OFF: Re: Jesus Saves, but who collects the interest?

[Le Monsieur Damon]

On Thu, 13 Jun 1996, Alex S. Garcia wrote:
> >I can't imagine why this stuff bothers Christians so much anyway.  If
> >their faith is so weak that it can be shaken by some irreverence, then
> >maybe they're barking up the wrong tree anyway.
> You don't get it. It's not a matter of faith being weak, but of
> respect. You should respect other people's religious beliefs and songs
> which "bash" on Christianity are not *respectful* and that's what
> bothers Christians.
Exactly.  My faith feels no weakening when I hear such things, just a
lack of respect.  Many non-Christians don't necessarily understand that,
much in the same way that I don't empathize well with - say - people
on the disadvantaged end of racial prejudice.  Yes, there's a problem out
there, but it's not an important issue to me because I don't "feel their
pain".  Same thing here.  Christian-bashing is similar to racial bashing
is similar to Islam-bashing is similar to *any* kind of bashing because
it shows a lack of respect.

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