Here's the thing; I've barely as much as MENTIONED my being Christian, and when I did, I did so either to criticize members of my own religion that can't accept division of Church and State, or take a stab at how my own religion's earlier scriptures have equally Barbaric messages, which I content to have long done away with for the sake of reason...and I'm still getting personal sniping regarding my religion?? What more do you people want of me, my ****ing soul?? I'm a Christian, DEAL WITH IT! I'm also an opponent to anti-gay legislation and have serious verbal throw-downs with people who use the word "******" in a homophobic context.
I'm not sure why you're mentioning that you're Christian as you don't matter. Any comparison I've made between extremist Christianity and extremist Islam is to show that all of the problems that exist in the countries you want to exploit and destroy also exist in America. Unfortunately, a large portion of America is both Christian and completely retarded, so they say and do things that are dangerous to our country and, again, are comparable to the things the crazies do overseas. No, the Christians here don't typically behead others. Instead, they lynch and build pipebombs. A little different, yeah, but I'm still not a fan.
What? You're anti-anti homosexuality! You're so progressive! It's almost like you live and let live! Almost, but not quite because everything you've said up to this point contradicts that. Your "friend" is gay. Cool. Whatever. I'm sure if it hadn't hit as close to home as it did, possibly in a very nearby closest, you'd still be completely against it.
Also, no, I'm not a bigot for seeing all that goes on over there and having less and less faith in the notion that this live-fire version of "Lord of the Flies" is going to right itself of it's own accord. I don't know what became of Iran, but I doubt even if their election went the way they wanted that they're any keener on changing their government so it revolves around the needs of all people instead of the needs of Allah. Show me proof of that, I'll observe in interest. But thus far all I've seen is a time-warp centered around the 15th century, repeated over and over like a broken record. And for the record, anytime I see an obvious Muslim on the streets, I might take notice, since they're rarer to come across, but I never assume anything about Muslims who live in the United States.
No, you're a bigot for thinking most muslims are extremists, and believing its our right to subjugate them and their homelands based on a completely irrational notion that America is somehow superior, be it because of "our" morals, values, our military strength which you point out later, or because, I don't know, you have a cooler religion because it doesn't chop off heads anymore. Btw, according to your religion, Muslims are infidels. That's actually where the term originated from. Just an fyi.
If you don't know about Iran, how about you ****ing educate yourself? Just the one time. I shouldn't have to spoon feed you information every time your ignorance on a subject is made painfully clear. Show me proof that Iran is completely ass backwards and their people want a caliphate.
As to the America bashing, I'm weary of hearing it. It's totally overblown in proportion to how much the world media points its cameras at us, like a microscope. We have no more troubles as a people and as a country than any of our allies or critics; we're just fashionable to rag on and blame for the world's ills as people sidestep their own problems. And of course, because you can ***** at America and mostly get no reaction back. Despite having the most powerful military in the history of creation, we don't send so much as a rock in the general direction of our detractors, which is more than I can say for a lot of countries spread across the planet.
Yeah, because I'm only able to see the inconsistencies and issue with our country because those evil international news stations are feeding me bogus information. Only in your world is an individual incapable of using critical thinking and analysis to view his country of origin from an objective viewpoint. And that's the world I hope to someday destroy. Do you know why people focus so much on America? Because we're capable of doing so much good, and yet we use our wealth and power for, dare I say, evil. Because we're constantly sticking our nose in everyone's business, because we're imperialistic, because our tentacles reach across the globe. That's why. Not because it's the cool thing to do. That's goddamn retarded.
We don't sic our military on our detractors? What about the time our military was used in the middle east, south america, southeast asia, africa.....blah blah blah. You're blind. Any place that didn't want to play ball with us economically gets ****ed. That's how we roll. For the love of John The Baptist, read our history.
In short, you douchebags who have more of a problem with ME and my RELIGION and the fact that I HAVE a religion than what I actually have to contribute, stop beating around the bush and just be up-front for once. Just tell me you hate my guts for being religious or for being tired of the international status quo and far more interested in seeing some real problems solved than sitting around pretending that some people can actually be reached by the snail-like dance of diplomacy. At the very least it'll make it easier to add certain people to my ignore list for being high-and-mighty, pretend-to-know-betters who try to suggest they're in their 30's or something (yeah sure, there are really working adults with jobs that matter visiting a forum for a Dragonball Z Half Life mod; happens all the time in between bouts of Farmville) or else like they're Harvard graduates in the realms of physics, anthropology and sociology.
While I hate your religion, my problem isn't with Jesus freaks. It's with you and everyone like you who claims to think logically and rationally, who claims to uphold the values of our constitution, who claims to be willing to fight and die for our freedoms. Why? Because to you they're just words. You don't believe any of it, and the more you post, the more evident that fact becomes. Quite frankly, it's disgusting.
