Insulting?

[Pudding]

Is some believer using their religion's moral/law to judge/comdemn/preaching to non-believer itself sometimes filling with insult?

You're evil.
You're sinner.
You're immoral.
You're abomination.
You're blind for not seeing a specific god's existence.
... etc

 

[George-ananda]

Is some believer using their religion's moral/law to judge/comdemn/preaching to non-believer itself sometimes filling with insult?

You're evil.
You're sinner.
You're immoral.
You're abomination.
You're blind for not seeing a specific god's existence.
... etc

Hopefully, not many believers are that simplistic in their views!

 

[ether-ore]

Is some believer using their religion's moral/law to judge/comdemn/preaching to non-believer itself sometimes filling with insult?

You're evil.
You're sinner.
You're immoral.
You're abomination.
You're blind for not seeing a specific god's existence.
... etc

Really Pudding? Why should you care so much about what people of faith think. This thread is very much like your other one in that sense. If you don't believe what people of faith think or say, then just ignore them and move on. In your last thread along these lines, you indicated an irrational fear of religious influence where such influence is diminished almost to the point of non-existence. You really have a hang-up on this issue. What is it really? Is it just that people with these beliefs exist that you have a problem with? Do you want them to stop existing? What is it that you want?

 

[ChristineES]

Is some believer using their religion's moral/law to judge/comdemn/preaching to non-believer itself sometimes filling with insult?

You're evil.
You're sinner.
You're immoral.
You're abomination.
You're blind for not seeing a specific god's existence.
... etc

I really don't hear a lot of people of faith just dismissing people in this manner. In fact, we have teachings against condemning others, which covers all that you listed (they're all condemnations). We know that there are those who do this, but it's against the teachings of the faith.
At this point in my life, I've realized that life is too short to worry about what others think about me. As a Christian, I believe it's important what God thinks of me.

 

[JustWondering]

Is some believer using their religion's moral/law to judge/comdemn/preaching to non-believer itself sometimes filling with insult?

You're evil.
You're sinner.
You're immoral.
You're abomination.
You're blind for not seeing a specific god's existence.
... etc

I think most of the faithful are of the "hate the sin, not the sinner" mindset. So I don't think they mean insult. As for judging? Let's keep it real, everyone makes judgments about others.

 

[Desert Snake]

Is some believer using their religion's moral/law to judge/comdemn/preaching to non-believer itself sometimes filling with insult?

You're evil.
You're sinner.
You're immoral.
You're abomination.
You're blind for not seeing a specific god's existence.
... etc

Huh? Non-religious people insult people with beliefs all the time.

 

[Desert Snake]

I really don't hear a lot of people of faith just dismissing people in this manner. In fact, we have teachings against condemning others, which covers all that you listed (they're all condemnations). We know that there are those who do this, but it's against the teachings of the faith.
At this point in my life, I've realized that life is too short to worry about what others think about me. As a Christian, I believe it's important what God thinks of me.

I don't agree that those are necessarily ''condemnations''.

 

[psychoslice]

Self righteousness goes with the territory doesn't' it ?.

 

[jojom]

Huh? Non-religious people insult people with beliefs all the time.

Curious as to what kinds of insults you have in mind.


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[ether-ore]

Curious as to what kinds of insults you have in mind.


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The first and most obvious insult is that anyone who believes in God is mentally deficient.

 

[jojom]

The first and most obvious insult is that anyone who believes in God is mentally deficient.

I agree it could be an insult if it had any ring of possible truth to it. On the other hand, a person is free to take whatever is said about them, no matter how innocuous or silly, as an insult. So I guess even if there's no possible truth to it, if a person cares enough what someone says about them it can be regarded as an insult. Personally, if I was a theist or deist and someone said that anyone who believes in God is mentally deficient, I would find it far more amusing than insulting. But to each his own.


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[ether-ore]

I agree it could be an insult if it had any ring of possible truth to it. On the other hand, a person is free to take whatever is said about them, no matter how innocuous or silly, as an insult. So I guess even if there's no possible truth to it, if a person cares enough what someone says about them it can be regarded as an insult. Personally, if I was a theist or deist and someone said that anyone who believes in God is mentally deficient, I would find it far more amusing than insulting. But to each his own.


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Oh, but I do ignore it. The question was: what would and insult be. That you want to say that derogatory remarks like that that I have paraphrased do not have the ring of truth is in itself another insult I'll have to ignore because it suggests that I'm making it up... that I am a liar. Oh well... it matters not.

 

[JoStories]

The first and most obvious insult is that anyone who believes in God is mentally deficient.

Who here do you see doing that? I imagine there might be some strong willed atheists but for the most part, I don;t see a lot of folks being that kind of rude here. I certainly would not be so rude.

 

[JoStories]

Oh, but I do ignore it. The question was: what would and insult be. That you want to say that derogatory remarks like that that I have paraphrased do not have the ring of truth is in itself another insult I'll have to ignore because it suggests that I'm making it up... that I am a liar. Oh well... it matters not.

I don't think anyone calls you that and if you thought I did, I most humbly apologize. We can certainly disagree about some Biblical passages but in no way would I ever call ANYONE a liar or say they are making something up. I may say I disagree with how you see something but that doesn't mean I am saying you are making it up. My word. Why would someone do that?

 

[ether-ore]

I don't think anyone calls you that and if you thought I did, I most humbly apologize. We can certainly disagree about some Biblical passages but in no way would I ever call ANYONE a liar or say they are making something up. I may say I disagree with how you see something but that doesn't mean I am saying you are making it up. My word. Why would someone do that?

"Why would someone do that?" I'm not saying that you have; what I am answering to are experiences I've had. The only 'why' I can come up with is the pride of the "intellectual" elitist... the: 'I'm smarter than you' syndrome.

 

[JoStories]

"Why would someone do that?" I'm not saying that you have; what I am answering to are experiences I've had. The only 'why' I can come up with is the pride of the "intellectual" elitist... the: 'I'm smarter than you' syndrome.

I've found that that kind of person is somewhat rare here. No one is smarter than another.

 

[viole]

Is some believer using their religion's moral/law to judge/comdemn/preaching to non-believer itself sometimes filling with insult?

You're evil.
You're sinner.
You're immoral.
You're abomination.
You're blind for not seeing a specific god's existence.
... etc

I actually take those as compliments, especially the last one For some weird reason.

Ciao

- viole

 

[jojom]

Oh, but I do ignore it. The question was: what would and insult be. That you want to say that derogatory remarks like that that I have paraphrased do not have the ring of truth is in itself another insult I'll have to ignore because it suggests that I'm making it up... that I am a liar. Oh well... it matters not.

Making it up? Calling you a liar? Not at all. I can certainly see someone making such a remark. My comment was about how one takes it.


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[ether-ore]

Making it up? Calling you a liar? Not at all. I can certainly see someone making such a remark. My comment was about how one takes it.

Just out of curiosity, what is the piano solo from? What's the name of the piece?

 

[jojom]

Just out of curiosity, what is the piano solo from? What's the name of the piece?

They're the opening six bars of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. A piece I'm attempting to learn, and I emphasize the "attempting."

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