Grunji said
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as for condescending? damn right, i was being sarcastic too, as i said its okay for me to be like that but not for a religious person to be like that when its at odds with their religion thats how i feel on it.
as for that guy deserving the sarcasm, yeah he did bigtime, i felt like doing the same but i didnt think it right for someone who was also propounding religious views at me to two seconds later be quite mean (for want of a better word ) to some poor newbie. Was just a point im picking up on.
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Hmmm...so it's ok for you, as a non-believer, to be mean, rude, sarcastic and condescending, but if someone says they believe in Allah, Jehova, Yaweh, God...etc they have to sit back and let you or anyone else treat them poorly without saying anything other than 'thanks, I'm sure I deserve to be reviled because I am not allowed to ever be angry or irritated or even to have a bad feeling." ? ? ?
OH boy! Grunji, you are laboring under some pretty odd beliefs there! I'm not criticizing here, I'm hoping to open your eyes a little bit, ok? [img]smile.gif[/img]
'Religious people' be they Christians or Budhhists or Jews or Muslims...etc etc etc...) are human beings who follow their sets of religious beliefs and codes. I can't speak for the other groups as I 'm not seriously educated on the details of their belief systems, but for Christians, I definitely can say something.
NOWHERE in the Christian code of behavior does it say a person isn't allowed to be sarcastic, angry or use a condescending tone. It says we should treat our neighbors as ourselves, meaning we should try to behave with all others as we wish to be treated. But it doesn't say we can't be frustrated, offended or just plain ticked off by other people's actions and words! It means I sure as heck shouldn't attack you with a baseball bat just for saying you don't believe I'm right, but it doesn't mean I can't think and say 'geez what at rude person' or "man, you are soooooo wrong!".
It looks like you are applying a different standard to religious folk...a rather old and one-sided one. It appears you think religious people are supposed to be beatific, smiling cherubs, always acting like an old movie's version of a saintly priest or nun. I'm sorry to say that even priests and nuns get angry sometimes or feel irritated by something. Heh, I've heard my own priest, Father H. (a VERY faithful and good Christian man) get downright outraged over some subjects and news events. So maybe you need to realize that just being 'religious' doesn't take feelings and emotions away from us, it simply gives us additional codes of behavior and belief to live by.