Separation of Church and State? Screw That... Proselytism FTW!

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@Joelcool7:

How is it innapropriate for me or anyone else to wish you shared our faith?

It's very inappropriate, provided you wan't to get along with that person. If you simply don't care, well, then go ahead and say whatever you liked.

You find it offensive that anyone has a different view then you?

I find it offensive when others criticise my views, and try to convert me to their religion.

Don't you wish everyone else agreed with your idealogies? Is that not equally offensive? No it isn't it isn't offensive at all.

No really. And even if I did, I wouldn't tell it to them (unless I actually wanted to insult them).

Every few days I run into a Muslim or a Jehovah's witness or a Jew and every few days they say we wish you believed as we do. Yet I don't go around getting offended a pissed off, neither should you. It isn't offensive at all.

I find such people annoying, and I just ignore them.

Umm lame excuse? You mean the foundation of my faith? You mean the foundation of one third of the worlds faith? Yes its so lame.

Yes, it is lame. I'm using my freedom of speech to express my views openly, disregarding that I may be offending you. Do you like it? Why are you being a hypocrite? I'm just expressing my beliefs.

Well you don't care about offending one third of the worlds population. I've read many of your threads and posts isn't it alittle hypocritical of you to think its okay to offend everyone else but when a man offends you suddenly all hell brakes loose?

If I offend other people, that's OK, as I don't care if people like me or not. I actualyl don't mind that you feel offended. You're only making my point for me, which is: you should be careful what you say IF YOU WANT OTHER PEOPLE TO LIKE YOU. If you don't care if you may offend other people, then you can say whatever, and the offended people have every right to make their feelings known.

A politician should not purposely offend people under his authority. However as I said the statement was not offensive, if offence was caused it was unintentional.

Any level-headed person would realise that what he said was downright offensive.

Honestly silly religious people? Should I dignify that with a response. No I shouldn't it just shows how you don't care about offending anyone. You just care about being offended.

By "silly religous people" I meant people who gain trust in a politician because he goesto Church and makes speeches like this one. I was reading lots of posts on forums from peopel saying they trust htis guy because he's a Christian, and that's really not a good reason to put your trust into someone, though it's a tactic politicians often use.

In the end you want your politicians to agree with you and you alone. You don't want them having a faith or belief. You don't want them to practice their belief. That my friend is not democracy its dictatorship!

I don't have any problems with them holding whatever religious beleifs they want. But when they start proselytising, that's when I have a problem with it.