Pampering is one thing. Not sinking to their level is another. We are entitled to defend ourselves, but I wouldn't want to be just as bad as them if you get my meaning. No one should have to preached at about any belief system, but some religious groups insist on it.
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I don't think that technology degrades art. Art has always had evolving technology, styles, techniques, and mediums which helps the artist express themselves. What you find to be beautiful is not necessarily beautiful to everyone else. Art is not limited to 1 medium, 1 era, 1 style, etc. That's...
I have previously been a pagan, and have been atheist for the last few years. I still do not believe in gods as literal beings and my default position is to look at scientific evidence but I always feel my old paganism tugging at the corners of my mind.
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It doesn't mean that there is something wrong with them. People believe in different things due to the their culture or religious/spiritual upbringing.
As I have said before....Christians get given weird information on what it means to be gay/homosexual and then try to hit us over the head with it. I am pretty over it. You don't like it? Fine. I don't have to hear about it. Don't like it? Don't look.
I have had the opposite experience. Most gay people aren't fussed on religion and are quite happy for people to believe what they want as long as they don't try to force it on others. Try to force it on us and we will react. That is our right.
They seem to get these misconceptions about us from religious or political leaders that want to tarnish how people see us. We are all human, lets try treating each other as such.
Some atheists will claim there are no gods. You have to look at the definition of atheist. It basically means we have a non belief in a god or gods but we don't claim to know for certain that there are non ever because we can change our position if substantial evidence arises.
Because its not just the fact that these people care about who us queer people are and what we do in the bedroom, but we constantly have to hear about it.