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It's a bit of hyperbole, but not too far from it, imo LadyLorraine Send a noteboard - 29/02/2012 05:45:39 PM
Unwillingly indoctrinating someone into any religion, live or dead, is not acceptable. Ever. And baptism is an opening indoctrination. It's a rite of admission. Well what if you don't want to be admitted? You never did? Too bad! You shouldn't have been died all ignorant like because we just admitted your ass. But you know, you can choose to--wait you're dead. OOPS.

And just having a different opinion is not condescending. Making the presumption that you are right and KNOW BETTER for SOMEONE ELSE is condescending. It's not condescending to go "Hey, I disagree with you and I think I'm right." It's condescending to tell people your religion is better for them. You may not even know them at all!!

it's also condescending to keep trying to discuss it with them when they have clearly shown that they are uninterested.

To use your analogy, it's not condescending to recommend going to a play. It's condescending to arrange someone to go to the play because you think it's good for them. And baptizing people after they're dead is like not telling them there's a play at all.

And if you're baptizing random ass people who never even knew about your religion, I think that's extremely disrespectful towards whatever beliefs they already had. Which, again, is not something you do out of "love". You do it out of presumption that you are right and that everyone needs to be right with you.

Honestly, the only reason I take solace in for this issue is that I believe that we don't live on (at least as our selves) past death. So, luckily, no one actually IS being forced to do anything and they don't have to know anyone's giving them a big old middle finger to their personal choices in life.
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Do you know the best way to anger an atheist? - 28/02/2012 07:10:57 PM 1952 Views
Or, you could baptize one of them, posthumously. - 28/02/2012 07:32:48 PM 1294 Views
Ooo that is hilarious *NM* - 28/02/2012 08:22:19 PM 460 Views
I can't think of any reason for an atheist to be annoyed by that. - 28/02/2012 11:08:44 PM 1038 Views
Well, for starters, it's really effing rude. - 28/02/2012 11:31:36 PM 1083 Views
It is an act of love. - 29/02/2012 12:34:03 AM 1088 Views
Everyone does it for that reason? (edits for clarity) - 29/02/2012 10:27:02 AM 983 Views
I have some disturbing news for you... - 29/02/2012 06:42:41 PM 1022 Views
For anyone reading this: the guy above is wrong, and I am admitting that to you on his behalf, so - 29/02/2012 07:15:38 PM 1057 Views
Maybe without realizing it, you have articulated.... - 29/02/2012 07:24:13 PM 881 Views
I actually find that conversation quite interesting. - 29/02/2012 08:18:35 PM 1002 Views
Re: I actually find that conversation quite interesting. - 29/02/2012 09:07:06 PM 1059 Views
I cannot possibly agree more with these two paragraphs of yours... - 29/02/2012 09:28:09 PM 1041 Views
I'm surprised to see some of this. - 01/03/2012 12:11:31 PM 903 Views
You said it was really effing rude. - 29/02/2012 08:18:40 PM 1067 Views
I meant that the act of choosing for someone else - 29/02/2012 08:54:02 PM 969 Views
Question - 29/02/2012 07:58:32 PM 1039 Views
No, I don't blame them or think they are fools. - 29/02/2012 08:41:13 PM 1011 Views
It is not an act of love to defy the beliefs of a loved one. - 29/02/2012 02:32:45 PM 1132 Views
Rape? That is ridiculous. - 29/02/2012 05:26:13 PM 1036 Views
It's a bit of hyperbole, but not too far from it, imo - 29/02/2012 05:45:39 PM 1071 Views
You are trying your best to not understand. - 29/02/2012 07:12:57 PM 1053 Views
I suspect that that is where a lot of the issue with it lies. - 02/03/2012 01:33:43 AM 1108 Views
one thing - 29/02/2012 06:25:45 PM 1076 Views
Precisely *NM* - 29/02/2012 06:59:15 PM 505 Views
Bad example - 05/03/2012 05:06:21 AM 1123 Views
Why would they be angry about that? - 02/03/2012 01:23:56 AM 1192 Views
Denying people rights since it was written 3000 years ago? - 28/02/2012 07:44:02 PM 993 Views
Isn't religion different than faith, though? - 28/02/2012 07:44:07 PM 1094 Views
Yeah that's pretty much what I said - 28/02/2012 08:21:56 PM 880 Views
Only if I get to be Pope. - 28/02/2012 08:25:45 PM 987 Views
I love me my vices! Thanks Pope - 28/02/2012 10:14:27 PM 882 Views
Generally the same way you piss off anyone else - 28/02/2012 08:43:04 PM 1003 Views
Great post. - 28/02/2012 09:18:38 PM 1012 Views
I find that the best way is to smile. - 29/02/2012 06:23:50 AM 1017 Views
Some answers - 28/02/2012 09:05:35 PM 946 Views
that won't work on Buddists - 28/02/2012 09:21:48 PM 1026 Views
On the other hand ... - 28/02/2012 09:28:27 PM 874 Views
For some reason I always imagine Buddhists as the monk class on RPG games... *NM* - 28/02/2012 10:13:27 PM 506 Views
LOL same *NM* - 28/02/2012 10:31:38 PM 483 Views
Best way to anger an atheist, by declaring all atheists are the same. *NM* - 28/02/2012 10:38:51 PM 648 Views
Telling anyone what they actually believe will work. *NM* - 28/02/2012 10:51:56 PM 474 Views
This kind of works for many, doesn't it? - 29/02/2012 06:22:33 PM 893 Views
I'm an atheist, and I consider it to be my religion. *NM* - 28/02/2012 10:51:00 PM 449 Views
Common error number 1: "Atheism isn't a lack of belief, but rather a belief that God doesn't exist." - 28/02/2012 11:18:23 PM 1180 Views
I second that - 29/02/2012 03:46:15 AM 995 Views
Curiously, anger at statements of simple obvious facts is a hallmark of religious fundamentalism. - 29/02/2012 10:27:29 AM 1111 Views
What you're doing there is defining "atheist" and "agnostic" in a way that suits you, but... - 29/02/2012 11:50:27 AM 918 Views
What I am doing is using the terms as they were universally used until about the time I was born. - 05/03/2012 01:11:21 AM 1039 Views
So what do you call this position?: - 05/03/2012 08:43:20 AM 1010 Views
I call them both agnostic, but the former leans toward atheism while the latter has no lean. - 05/03/2012 10:53:02 AM 1077 Views
See, there you go again, defining atheism in such a way as to make it sound ridiculous. - 05/03/2012 11:21:17 AM 891 Views
Well, is unswerving belief a good thing, or not? - 05/03/2012 11:57:05 AM 1108 Views
What's happening - 05/03/2012 02:24:41 PM 1092 Views
Conversationally, DKs use of "atheism" at the start of this convo is the only practical definition. - 07/03/2012 03:10:18 AM 1419 Views
Oh really? The guy who was doing it to annoy people? - 07/03/2012 09:53:38 PM 996 Views
The guy who was doing it to annoy atheists based on the terms technical and popular meaning, yes. - 11/03/2012 04:04:36 AM 885 Views
Whatever. - 12/03/2012 12:39:24 AM 1347 Views
*NM* - 12/03/2012 01:14:39 AM 509 Views
I understand that as "I completely agree." - 13/03/2012 12:11:18 AM 1166 Views
I saw it as.... - 13/03/2012 10:44:37 PM 918 Views
My browser does not like your gif. - 13/03/2012 11:32:06 PM 1169 Views
I have a few good quotes for this one. - 29/02/2012 03:29:22 PM 1009 Views
I snerfled. *NM* - 29/02/2012 05:12:32 PM 493 Views
Re: That's it? *NM* - 01/03/2012 06:33:48 AM 549 Views
Re: Do you know the best way to anger an atheist? - 02/03/2012 01:47:03 AM 944 Views

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