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Way to take an unrepresentative part to mean the whole. Stop generalizing. That google search proves nothing except that there are a bunch of vocal idiots on th

Way to take an unrepresentative part to mean the whole. Stop generalizing. That google search proves nothing except that there are a bunch of vocal idiots on the internet. It's not like that's something foreign. Don't make up silly hypothetical "if" statements. Let us look at reality: contraceptives are supported by most religious people. To say that religion is against contraception is to look at outmoded views from again, an unrepresentative part of an entire religion. And religions which attempt to restrict sexual conduct are already viewed by many as revolting anachronisms -- so you're just using a hypothetical statement to make an incorrect generalization to support the viewpoint you hold. You're wrong.

asciilifeform 17y ago
> an unrepresentative part The fundamentalists are the particular religious people whose beliefs and actions are most relevant to me, as a nonbeliever. The masses who "live and let live" are politically irrelevant. The crazies are fully representative of those religious people whose stances actually affect my life. > Contraceptives are supported by most religious people So, which church is distributing condoms to Africans? Oh, that's right, none of them.
- Hexstream 17y ago
  "So, which church is distributing condoms to Africans? Oh, that's right, none of them." I don't think most religious people go on missions in Africa... in fact it's probably the fundamentalist minority that would do that kind of thing.
  - asciilifeform 17y ago
    That was precisely my point. It is the fundamentalists of every religion who work hardest to insert their religion into the lives of nonbelievers.
    - lukifer 17y ago
      Your post(s) could have been made entirely accurate with the judicious application of the word "some". It was probably already implicit in your mind, but not necessarily in the mind of the reader.

asciilifeform 17y ago

> an unrepresentative part The fundamentalists are the particular religious people whose beliefs and actions are most relevant to me, as a nonbeliever. The masses who "live and let live" are politically irrelevant. The crazies are fully representative of those religious people whose stances actually affect my life. > Contraceptives are supported by most religious people So, which church is distributing condoms to Africans? Oh, that's right, none of them.

Hexstream 17y ago
"So, which church is distributing condoms to Africans? Oh, that's right, none of them." I don't think most religious people go on missions in Africa... in fact it's probably the fundamentalist minority that would do that kind of thing.
- asciilifeform 17y ago
  That was precisely my point. It is the fundamentalists of every religion who work hardest to insert their religion into the lives of nonbelievers.
  - lukifer 17y ago
    Your post(s) could have been made entirely accurate with the judicious application of the word "some". It was probably already implicit in your mind, but not necessarily in the mind of the reader.