you're talking to an idealist. lol. i think there is an ideal human. it is one who is entirely free.
How come theists take offense so readily, and how to avoid offending them?
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you're talking to an idealist. lol. i think there is an ideal human. it is one who is entirely free.
Yeah, all that happiness, peace, joy, prosperity, worshipping, and living for Jesus in beautiful guarded/gated, perfect, pure, crime-free communities. Yeah, it's rough. And scary.
God gets offended right and left in the Bible
I thought you just said you never got offended? :bugeye:
some of us don't have to imagine we live in the deep south. there have been times where I would normally speak my mind but didn't for fear for my safety because people like her were around.
I'm an idealist too, but my ideal social organization accounts for human nature, which I don't expect to change anytime soon.
i do expect it to change soon. i think it's inevitable.
*************Yeah, all that happiness, peace, joy, prosperity, worshipping, and living for Jesus in beautiful guarded/gated, perfect, pure, crime-free communities. Yeah, it's rough. And scary.
M*W: Again, you're delusional. You have a religious addiction. You need help.
http://www.lexpages.com/SGN/paschal/religious_addiction.html
If you're asking me if I can observe the world around me, the essence of a scientific study, yes.
Yes, and it is interesting to note that very little if nothing at all of what you claim of the world around us is simply not there when observation is applied.
Funny that.
I'm terribly sorry, please don't hit me. Jesus doesn't like it when you hit dumb animals.
Btw, I just wanted to let you know that I made it through another day of not stealing anything, raping or murdering anyone and most importantly... I made it through another day without your god.
Life is good.
Our feelings are easily hurt being all wrapped up in our faith
Why do you want to avoid offending us?
Yeah? Why would I ever want to stop offending the most offensive and divisive group on the planet? I'd personally love to offend them right off the planet.
And don't forget the BJs. Eternal BJs. Mmmmmmm...
Like I said in the OP: because of the grave consequences an offender is threatened with.
Didn't you know, Lori, that it is Allah who controls every aspect of your life? Islam has taken the place of Christianity as it came afterward and does not recognize Christ as the son of god, because Allah cannot have a son.
You just don't know it.
Is that the only reason? You're okay with being offensive if you can get away with it then? No tendencies toward martyrdom?
Hm. No, I don't like being offensive and I don't want to be offensive.
But it is hard to know what is offensive to whom and how to avoid it, given that people take offense at all kinds of things.
Asking what someone finds offensive or if they took offense at something one did seems to be especially offensive to some. Apparently, one is supposed to read minds, not ask any questions, and act as the other person wishes (without being allowed to ask what that actually is).
Which makes for an insane situation where no matter what I would do would be wrong.
The insanity is compounded infinitely with theists, given that they have an omnipotent deity on their side and one is facing the threat of being damned for all eternity.
Although it could also be a case of the overjustification effect - http://changingminds.org/explanations/theories/overjustification.htm,
the minimal justification principle http://changingminds.org/explanations/theories/minimal_justification.htm
or something related, like discounting.
I once had a genuine desire not to be offensive. In time, fire and brimstoners convinced me that it is because I fear eternal damnation.
the minimal justification principle http://changingminds.org/explanations/theories/minimal_justification.htm
or something related, like discounting.
I once had a genuine desire not to be offensive. In time, fire and brimstoners convinced me that it is because I fear eternal damnation.
If it is not your intention to be offensive, then its simply a case of trial and error. Being offended is such a subjective phenomenon that you could not possibly have a set of rules that would make you inoffensive under any circumstances. Most people appreciate good intentions and civility and good manners can take you far in most situations. Even a soft suggestion that it is not your intention to offend will work out with most people.
If nothing else works, do what I do, keep your opinion to yourself when in the company of strangers.