The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #126884   Message #2825066
Posted By: Little Hawk
29-Jan-10 - 07:25 PM
Thread Name: BS: How to rule by fear - Execute them
Subject: RE: BS: How to rule by fear - Execute them
To imagine that someone who objects to knee-jerk expressions of anti-religious bigotry is part of some "religious lobby" is ridiculous. You don't have to belong to ANY religion or religious lobby to have an objection to people expressing rank bigotry against other people merely because they belong to some religion.

I object to bigotry against atheists. I object to bigotry against people of faith. They both have a right to their own beliefs and ideas. I object to bigotry, period. Does that make it clear? Bigotry is simply extreme intolerance. It is the automatic assumption that "I am better than them. My way is right. Theirs is wrong!"

Your way is right for you...for the time being. Their way is right for them...for the time being. When conditions change, you may change. They may change. And the world will always be that way. It will always be filled with a variety of dramatically different ways and ideas. You won't get to make it all YOUR way, and thank something (God or at least good fortune) for that.