its ok to mock christains?
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Define mock. Generally speaking, I think it's okay to mock anyone, for anything, as long as it doesn't go too far into harassment, and then against an individual. Christianity in itself (or any other set of beliefs, be it buddhism or capitalism or anything in between) can't take offence, and thus can be mocked as much as anyone wants to.
But yes, I agree that the attitudes about this is wrong. It shouldn't be less okay to make fun of Jews than of Christians, for example. Everyone is fair game.
I shouldn't have to mention this, but this goes of course for people wanting to mock me for whatever as well.
But yes, I agree that the attitudes about this is wrong. It shouldn't be less okay to make fun of Jews than of Christians, for example. Everyone is fair game.
I shouldn't have to mention this, but this goes of course for people wanting to mock me for whatever as well.
It's kindda a hard thing to answer, (for me atleast) you look at the religion and I admit christians is the only religion were if you don't follow the rule down to the point you get a one way ticket to hell, that is total bs if you ask me. And christians seem to look down on everything, again hell for that. But it's a religion not something to get overly worked up over. Religion is all about choice, at least that what it's suppose to be about. kindda makes me wonder what the U.S. whould be like if the major religion was somethin other than christianity. That being said it depends on who your tellin the joke to, you don't wanna make a joke to a full hearted christain because you will get "the god" talk and no one wants that.
Ya'll live in liberal republics based on democratic values, one of which is freedom of speech. Deal.
Oh, I'm sorry... Did I ruin the effect you were going for? *slaps forehead* I'm such an idiot. I'm so SORRY!Caliostro said:
See, not all sarcasm is lost over the internet, just the unclear stuff.
Every minority and majority must be able to man up and take sarcasm and jokes without flinching. So must your fellow peers because, it's humor after all.
People should stop whining when people make fun of their religion/race/way of living/shoes/whatever. And people should stop mindlessly defending others from such jokes 'because it's racist' when it clearly isn't.
People should stop whining when people make fun of their religion/race/way of living/shoes/whatever. And people should stop mindlessly defending others from such jokes 'because it's racist' when it clearly isn't.
I poke fun at my atheist friend's beliefs all the time. He gives back just as good as he gets. We're still great friends. A joke is fine if it is known by all listening/involved as a joke. I say it crosses the line if the 'joke' is something that would damage the relationship or cause animosity between the people involved.
And Christianity is the belief that a cosmic jewish zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-women was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree.masakoz said:
Is there that large of a difference that makes it OK to mock one but not the other?
My American brain hurts. Is this sarca... sarca... sarcasm?Sauvastika said:
/sarcasm.
(And yes, I am aware that the U.S.A. is a republic.)
I'd have to disagree with you there. I'd go into detail, but I'm starting to feel like I'm preaching.Caliostro said:
Also, to tell the truth, I actualy don't give a shit how silly or nonsensical Scientology is. It just pisses me off because, in my opinion, it has no greater lesson or meaning.
There was a fair bit of oppression of Christianity, just it was long enough ago it doesn't really count anymore, unless you consider the Roman Empire "recent", however that in itself is a whole other debate.theeconomy said:
To answer the question posed, it used to annoy me, however I started going to a Catholic high school and realized how hypocritical a good lot of us were and really realized why a lot of people don't really like Christians a whole lot. Got to a point I've just gone and separated myself from the organized bit of it pretty much entirely. So in short, I don't really give two shits about people making fun of Christians and Christianity anymore as I myself am sick of the whole damn thing.
Yeah it's ok to make fun of Christians. They don't think Mary is important so they die (not really) for their ignorance! By the way, I'm Catholic so you can't make fun of me!
I think it's okay to mock anyone. Some people just suffer from sense of humour fail or asume being religious means that nobody is allowed to question you. I mock relgion all the time. I'm not racist or discriminatory - I do it to all of them.
That's a pretty weird way of looking at it. Christianity didn't cause the fall of the Roman Empire.Mercanary57 said:
Historians generally don't use the term "Dark Ages" at all these days, by the way. It's not a particularly accurate description.
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I personally don't see any problem with mocking or bashing religions because it gets shoved in our faces every day and has a death grip on society as a whole. Example, the news the other day people were screaming bloody murder because Obama hadn't been to church in like 11 weeks. Really, was that actually news worthy? To a good chunk of the US population it probably was. Our constitution grants people the freedom of religion but no real freedom from religion. Any debates on Science, bam people foam at the mouth and try to claim that something is or isn't acceptable because the bible says so. Religion is allowed to critique science but as soon as science tries to critique religion people pull out the pitch forks. I'm sorry but to start crying about being mocked is ridiculous, it is a joke, you can live with it.