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How rude of him? It's rather common sense for you not to even kid about Jesus, or the bible thumper will jump down your throat.

Not to mention he politely asked you to change the subject he didnt go "zomg u guyzz r goin 2 helz!!!11!!1one!!!" people can be easily offended on such topics maybe watch what you say next time.

You cant expect to make comments like that and, because youre an atheist, think that everyone will agree and get a good laugh from it.

I'd have to agree with HP....and one of my best friends is very religious and reads the Bible every night. She's an amazing people and it's good to see things from someone else's point of view every now and then.

I hate people like you, you seem ignorant at other people's beliefs and need to learn a bit of respect.

My parents foce me to go to CCD class, and i try to be polite to the "teachers" but every inteligent answer i give is wrong. The answer is always "god" or "god is good" HOW ANNOYING!

Annoying yes, rude no. If you are going to dis religion, you will get negitive remarks back. You don't stand there and take rude remarks against Atheist do you? So why can't they stand up for what they believe in?

Besides, if you act like an intellectual and challange them, it works better.

...well that was the mature part of me talking. I personally love to dis the bible. If someone gets pissy, I tell them too ******** off (or I challange them).

Well this group of kids previously hazed one of my wicca friends, and i found out too late they were all in my 3rd period class last year.

The entire year i ignored them not realising who they were, then a feild trip came around, where my wicca friend joined me. The entire trip the said mean things, like they were damning us to hell. We ignored them laughing at how stupid it was. I don't believe in hell it can't exist.

Then they start praying for us LOUDLY!!! the teacher didn't care she thought it was hilarious. So on our lucnh break we go into a dollar store, and bought a bible. All we did was carry it around proving the "holy text" had no obvious or affect at all on us. The shut up for awhile.

Once back at school they shoved us into lockers and did more hell damning, my friend turns to them and yell.

'I hope you get crusified just like your god!" They start laughing

the next day i get harrasssed during class cause im associated to the hertics, (I keep a low profile at being atheist at school cause s**t happens) And my friend and i get called to the office.

We got in trouble because she said one thing. After all those people did to us.


Religion gets away with so much now days.

And, it really pisses me off, doesn't their god say not to judge...but to forgive and accept? or something like that. Their disregaurding their religion... so i think we know whos going to "hell"

throws* my bad ><

If you have a problem with what someone is saying, leave, you don't have to stay and listen. If there is no way you can change your position, then yes, ask someone politely to change the subject. But no one is forcing you to "bear the cross".

And if some person is talking about Jesus and you politely ask them to change the subject, nope, not happening. Respecting someone's religion doesn't mean giving them a free ride through life. If that person had any respect for YOU they would have made their own change of environment.

And what the OP said WAS freedom of speech. I know the point you're trying to get across, but it doesn't apply in this situation. Hate speech is not included in free speech. Saying that Jesus mowed your lawn is not hate speech, no matter how the religious will try to spin it by saying it's "persecution". Having clever, funny, light hearted banter about Jesus is not the same thing as calling someone a "n****r".

Rude? Maybe, maybe not. But it's just like a Christian to have someone else bend to their will to aviod "offensive" talk instead of trying to change their own situation for themselves.

Simple fact: If you have a problem with what someone is saying, don't listen, change the channel, change the the radio station, walk away, click "back" on your internet browser! You don't have to be an offended eavesdropper if you don't want to be. And that applies to EVERYONE, not just Christians. That's what I do when my family starts discussing their cult, I leave the room and do something else. That way, no one is offended.