I agree.
Christians are generally rather nice people. Why bother them if they aren't shoving a pamphlet in your hand?

And this goes for every focus group- militant atheists, gays etc. Yeah the Christian church has done stuff wrong. How about you focus on religions which mean much more damage to you? Catholics might not let you get married in the church, but they aren't going to hang or stone you.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 11:34, 2 replies)

...but Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor, their spiritual leader in Britain, has gone on record
saying that atheists are not "fully human" and an atheist society would be the "Fourth Reich" (conveniently ignoring that the "Third Reich" was led by a Catholic with the full support of the Pope).

Oh, and the Pope is a fuckwit threatening the lives of millions of people by claiming that condoms cause Aids. That's not even getting into the issue of the institutionalised rape of tens of thousands of children.

Some Catholics may be nice people but they tacitly support an institution that is rotten to the core. I'm sure members of the BNP are nice if you meet them socially but I still think that the organisation they belong to is abhorrent.

And would you care to explain what a "militant atheist" is? Someone who speaks their mind? Asks questions? Writes books? Shoots abortion doctors? Flies planes into buildings?
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 11:45, closed)

The nice Christians are the ones who do get left alone.
I had a couple of old dears asking if I was interest in the Gospel on my doorstep the other day. I politely declined, they went on their way and I went back to killing space aliens from space. They didn't question the destination of my immortal soul, I didn't tell them they believe a load of hogwash. No-one got offended.
(The man with the flan swashed his buckle on, Thu 22 Oct 2009, 12:06, closed)