tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15300514.post2219912346812956346..comments2023-10-21T04:59:47.322-07:00Comments on One Bad Apple: DeusWiwillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025502444554791494noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15300514.post-34354415636327218522009-11-23T08:43:41.097-08:002009-11-23T08:43:41.097-08:00For about a year I belonged to a blog out of the S...For about a year I belonged to a blog out of the SF area that had some really intelligent people contributing-the kind of contributions that made me feel like I was plowing through a textbook; the concepts were so dense and, well, doctoral thesis-like. Some of those same people were frothing at the mouth athiests-so angry about all things religious that you could hardly get through to them. Not coincidentally, the same frothers (is that a word?)came from heavily religious childhoods, in the south no less. I don't really think of myself as an apologist for the institution of religion in general, but I found myself regularly saying, "Come-on, there are really too many religionists out there for you to kill them all or delete the ideological pillars of their lives without a second thought..." But I did figure out that the over-reacters (read here: Frothers)are dealing with some form of social scarring and I treat them pretty much the way I treat all the walking wounded-with patience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15300514.post-24035708037522206612009-11-22T19:37:37.844-08:002009-11-22T19:37:37.844-08:00We had a similar ad campaign on our public buses o...We had a similar ad campaign on our public buses over the summer. It caused a huge buzz, and shortly after the ads went up, they came down. Buses are now no longer allowed to post any advertisements for any religious organizations. With religion being such a sensitive matter, you might as well let people believe in what they want to, without being forced or influenced to believe in something else. Seems fair enough.Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12996943531023102121noreply@blogger.com