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<blockquote data-quote="AETERNAM REX" data-source="post: 69955" data-attributes="member: 3949"><p>Excellent videos, Sam. I found them most interesting.</p><p> </p><p>While I think Mr. Weinstein's characterization of Christians and the Pentagon's position is a bit extreme, there is indeed an arrogant and bigoted attitude among many Christians.</p><p> </p><p>Note that after presenting the comments made by Weinstein, Mr. Van Impe goes on a fear mongering Muslim bashing rant. I thought it was especially interesting, his comments about the story of a Muslim guest in a Christian church sharing commonality among the two beliefs. His advice was to reject Muslims.</p><p> </p><p>The reality is that there is a certain commonality among most predominant religions. A Muslim man makes a gesture of good will and peace to Christians by focusing on similarities, ...only to get rejected and insulted on national television.</p><p> </p><p>About a minute later, she makes the point that other religious books are written by men/women, but the bible is the word of God because God spoke to the men who wrote it. This is an exemplary example of self righteous religious arrogance. She was essentially claiming Christian superiority above other beliefs by claiming absolute exclusivity on the true word of God.</p><p> </p><p>Following her commentary, focus shifts back to Mr. Van Impe so he can do more fear mongering and Muslim bashing. Take note of the language and general focus of much of the presentation. It is clearly directed against Muslims.</p><p> </p><p>The program demonstrates how Christianity is under attack for accusations of religious bigotry, so as to debunk such claims, they demonstrate bigotry and arrogance by bashing Muslims and insulting every other belief system by claiming superiority. *sigh*</p><p> </p><p>The woman's claims of superiority over other beliefs is, from my experience, quite typical. Take any situation in American society where people are being subjected to and/or forced to accept Christian values, and argue to a Christian the concept of freedom of religion, acceptance, tolerance, etc of other beliefs and lifestyles. Often, at some point in the conversation, there will be a claim of exclusivity to the word of God, thus justifying imposing it upon others. Try disputing, or even questioning, this premise of exclusivity and you will likely be met with fierce resistance and stubbornness, ridicule, insults, etc.</p><p> </p><p>Such a popular position among Christians is very arrogant and condescending to others. It is disrespectful and in disregard of the concept of freedom of religion. I see this arrogance as the root issue. Not everyone agrees, nor do they have to.</p><p> </p><p>Hey Christians, ...Free will to choose what to believe is inalienable and a gift from God. If people choose not to accept Christianity as the only truth, then why not step back and let God handle it?</p><p> </p><p>Further,</p><p> </p><p>I am not so sure I agree with the military's answer, but I can definitely see a Christian bias in the armed forces. I remember my experience at the MEPS office before being shipped off to boot-camp. I and others were given Christian literature to take with us. I wasn't offended or anything. I was actually somewhat indifferent. But I have to wonder... Why only Christian literature? Why not have a table stacked with literature from various different belief systems, and allowing us to choose?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AETERNAM REX, post: 69955, member: 3949"] Excellent videos, Sam. I found them most interesting. While I think Mr. Weinstein's characterization of Christians and the Pentagon's position is a bit extreme, there is indeed an arrogant and bigoted attitude among many Christians. Note that after presenting the comments made by Weinstein, Mr. Van Impe goes on a fear mongering Muslim bashing rant. I thought it was especially interesting, his comments about the story of a Muslim guest in a Christian church sharing commonality among the two beliefs. His advice was to reject Muslims. The reality is that there is a certain commonality among most predominant religions. A Muslim man makes a gesture of good will and peace to Christians by focusing on similarities, ...only to get rejected and insulted on national television. About a minute later, she makes the point that other religious books are written by men/women, but the bible is the word of God because God spoke to the men who wrote it. This is an exemplary example of self righteous religious arrogance. She was essentially claiming Christian superiority above other beliefs by claiming absolute exclusivity on the true word of God. Following her commentary, focus shifts back to Mr. Van Impe so he can do more fear mongering and Muslim bashing. Take note of the language and general focus of much of the presentation. It is clearly directed against Muslims. The program demonstrates how Christianity is under attack for accusations of religious bigotry, so as to debunk such claims, they demonstrate bigotry and arrogance by bashing Muslims and insulting every other belief system by claiming superiority. *sigh* The woman's claims of superiority over other beliefs is, from my experience, quite typical. Take any situation in American society where people are being subjected to and/or forced to accept Christian values, and argue to a Christian the concept of freedom of religion, acceptance, tolerance, etc of other beliefs and lifestyles. Often, at some point in the conversation, there will be a claim of exclusivity to the word of God, thus justifying imposing it upon others. Try disputing, or even questioning, this premise of exclusivity and you will likely be met with fierce resistance and stubbornness, ridicule, insults, etc. Such a popular position among Christians is very arrogant and condescending to others. It is disrespectful and in disregard of the concept of freedom of religion. I see this arrogance as the root issue. Not everyone agrees, nor do they have to. Hey Christians, ...Free will to choose what to believe is inalienable and a gift from God. If people choose not to accept Christianity as the only truth, then why not step back and let God handle it? Further, I am not so sure I agree with the military's answer, but I can definitely see a Christian bias in the armed forces. I remember my experience at the MEPS office before being shipped off to boot-camp. I and others were given Christian literature to take with us. I wasn't offended or anything. I was actually somewhat indifferent. But I have to wonder... Why only Christian literature? Why not have a table stacked with literature from various different belief systems, and allowing us to choose? [/QUOTE]
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