Agreed. And for the record: I call my Christian friends out on this stuff too. In fact, I only have a handful of friends in my 600 person church, because I am regarded as being an outspoken person.
And even what Jesus said is debated upon (meaning, etc.) Well, I appreciate your sentiments. I'm pretty laid back. I believe everyone has a right to believe what they want, and shouldn't be harassed for that. I don't laugh and call other religions stupid, or whatever. I don't think atheists are stupid either. And frankly, there ARE a lot of jerk Christians out there. And I'm sorry for that, and that they give us all a bad name. But respect is a two way street, and it's not really coming from either side. I just get annoyed with the attitude of superiority. "We are open-minded and respect people's life choices. Oh, wait? You're a Christian. You must be insane for believing that. And obviously you are an ignorant bigot." It happens so much, it's not even funny.
Are you a Christian? It doesn't really matter if you are--I appreciate that someone can sympathize with what I'm trying to say. It seems like the people who are getting offended at my posts are probably the worst offenders. I wasn't calling anyone out by name. I just stated that on this forum, I've encountered a lot of hostility towards Christians. And it's frustrating, because the idea they have of Christians isn't necessarily correct. In some cases, yes. But generalization only makes a further gap. I don't assume all atheists are heathens who rape, murder, do drugs, etc. It's just silly. But yeah, thanks.
Awesome. Hope you've been keeping up with the FFXIV forum, FFXIV is pretty crazy at the moment with changes going on in preparation for 2.0. Unfortunately, one of them involves splitting up the servers to EU, US and Japan instead of just Japan... which means a lot of people are going to be going to local servers instead of sticking together. However I know at least a few Americans are intending to stick with us Europeans on an EU server. If you do go for an American datacenter, I'll suggest you get in touch with Ouch! and hang out on his server as I know he wouldn't mind a few EoFFers to talk to. But obviously I'd very much welcome you to stick with us in 2.0. In the meantime, be sure to hang out with us on Sargatanas.
Bobbeh! Which part of canadia do you live in, again?
Good luck, man.
Urgh. I know how that can go. Good luck. =/
Oooh, good luck with your schoolstuffs, dude. Ace them.
How'd things go with your PC, man? =o
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