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> Roy Schestowitz stated in post 2485519.PXJkl210th@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 7/2/11
> 12:15 AM:
>
>
>>> Homer stated in post lk92e8-l1g.ln1@xxxxxxxxxx on 7/1/11 6:42 PM:
>>>
>>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>>>
>>>>> Regarding "live and let live", it gets complicated when there is
>>>>> imposition.
>>>>
>>>> So what imposition have you personally suffered because of Christians?
>>>
>>> I have had Christians chase me down and throw rocks at me (when I was a kid
>>> at a summer camp and made it known I did not believe in the god they prayed
>>> to before each meal). I have had Christian adults tell me I will burn in
>>> hell forever - even telling me this when I was a child (when I was in Boy
>>> Scouts). I have had Christians try to insist my kids should be taught myths
>>> as though they were science. I have had Christians try to prevent women I
>>> know from making choices about their own bodies. On and on.
>>>
>>> And, no, this does not mean all Christians do these things - but you asked.
>>
>> Seems like an unusual experience.
>
> I am not going to say it is the norm, but I do hang out with quite a few
> other atheists and at least a fair number of them have similar stories,
> though the having rocks thrown at me by enraged kids was a bit extreme - if
> it matters, it was a camp in Utah where religious extremism tends to run
> fairly strongly).
>
> Another example, though: in second grade I was told I *had* to draw a
> Christmas tree for an art project. Why? I explained Christmas meant
> nothing to me or my family and asked for an alternate ... and was told there
> was none - so I made a mockery of the assignment (a story for another day).
> Even in second grade I was fighting back against discrimination.
How is that a "mockery of the assignment"? Makes no sense.
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