Christian persecution

[KingsGambit]

I think Dee Dee is referring to how some Christian organizations call for boycotts using faulty information, which does involve the slandering of companies (i.e. pro-life groups spreading debunked information about Pepsi). Naturally this isn't unique to Christians at all; people of all ideologies do this. I think most Christians who pass this along don't know better, but I suspect some people do.

But as a whole, I think Obsidian has a point as well. While it's true that some Christians undoubtedly would call for the resignation of somebody who was pro-gay, I don't think this sort of thing is a widespread phenomenon at all.

[Darth Xena]

I wasn't even speaking of a particular event, I am saying something I perceive in general. In this situation, IF this guy were forced out due to pressure from conservative groups because he gave to ultra-liberal causes or heck, socialist ones, I believe that many Christians would be rejoicing, and not very many would take to the FF comment forums in outrage.

I could be wrong.

I doubt it.

[Jedidiah]

I strongly suspect you are right, DD.

[Just Some Dude]

Personally, I'd be against such pressuring if I had any assurance that liberals and the like would also extend the same courtesy.

[Thoughtful Monk]

I wasn't even speaking of a particular event, I am saying something I perceive in general. In this situation, IF this guy were forced out due to pressure from conservative groups because he gave to ultra-liberal causes or heck, socialist ones, I believe that many Christians would be rejoicing, and not very many would take to the FF comment forums in outrage.

I could be wrong.

I doubt it.

I think Christians would (wrongly) rejoice only if the person in question was head of a major church or para-church organization. See World Vision for an example. Otherwise a person giving to a liberal organization wouldn't even register.

[Darth Xena]

I think Christians would (wrongly) rejoice only if the person in question was head of a major church or para-church organization. See World Vision for an example. Otherwise a person giving to a liberal organization wouldn't even register.

I don't think so, but I could be wrong. In just Christian rhetoric, I see a lot of inconsistency. I know, I know, liberals have inconsistency too, but I can't worry about them.

[Darth Xena]

Personally, I'd be against such pressuring if I had any assurance that liberals and the like would also extend the same courtesy.

As Christians we need to be good and consistence even if the others are not.

[KingsGambit]

The biggest inconsistency I see is that Obama campaigned for president on an anti-gay marriage platform in 2008 and couldn't have tried less to hide that his opinion was ready to shift at an opportunistic moment, yet he completely gets a free pass. Where is the outrage to get him to resign for being an evil homophobe?

[Darth Executor]

I think Christians would (wrongly) rejoice only if the person in question was head of a major church or para-church organization. See World Vision for an example. Otherwise a person giving to a liberal organization wouldn't even register.

I dunno what you mean by rejoice but Christian organization should not have unrepentant, active sinners in official capacities. I really couldn't care less if gay organizations automatically fired Christians either. There's a difference between ideological organizations refusing to hire people whose ideology runs counter to theirs and companies like Mozilla who make mediocre software whose quality has absolutely nothing to do with the CEO's stance on marriage.

[Darth Executor]

As Christians we need to be good and consistence even if the others are not.

There's nothing bad or inconsistend about shooting back at people who shoot at you and generally being opposed to shooting people.

[KingsGambit]

There's nothing bad or inconsistend about shooting back at people who shoot at you and generally being opposed to shooting people.

This analogy doesn't seem fitting, as there is no parallelism for a self defense that would be required for self preservation.

[Darth Xena]

There's nothing bad or inconsistend about shooting back at people who shoot at you and generally being opposed to shooting people.

Losing one's life is not the same as social persecution. I believe we are called to be better.

[Darth Executor]

This analogy doesn't seem fitting, as there is no parallelism for a self defense that would be required for self preservation.

Keeping liberals in fear of being fired for their political beliefs would make them more willing to be cooperative rather than antagonistic on the matter.

[Darth Executor]

Losing one's life is not the same as social persecution. I believe we are called to be better.

I disagree that your way is better. Social persecution is a bad idea when you have no social capital, just like violence is a bad idea when you have no military capital. That's not really the situation we're in (though it will be if this keeps up).

[Thoughtful Monk]

I don't think so, but I could be wrong. In just Christian rhetoric, I see a lot of inconsistency. I know, I know, liberals have inconsistency too, but I can't worry about them.

Problem is there are too many people calling themselves Christian (both real Christians and Christian in name only) producing a mixed message to the world. And I don't know that an inconsistent message from many multiple sources is the same as hypocrisy.