Please Die Fighting for My Rights

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by Miss Vicky

Are you implying that those who have spoken against Brandon's comments "hate that other people have religion"? Because that's the way this comes across. And that is a very unfair assumption. Speaking only for myself - though I'm quite sure this applies to just about everyone else as well - I have no problem with people of religious faith. If it brings them comfort to know that someone is watching over them, more power to them. My issue comes when said persons of faith make comments that belittle the faith (or non-faith) of others while claiming innocent intentions . . . .

No, I was not implying or saying that. I do think that some in this thread have exhibited that general behaviour though.

As for Brandon's innocent intentions, I think he was saying, and correctly so, that the world's religions provide no basis for not believing in a god of some sort. As I mentioned earlier, that is like asking a Wiccan if they worship Satan. They do not believe in Satan, so the question has no meaning. In the end, Brandon was ineloquent, but I do not think he was being mean. And, he has repeatedly said this when asked to clarify. Whether one believes him is their choice