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Originally Posted by msmith
Can everyone see the difference between an advertisement being PRO religion, or God or spirituality and an advertisement ATTACKING the same by saying "There's probably no God"? That is like taking out an ad saying "athiests are morons". There is a big difference between being FOR something and ATTACKING something in an offensive way, which was the point of my original post. Even DixieGal expressed her faith in an honest an open way, complemented the people in this forum as being "good people" and then the "good" people in this forum proceeded to attack her and mock her beliefs. I don't get it.
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I don't see anywhere that Dixie Gal was "mocked." A lot of people definitely disagreed with her, including me, but mock my friend? Not bloody likely.
There is no difference between being for something or being against it in the sense that both sides can be equally offensive.
And, sadly, "neutral" books seldom sell. Books that provoke thought or entertain sell. Sony is not putting book excerpts on the reader to bore people to death, the general idea is to place the bestsellers in front of the consumer.
Yes .... you were polite. If you think that immunizes you against people disagreeing with you, good luck with that. This is a global community. There are quite a few people in this forum who are not Christians. It's as simple as that. You asked (more or less) if people agreed with you on this point of yours, and you found out ... pretty resoundingly.
Whack me with a mackerel, if I'd gone completely round the bend every time Pilot Bob tarred and feathered me for my opinion .... well, we wouldn't be good friends, and we are.
If you are going to state a particularly controversial opinion, do be prepared to get your ass handed to you on a plate. Either that, or get involved in the argument ... that's half the fun .... arguing a point. It's what literate people do, they read, they discuss ... well, it's what they do after a certain point, I personally found it difficult to discuss the subplots associated with "See Spot run. Run, Spot, run!!" But that was long ago and far away.
Oh, and PS, if you want to see an example of a real tar and feathering .... do a search for "I am a genius". Now THAT was tarred and feathered, with ants and honey for a topper.