I can't address you other post before addressing this one
by Anonymous
One of the reasons I took my time before writing anything on this subject is that I wanted to calm down. This post was pretty condensating at the end. Let me explain.
From your last post
In the end, what strengthens religion is that most people tend to enjoy viewing things very narrowly - basically Fuck Thy Neighbor. The fact that religion gives people a worldly perspective without requiring them to actually deal with the rest of the world or know anything about them tends to work as a draw factor. The fact that you don't seem to find any value in their opinion only strengthens the ability of religion to put on really big blinders - because if nobody gives a fuck about the religious people, why should they give a fuck about you?
Let's break it down.
First sentence
1) Ok, what strengthens religion is that people want to have narrow views? What the? People just don't say, "Let me lower my viewpoint of the world. I KNOW, let's join a CHURCH!". People generally joins churches because they want to know God (or a spiritual force that created the world), etc. Church is the last place to go if you want a narrow view of the world.
2) Religion doesn't require you to deal with the rest of the world? It doesn't ask you to know people.
Ok, I Know that you are upset about Bush's win. I KNOW that you blame some of it on the Christian Religious voters.
But this is the stupidest thing that I read here all year
Let's see. After school and Possibly work, Church is the number 1 place where you are most likely to interact with people outside your social/economic/racial bracket. I remember growing up in a large Canadian church (2000 members) that had over 70 different racial groups. I hanged out with Blacks/white/Chinese/East Indian/West Indian/African. I know nothing about other cultures. NOTHING!
And I know, multi-ethnic church are somewhat rare in America. But given that, most churches still do outreachs within the inner city or to other countries. There are different conferences, ministries, concerts, etc. You got to work with people totally outside of the workplace/social class that you are in. How can you avoid broading your horizons? Trying different things? Seeing the world/different states?
You see how your sentence is a mistake. You might dislike the fact that some voters were concerned about totally different issues that you were focused on, but to demean them makes you narrow-minded, not them.
When it comes down to it, people are people. Their spiritual belief shouldn't affect how you treat the group.
I will get to your other post hopefully by the end of this weekend. But, I'm being honest. I'm seeing WAY too much hatred from you on this subject. I will only give you my opinion. Anything else, well, no guarantee.