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O.T - Religion & Climbing Poll. 4-Dec-2009 At 9:39:07 AM foreverabumbly

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On 4/12/2009 evanbb wrote:
>But also, I strongly believe that if you're going to believe in something,
>you better be prepared to have that belief challenged... but you better be ready to have >questions asked about how
>you reached that conclusion. For your own sake if nothing else.

I admit I jumped the gun a bit but I felt the tone was starting to go downhill and I wanted people to think a little before they posted here.

I dont mind having my belief challenged, I dont mind it being questioned. I welcome it. But

>I'm attracted to the notion that religious belief is a usually mild form of mental illness

>Wow! You want to know something weird - over 70 percent of chockstoners have
>above average intelligence

for example is not questioning my faith, thats ridiculing me. There seems to be a double standard applied to these sort of discussions, if I talk about my faith, Im jamming it down peoples throat - people dont mind me being religious but Im not aloud to talk about it. Yet if you have no faith, its a free for all, Athiest feel its a given right to jam their convictions where ever they please.

Again, I know I jumped the gun, but Ive seen where these conversations lead.