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I'm religious and conservative (Don't know if I'm a "religious conservative", though- depends on your definition, I guess) and I most certainly do NOT like STD'

I'm religious and conservative (Don't know if I'm a "religious conservative", though- depends on your definition, I guess) and I most certainly do NOT like STD's! I am not worried about contracting one myself, but I don't want any one else to either. I don't do those sorts of things (pre/extra marital sex) but I have friends who do, and I don't want them to get an STD.

biohacker42 18y ago
You are a rational human being. Your type is quiet and doesn't make the headlines. The "religious conservatives" who do make the headlines are not like you.
- DanielBMarkham 18y ago
  Yes. Unfortunately we live in a world on the web where people who are religious, atheists, conservative, liberal, or whatever are put into little boxes and made fun of. This is what passes for wisdom anymore (instead of rational, clear discussion about beliefs and issues)
  - didroe 18y ago
    Anymore? When has discussion of beliefs and important issues ever been clear or rational?
    - ars 18y ago
      When you had moderators (AKA editors) who deleted the stupid stuff.
      - billswift 18y ago
        They only deleted the stupid stuff they didn't share.
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- jfornear 18y ago
  Way to commit the fallacy of composition.
- patio11 18y ago
  The "religious conservatives" who do make the headlines are not like you. I think you'll find that both the current Pope and the last Pope are, by any conceivable definition, "religious conservatives who make the headlines". You'll find if you read their writings on the topic for five seconds that they're pretty much in the same place as the grandparent. Are you sure you're not seeing confirmation bias? As in, "It would disagree with my worldview greatly if I thought religious conservatives were basically decent people. Accordingly, I only remember the ones who aren't"? (I won't discount the possibility of confirmation bias in the media, granted. Phelps on AIDS makes for a much punchier quote than John Paul II on AIDS.)
  - biohacker42 18y ago
    The people isn't exactly like your average or typical Catholic. And if I recall correctly, the last pope moved to the right under the influence of the current pope. The current pope, with his apparent pseudo embrace of the nouveau anti-evolutionists, is significantly further to the right then most of the Vatican establishment, which has considered the creation stories to be an allegory for many, many years now. When we get a new pope who knows what he'll be like.
- ensignavenger 18y ago
  I think the keywords are "who do make the headlines". It does seem to be the extreme in every segment that makes headlines. Personally, rather than calling them 'religious conservatives' (There isn't very much conservative about them) I prefer calling them religious zealots (fanatic, extremist, whatever).
yan 18y ago
I don't think that's what the original poster means. I think (s?)he means that the loud group of people with idealistic beliefs seek out examples of people, that the average person can relate to, to serve as examples of their ideals i.e. Joe Teenager contracting HIV from his immoral behavior. I'm sure all these people are nice when you meet them, as most people tend to be, and would never wish anyone personally to contract a disease, but they love malleable statistics and impressionable stories to support their positions.
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biohacker42 18y ago

You are a rational human being. Your type is quiet and doesn't make the headlines. The "religious conservatives" who do make the headlines are not like you.

DanielBMarkham 18y ago
Yes. Unfortunately we live in a world on the web where people who are religious, atheists, conservative, liberal, or whatever are put into little boxes and made fun of. This is what passes for wisdom anymore (instead of rational, clear discussion about beliefs and issues)
- didroe 18y ago
  Anymore? When has discussion of beliefs and important issues ever been clear or rational?
  - ars 18y ago
    When you had moderators (AKA editors) who deleted the stupid stuff.
    - billswift 18y ago
      They only deleted the stupid stuff they didn't share.
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jfornear 18y ago
Way to commit the fallacy of composition.
patio11 18y ago
The "religious conservatives" who do make the headlines are not like you. I think you'll find that both the current Pope and the last Pope are, by any conceivable definition, "religious conservatives who make the headlines". You'll find if you read their writings on the topic for five seconds that they're pretty much in the same place as the grandparent. Are you sure you're not seeing confirmation bias? As in, "It would disagree with my worldview greatly if I thought religious conservatives were basically decent people. Accordingly, I only remember the ones who aren't"? (I won't discount the possibility of confirmation bias in the media, granted. Phelps on AIDS makes for a much punchier quote than John Paul II on AIDS.)
- biohacker42 18y ago
  The people isn't exactly like your average or typical Catholic. And if I recall correctly, the last pope moved to the right under the influence of the current pope. The current pope, with his apparent pseudo embrace of the nouveau anti-evolutionists, is significantly further to the right then most of the Vatican establishment, which has considered the creation stories to be an allegory for many, many years now. When we get a new pope who knows what he'll be like.
ensignavenger 18y ago
I think the keywords are "who do make the headlines". It does seem to be the extreme in every segment that makes headlines. Personally, rather than calling them 'religious conservatives' (There isn't very much conservative about them) I prefer calling them religious zealots (fanatic, extremist, whatever).

yan 18y ago

I don't think that's what the original poster means. I think (s?)he means that the loud group of people with idealistic beliefs seek out examples of people, that the average person can relate to, to serve as examples of their ideals i.e. Joe Teenager contracting HIV from his immoral behavior. I'm sure all these people are nice when you meet them, as most people tend to be, and would never wish anyone personally to contract a disease, but they love malleable statistics and impressionable stories to support their positions.

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