The only time I have a problem with any religious person is when they try to shove [i]their[/i] beliefs down [i]my[/i] throat.
Although I'll grab my popcorn and sit here and watch, this could get interesting
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As an agnostic, I find atheists try to shove their non-beliefs down people's throats far more often than the other way around. They're pretty rude and insulting about it as well.
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Not really I am an atheist and generally keep quiet.
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Obviously, just like with everything else, there can be exceptions.
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Edited by Strutherss: 8/26/2015 12:34:55 PMThat can be taken any way. Anyone trying to force their beliefs on someone else is rude and ignorant, regardless of the belief. Especially preachers on the street, Jehovah's witnesses, etc. I've never once came across someone trying to get people to stop believing in their faith. People can believe whatever they want, but in my opinion it's a personal choice, and people should respect it. That's why I particularly hated RE in school. [i]I got detention a lot in high school because of my responses in RE class. I had enough of that teacher trying to shove Jesus down my throat after making it abundantly clear that I don't believe in God or anything, so I stopped attending that class, then got detention for not attending. Afterwards, the teacher was very disrespectful towards me, and it's the only time I've disrespectfully argued ([b]argued at all, tbh[/b]) with someone over their religious beliefs. I hated that class, I was forced to attend mass and punished for not believing in God.[/i] I much prefer it online, where gender, sexuality, age, beliefs and insecurities, even names all become irrelevant, as long as I get to connect and have fun with people.
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What is RE? Religious education? If so, you must have gone to a catholic school of some sort? That's like saying, "I play on an Xbox one but I hate how all this Microsoft crap is being shoved down my throat". If you went to a school like that, what do you expect? They don't teach that in public schools in the way you describe. Furthermore, I've met and seen a ton of non-believers shove what they believe or don't believe down people's throats. Just scroll down. Best example I can think of is Bill Maher (which is where a lot of atheists get their ideas from). That dude is super insulting and others who believe what he says just spout the same vitriol.
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Who's Bill Maher? Atheist here.
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Yes, religious education. And it wasn't my choice. There are only 2 local high schools in my area, one is Catholic, the other is Protestant, both are public schools, though the one I went to had a better track record for higher grades, and was closer to my house. I didn't have a choice when I was 11 years old and my parents decided to send me there. Plus, it wasn't so bad until about 3rd year, that's when the teacher started picking on me, all the way until 6th year when I left.
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I understand it wasn't your choice at all, few things are at that age. All I'm saying is that schools like that obviously force feed you their beliefs. So in this regard, I'm talking about regular people, especially forum users. I find the non-believers to be far worse, rude and insulting.
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Also, being Scottish, and the only local schools being Catholic and Protestant, sectarianism was very prominent, with fights breaking out between both schools. And I don't mean a few pupils from each school fighting each other, I mean like hundreds of pupils from each school marching to meet each other, with claw hammers and chisels from the tech department, having full scale brawls after school that innocent pupils walking home (myself included) got caught up in, with the police having to come and split it up, all because they didn't approve of each other's beliefs. I try to distance myself from that too.
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It's just the deliberate attempts to humiliate me in class. I'd have no issue sitting in that class and just listening to the lessons, but the fact I was picked on by the teacher made me hate it. I hated high school lol
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You're late to the party. It's very interesting! And no one is shoving anything down your throat.
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I didn't say anyone was shoving anything down my throat. I just said that the only time I have a problem with people of any faith is when they try to do so. If it was implied that it was aimed at people, that was not my intention
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That's cool.