If you consider me simple just because I find religion to be insane, then I don't know what your basis is. I'd also consider people that read Grimm's Fairy tales, and consider them to be acutal facts, to be a bit loopy, too. Or the Oddesy, or any other book of stories that have been verbally passed from generation to generation for millenia. Doens't mean they're not good books, but being a good book doens't make it real. Nor does the simple fact that people _want_ to believe in god(s) make them real, either.
I'm not going to get to know people based on their skin color or (lack of) religion. I get to know the people I meet, and usually don't question their religion, as it's really not of interest to me. Understanding how religions are formed, is somewhat interesting, but there are more important things I could be doing rather than reading the history of fiction.
And, please, how do i "disgust" you? You still haven't explained it, except when I asked "I thought you were from the USA" was obviously not understood to mean something about a country, not a physical point on a globe.
And, again, how am I insulting a "heritage". I must have a different understanding of what a "heritage" is than you do. Or maybe you consider a religion (choice) to be the same thing as heritage (birthright). So, as I asked before, do you care to elaborate, or are you going to continue saying I insulted a birthright, without basis? Saying it over and over won't make it true.
I'm glad you have martian friends, I'll try to find some of them when I get the chance. Until then, just the Asian and Europeans I work with, and being raised in Arizona (in a childhood without racism - I had plenty of black and mexican friends as a young child) will have to do for my cultural awareness. My parents were hippies, maybe that's why I view killing civilians as wrong. They are also not-religious, so maybe that's why I have no fundamental understanding of how people could be so fooled into believing in some screwed up god that requires worship and obedience.
Sorry, again, if I read "VERBAL VOMIT" as being something that upset you. I get upset when I vomit, so I assumed that meant you were upset.
Re: on the one hand....
If you consider me simple just because I find religion to be insane, then I don't know what your basis is. I'd also consider people that read Grimm's Fairy tales, and consider them to be acutal facts, to be a bit loopy, too. Or the Oddesy, or any other book of stories that have been verbally passed from generation to generation for millenia. Doens't mean they're not good books, but being a good book doens't make it real. Nor does the simple fact that people _want_ to believe in god(s) make them real, either.
I'm not going to get to know people based on their skin color or (lack of) religion. I get to know the people I meet, and usually don't question their religion, as it's really not of interest to me. Understanding how religions are formed, is somewhat interesting, but there are more important things I could be doing rather than reading the history of fiction.
And, please, how do i "disgust" you? You still haven't explained it, except when I asked "I thought you were from the USA" was obviously not understood to mean something about a country, not a physical point on a globe.
And, again, how am I insulting a "heritage". I must have a different understanding of what a "heritage" is than you do. Or maybe you consider a religion (choice) to be the same thing as heritage (birthright). So, as I asked before, do you care to elaborate, or are you going to continue saying I insulted a birthright, without basis? Saying it over and over won't make it true.
I'm glad you have martian friends, I'll try to find some of them when I get the chance. Until then, just the Asian and Europeans I work with, and being raised in Arizona (in a childhood without racism - I had plenty of black and mexican friends as a young child) will have to do for my cultural awareness. My parents were hippies, maybe that's why I view killing civilians as wrong. They are also not-religious, so maybe that's why I have no fundamental understanding of how people could be so fooled into believing in some screwed up god that requires worship and obedience.
Sorry, again, if I read "VERBAL VOMIT" as being something that upset you. I get upset when I vomit, so I assumed that meant you were upset.