“But it does highlight the confused thinking in our own culture about religious belief. On the one hand, there is the approach of treating all religions as equal, and giving them equal space in the marketplace of views.”
“On the other hand, people are quite happy mocking or insulting Christian belief – but mock Islam and see what happens. Yet our own country’s heritage is not Islamic; it is Christian.”
Someone please highlight for me when and where people are constantly mocking Christianity
Islam clearly states you can’t force religion on anyone and that you can’t disrespect other religions so anytime you see a Muslim doing so you can quote their own scripture at them
Edit for anyone else looking to give a dead answer as I was immediately given
I said HIGHLIGHT not give a vague holier than thou reply
What TV. Tell me the show
What comedy. Tell me the comedian.
Quite a few places. What places.
I didn’t say it doesn’t happen. I asked for WHERE to be highlighted so I can educate myself as I do not personally see Christianity being locked in the media I consume or by the people around me
Seems reasonable. I would not approve of Bible messages, either. ‘Merry Christmas’ and ‘Happy Ramadan’ are perfectly acceptable and inclusive. Actual holy book quotes are taking it too far.
Maybe I’m the weirdo here
But to me this has nowt to do with the particular religion, or even the fact that a religious holiday has a message on a screen.
But it is all to do with the fact that the religious message is basically “you’re all sinners, beg for forgiveness”
Like if the message just said “love each other, happy *insert religious festival*” I couldn’t give a toss
Could have been catholic.
I would much rather we had no religious trappings, include Christian.
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“But it does highlight the confused thinking in our own culture about religious belief. On the one hand, there is the approach of treating all religions as equal, and giving them equal space in the marketplace of views.”
“On the other hand, people are quite happy mocking or insulting Christian belief – but mock Islam and see what happens. Yet our own country’s heritage is not Islamic; it is Christian.”
Someone please highlight for me when and where people are constantly mocking Christianity
Islam clearly states you can’t force religion on anyone and that you can’t disrespect other religions so anytime you see a Muslim doing so you can quote their own scripture at them
Edit for anyone else looking to give a dead answer as I was immediately given
I said HIGHLIGHT not give a vague holier than thou reply
What TV. Tell me the show
What comedy. Tell me the comedian.
Quite a few places. What places.
I didn’t say it doesn’t happen. I asked for WHERE to be highlighted so I can educate myself as I do not personally see Christianity being locked in the media I consume or by the people around me
Seems reasonable. I would not approve of Bible messages, either. ‘Merry Christmas’ and ‘Happy Ramadan’ are perfectly acceptable and inclusive. Actual holy book quotes are taking it too far.
Maybe I’m the weirdo here
But to me this has nowt to do with the particular religion, or even the fact that a religious holiday has a message on a screen.
But it is all to do with the fact that the religious message is basically “you’re all sinners, beg for forgiveness”
Like if the message just said “love each other, happy *insert religious festival*” I couldn’t give a toss
Could have been catholic.
I would much rather we had no religious trappings, include Christian.