Is the Left Hostile to Religion?

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Sinnlos: Sep 5, 2011; Ask me about believing in magical rainbow gold

I'm a practicing Catholic and a leftist.The "left" is only hostile to religion because some "leftists" choose to adopt hostile attitudes.

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Sinnlos: Sep 5, 2011; Ask me about believing in magical rainbow gold

Well, YOU sure aren't a leftist!

# ¿ Mar 7, 2017 04:12

Sinnlos: Sep 5, 2011; Ask me about believing in magical rainbow gold

zh1 posted:

See how easily the religious retreat into the old "well all people are really irrational at the end of the day" canard? This shouldn't be so easy

We are all perfectly rational actors, which is why Libertarianism is a coherent and practicable ideology with zero flaws.

# ¿ Mar 7, 2017 04:17

Sinnlos: Sep 5, 2011; Ask me about believing in magical rainbow gold

zh1 posted:

What is all logic is flawed??? What if squares are acually circles? THen maybe my religious arguments are actually ok in any kind of logical conception of a public sphere? Yes, I'm 9,

Listen, you don't understand sarcasm, you struggle with reading comprehension, and you'd rather be "right" than actually engage with anyone. Take a step back.

# ¿ Mar 7, 2017 04:26

Sinnlos: Sep 5, 2011; Ask me about believing in magical rainbow gold

BattleMoose posted:

I literally have no idea what you are on about. Conflict exists between the left and religion because religion often decides to poo poo on minorities, gay marriage is a case in point. You suggest an analysis of different motivations.

Decent people:
1. It would be swell if everyone could marry their partners and society would be better

Mean people:
2. We have rules to follow and we like making GBS threads on people and making their lives miserable

And your argument against changing rules so everyone can be happy is, we have rules and we hate people.

Maybe you might begin to understand where the hostility is coming from....

I'm sorry you grew up in a Baptist church.

# ¿ Mar 7, 2017 04:28

Sinnlos: Sep 5, 2011; Ask me about believing in magical rainbow gold

zh1 posted:

hahaha

Bud you tried to tell me what my religious and political views are, having never engaged with me prior.

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Sinnlos: Sep 5, 2011; Ask me about believing in magical rainbow gold

Shbobdb posted:

For me, they are similar.

The individual never matters. It's too small for any real action. Groups, on the other hand, have real power.

Christians, as a group, are clearly evil, as measured by their voting patterns. The more involved they are with that group, the more evil they become, as measured by correlating church attendance with voting patterns.

Gamers follow a similar pattern. If you want to play games on your own time, who cares? It's not a good thing, so it's enough to raise some flags, sure. But once you start identifying as a "Gamer" the baggage that comes with that is seriously bad and it gets worse the more one identifies with being a "Gamer" until you reach "Gamergate" level where being a "Gamer" constitutes the majority of your identity and that identity is poo poo.

hosed up to claim anyone who ever votes differently than you is evil.

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