much. If someone wants a vanity license plate it should not be state sanctified. Ultimately though, I don't believe that the allowance or disallowance of this stupid license-plate thing is anything more than a trivial issue that will have no effect on anyone in America except for the nitpickers.
J-Dude, I can explain why people are often offended by your statements and by the similar statements of Christians in general on these forums. It is because you begin your arguments by placing yourself in a position above your audience: as being enlightened and correct. You then do this further, by condescending them and saying things like you "pity them," calling them "starving sheep," things like that. Of course, it is rather difficult for you NOT to place yourself somewhere in that position, when you earnestly believe that you are part of a chosen group of the "Ultimate Creator's," and that your peers here are lost souls damned to the black cauldron of Hades.
You believe that these people are very ignorant for believing what they do. Perhaps the many obnoxious debates that have raged across these forums have not enlightened you: these people also believe YOU are ignorant for YOUR beliefs, often with equal if not greater conviction, for a long gamut of reasons, and are insulted by your condescension. They know that in your mind, you believe you are trying to help, but they do not believe you are in an actual way trying to help, because believing your message would be as foolish to them as denying your faith would seem foolish to you. The many people who have likely argued with you about the validity of your religion, believe it or not J-Dude, were likely in their minds trying to help you. The truth is valued over delusion, and delusion is the equivalent of religious faith to a non-religious skeptic. They may see you as delusional, perhaps even mad. However, you of course do not view these people as helpers either, do you? To you they are the ignorant persecutors and sinners. It is unfortunate that sometimes they take to inflammatory speech but that is true of both sides, and an expected part of our beloved intorwebz.
Both sides believe that the other are ignorant sheep. Both sides, for their own reasons, are entrenched in their positions... and that is why we dislike religious debates here and have had policies against them for many years.