@Vknid I’m not talking about all religious people or all christians, in the same way you aren’t talking about all people on the left. You talk about the radical left, I talk about the actual bible thumpers who refuse to for example serve gay people in let’s say, a restaurant.
If you think gay people are sinful etc but you treat them as normal people and think they should have all the same rights as any other person, then I have no problem with you except for just disagreeing with your fundamental thougth. Everyone has opinions about other people. I have opinions and questions about religious people but I don’t want them to have any less rights or anything. If they find courage and strength from the bible or whatever then good for them.
But I think there is a big difference. Gay people cannot change what they are, and I think the most cowardly move is to go after someone who can not change that part of themselves. I am ofc not saying you shoud be allowed to bully people who are religious, but I think there is more reasons to question someone’s thoughts (belief/religion, political opinion etc) than something that cannot be changed (sexuality, gender, skin color, disabilities etc).
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I don’t know whether I’m what anyone would term a “free thinker” or not, nor does it really matter; however, what the Bible says does matter. If the God who created us has spoken to us, and if he has told us how we should and should not act, then that is a big deal.
This is basically my point. I’m not much in a mood of an endless religious debate because we all know I can’t change your opinion and I doubt you can convince me. But I do question why people on the right (not all of them, and keep in mind I tip to the right on the political spectrum too, not as much as most people here though so I would not consider myself a leftist or commie or chinese spy as I have been called here by some people) are quick to question the media, politicians, scientists, health care, the government and emohasize a lot on being a free thinker and not just doing what they are told and speak about how they are all about ”facts, logic, evidence” while the leftists are only about ”I think, I feel, I believe” and other anecdotal evidence, yet the same people are the same ones who just gobble up what the Bible says and
If the God who created us has spoken to us, and if he has told us how we should and should not act, then that is a big deal.
like this. You would think it’s the other way around. Why don’t they question everything about religion? Just blind beliefs.
But anyway, I don’t wanna start an argument about religion because no one has proven God’s existence nor that he doesn’t exist, and never will. But my question about the ”free thinking” is genuine and I would appreciate if someone who can relate to it could answer since I am genuinely curious and think it contradicts their statements. And no, I don’t have anything against religious people. You do you, as long as you don’t drag other people down. Same for everyone.