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pro-Catholic Bigotry
Re: pro-Catholic Bigotry
by ejacob3 » Wed 18 Oct 2006, 22:15:53
As I age in years it is becoming more and more apparent to me how much religion fogs the judgement of people. I call them religious bigots or religious bigotry. You cannot be one with out the other.
A nation that believes that it can live long, free and ignorant, believes what never was and never will be...
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Re: pro-Catholic Bigotry
by WildRose » Thu 19 Oct 2006, 05:53:07
In my experience, the Catholic groups have been some of the more accepting religious folk I've known. The church populations tend to have more ethnic variety and they don't seem as strict in their ideas. My own brother studied theology (almost became a priest) and I know that students of Catholic theology are required to learn about all of the other religions in detail and are not encouraged to be judgemental about them.
I've experienced the evangelical and fundamentalist churches to be judgemental and unyielding in their ideas about how people should live. It's my guess that if you lived in an area with a high percentage of the population that attended one of these types of churches, and you and your family did not, you would not be approached for friendship or social networking unless you indicated that you were possible recruits. I would also wager that in some areas, these groups could be quite harmful socially to anyone who looked or behaved in a way the church did not approve of. I'm talking about the groups that are so exclusive in their thinking that they believe people should only listen to religious music, for example. I have encountered this type of person and would not want to live where I was surrounded by them.
I've experienced the evangelical and fundamentalist churches to be judgemental and unyielding in their ideas about how people should live. It's my guess that if you lived in an area with a high percentage of the population that attended one of these types of churches, and you and your family did not, you would not be approached for friendship or social networking unless you indicated that you were possible recruits. I would also wager that in some areas, these groups could be quite harmful socially to anyone who looked or behaved in a way the church did not approve of. I'm talking about the groups that are so exclusive in their thinking that they believe people should only listen to religious music, for example. I have encountered this type of person and would not want to live where I was surrounded by them.
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Re: pro-Catholic Bigotry
by DesertBear2 » Fri 20 Oct 2006, 03:36:57
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TITAN', 'S')o, what I get from some of this discussion is that, if TSHTF, I should:
1. keep my guns well oiled and sighted in.
2. ask newcomers if they are religious.
3. kill them dead if they are. Any children they bring will receive a humane attempt at de-programming...
1. keep my guns well oiled and sighted in.
2. ask newcomers if they are religious.
3. kill them dead if they are. Any children they bring will receive a humane attempt at de-programming...
Just to ask a befuddling question....
What about " religions of the state"? We all know certain hard-core left wingers who practically worship the state ie the old USSR is a good example.
Religion comes in many forms. As does narrow mindedness.
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Re: pro-Catholic Bigotry
by AgentR » Thu 26 Oct 2006, 17:51:18
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ElijahJones', 'N')one needed because that is discriminatory. Jobs in public companies have to be publicly offered as EOE. That is law.
Reality check;
Most companies aren't public, and public ones are outsourcing and downsizing as quickly as they absolutely can. Those that aren't are being put out of business.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'L')et's just stop with the long stories and say the truth. You are telling me that discrmiination is a fact of life and it will never change
I'm telling you what *is*.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'a')nd the fact that our Consitution tells we have the right to be free means exactly nothingin that equation. I'm telling you that it just simply is not going to be allowed to be that way. The US Constitution is not going to melt away
You've been ignoring the news the last few years I take it???? heck, we just sliced off a massive chunk of it just a week or two ago. You think the Constitution is going to keep people from awarding jobs by personal referal when it can't even keep you from being held in gitmo till you die and rot in place?
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I') won't tell you how I know that but trust me it won't happen.
I won't be offended either way, but I think you are being incredibly optimistic. Worse than any of the cornucopians that wander through here from time to time.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')nd I actually find your speech to be steroetypical of a person who knows bigotry exists and refuse to do anything about it. As for the job market, it is supposed to be about who is qualified, not who you know.
Unfortunately for your position, for any publicly offered position there will be dozens of people that are adequately qualified. In such cases the great class of "things that annoy the interviewer" will likely weigh heavily in choosing which qualified candidate gets the pick.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'E')mploy law needs to come in and fill the gap and solidify the notion of the separation of church and state for the protection of everyones rights.
You're definately living in a fantasy world; employment law will do no such thing.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I')n fact you lose, because Joe will never do that job as well as the person you rejected because they had purple hair.