Indeed so - I might even describe myself thus! But here we're talking more of ethnicity than faith per se, which is why I might think of myself as being culturally a Christian & even extend that to Abrahamic in the light of the richness that implies & in which I delight.
atheists have differing ideas (....) and those that try to lump them into one box do so in order to discredit the whole idea and shut down the discussion.
Atheism at least acknowledges the reality of differing perspectives without wanting to see human damned for all eternity just because we don't live up to the expectations of an idiot God. Even though no such God exists, the fact that it is real enough in peoples hearts to justify all manner of atrocity & general stupidity is reason enough to be wary. Humanity is wondrous by dint of its diversity; that wonder is integral to our spirituality.
You are eloquent in your writing
Ordinarily on Mudcat I'm pilloried for my verbosity, which is a fair cop. I'm just glad I checked my last post as I mixed up the 8th & 9th letters of Large Hadron Collider which might have raised a few eyebrows...
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I don't really understand your rant but I have gathered that you are angry.
I'm angry on the various points I raise, but I don't write anything in a spirit of anger. I'm being a little polemical (mildly), but I'm not spitting bile in empurpled rage.
Now that I have put you on my list of people who have no respect for religious people.
I respect human individuals - what their religion might be is of little consequence to me.
You will get no fight or argument from me on those points.
Neither would I expect one, with you or anyone else for that matter.
It does me no good for me to give you a chance to pour more abuse on me and frankly I don't think it is much good for you either.
Abuse, Jack? There's nothing abusive in anything I've said here - I find it worrying that you have assumed there is. Methinks you're looking for trouble where there is none.