[the truth]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I reserve the right to make comments that are not directed at anyone in particular, but might cause offense to some people for various reasons, yes. I don't reserve the right to quantify how insulted you are, you can be as insulted by it as you please, I was guessing that it probably doesn't define your day but whether it does or not is entirely irrelevant... because I don't decide what I will or won't say based on whether or not others might or might not be offended by it. Which was the point.

As for piss-taking... I honestly think that's subjective. I think LT has maybe been baiting a bit, but that's not really my business. Comparing organised religions to fairytales, dragons, ancient mythology such as the Greek and Norse gods I can appreciate might FEEL like a piss take to a religious person - in a "how can my religion be compared to something obviously fictional??" sort of way - but I'm not piss taking. People who follow and believe the words in the bible and people who follow and believe the words in any other fictional text genuinely and 100% fall under the same banner for me, as a non-religious person. It's not intended to be mocking, it's the best way to illustrate a stance. Deliberately avoiding saying "piss-takey" things like that about religion suggests an elevated status for religion... which suggests an acceptance that they could be true and might not be fiction... which is not my stance. They are simply as fictional as any other fiction, and have exactly the same likelihood of actually turning out to contain truth .

So its subjective to insult religious people, but offensive to offend other people? total hypocrisy. Theres nothing constructive or respectful about this or any other Christian or religion bashing thread, its shameful. threads mocking homosexuality would soon be pulled down. Respect works both ways.