Quote from: Zenda on January 27, 2012, 12:10:40 AM
Kia Ora Annah,
BTW[Not to rub salt into wounded pride] but he is not really what one would call a street preacher he's what's called an 'anti street preacher' protesting against street preachers... read the full article to see what I mean...
I read the full article and he declares himself as an Atheist Street Preacher. You wanted proof because you believe there are no Atheist Street Preachers. I showed you numerous examples and the main issue is you cannot admit you may be wrong about this.
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BTW I must say Annah, I have seen in some of your posts you often become quite frustrated I don't just mean with myself[It's water off a duck's back for me] but with other members too...At times it would seem you lack patience and the ability to control your emotions, and tend to become frustrated very easily...I hope this doesn't show when you are preaching to your congregation on Sundays...You do still preach don't you ?
I go by an adage when it comes to religions of all faiths and non religions and that is "Co Exist."
When I see people of various religious faiths and various agnostic and atheist faiths who act like they have all the answers and refuse to see the contrary of the argument they present I do get frustrated. Religious people throughout history has often used fear, anger, and unreasoning to promote their beliefs. Likewise, I have seen some atheists do the same thing.
At the same time, I have encountered wonderful people who embrace their spiritual beliefs and I have met wonderful people who are atheists and agnostics.
When I see someone who places all spiritual people into one group, I get frustrated. When I see someone who places all atheist people into one group, I get frustrated. To me, that is no different than a form of stereotypical racism; people like to clump others into one group because refusing to recognize the fact that there are myriads of different people (atheists and spiritual people alike) is too much work and is a sign of social laziness. Its easy to hate one group of spiritual people than it is to work out the fact that there are a wide diverse of people within that same spiritual influence.
So, if I sound frustrated at you, it is because I am. It is no different than someone making fun of the Polish saying they're all stupid or making fun of blacks because they're all thieves. It's unfair to them.
The reason why I joined into this conversation is because it is very easy to make fun of a sect of street preachers that annoys us and group them into one religion but when I introduce the fact that there are atheists who do the same thing, you try to come up with excuses or other plausible explanations to dismiss the people you stand up for.
I do not like forceful street preachers either; however, what makes me different is the fact that I do not like street preachers who proselytize or make fun or condemn others for having a different belief...and that includes any group....including atheists or any other person.
There is no other reason why I should post in this thread. It would make no difference to convince you that you are wrong. It's like an argument about evolution vs creationism or any other religious or philosophical differences where the arguments are limitless.
And yes, I still preach. The church I am part of isn't exclusively Christian. We have Pagans, we have Christians, we have Jews, we have Humanists, we have Atheists, and many more. We have a genuine respect for each other and each others beliefs. Which is contrary to what I see here. People jump on a bandwagon and just love to pick on others without the concern of others.
When people make fun of transgender diversity here they get banned. When you see moderators make fun of Christians or other spiritual people, they get a pat on the back.
