Yes, this is how it started in the past. Make a certain group of people second class citizens. Restrict freedom of speech, political involvement, worship and the like. Next comes the physical separation of this group from the rest of the population. Then the camps. Then gross mistreatment followed by extermination. Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.
But the really frightening part is the powers that want to crush God-believing people WANT this ultimate end.
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"The Bible isn't rejected because it contradicts itself, but because it contradicts the ones who reject it."
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"Yes, this is how it started in the past. Make a certain group of people second class citizens. Restrict freedom of speech, political involvement, worship and the like. Next comes the physical separation of this group from the rest of the population. Then the camps. Then gross mistreatment followed by extermination. Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.
Yes, this is almost exactly what is going on in the US, the wannabe theocrats in the religious right are attempting to destroy freedom of speech. They will make everybody who doesn't agree with them second class citizens.
It happened with black people and was made by white Christian people in the South and in South Africa, and it was made by Hitler and many others. Before you´re getting cynical, don´t use so many contemptous remarks and double standards.
So which minority vilified by fundamentalist Christians are you talking about? Muslims? Homosexuals? Atheists? Liberals?
Oh, wait... you mean Christians? Nice try, but take a look at the pie chart in pbagosy's post; you may find it enlightening.
"The Bible isn't rejected because it contradicts itself, but because it contradicts the ones who reject it."
Well, OK, if you want to nitpick, let's make it "because it contradicts itself and the ones who reject it." Happy now?
Godwin, Godwin, GODWIN!
Make a certain group of people second class citizens.
Sounds like what these people are doing
/are trying to do to homosexuals.
Restrict freedom of [...] worship and the like.
Sounds like what Christian fundies wanna do to Muslims.
For some reason, I haven't quite noticed this happening within the government. I know that there are some people who think less of Christians, but they're not quite all that successful at "oppressing" them.
Sheesh, presidential candidates fall all over each other as each tries to present himself or herself as a more pious Christian than the rest. It's considered an essential part of the process for getting elected, because the Christian element in our society is so blasted powerful. Thus, though our population is about 80% Christians, our government is filled with an even greater proportion of Christians (at a guess, I'd say about 97%).
And you have the gall to claim that Christians not only are persecuted, but are on the verge of being sent to segregation camps (or worse) like the Jews in Nazi Germany? By a government that panders to YOU, that YOU elected, and that holds YOUR ideals proportionally in greater numbers than even the general population?!?
Whatever drugs you're on, I suggest you triple the dosage!
"The Bible isn't rejected because it contradicts itself, but because it contradicts the ones who reject it."
I found a lovely quote today to rebut this sig comment:
"No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says; he is always convinced that it says what he means."
~George Bernard Shaw
Now that's a truth I've seen borne out on this site a few hundred times at least.
~David D.G.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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