I see GD has turned really hostile to believers.

[hrmjustin]

I get many of my political values from my faith and if that bothers people I can't help you.

I don't care for politicians that use the faith to get elected.


End of rant.

[rug]

1. It's merged with Hillary-hate.

I had no idea Methodists were so controversial.

[hrmjustin]

2. Disgusting. Soon they will hate Episcopalians for drinking sherry and Lutherans for drinking beer.

But on a serious note GD really has fallen apart. Seems like Hillary hate has turned into a blood sport and that has merged with religion hate.

I see I made a list and it is not the good one I am told.

[rug]

3. The Obama-Hillary shit at least had the decency to wait until a year before the election.

Just when the religious right is destroying the republicans, this gets ratched up to take down a sure Democratic winner. All in the name of anti-religion.

[hrmjustin]

5. We eat our own.

[hrmjustin]

12. Seems to be getting worse today.

[rug]

13. I'll wonder over in a bit.

[hrmjustin]

14. Some people's bigotry is showing in there.

[okasha]

6. It's always been that way.

There is a strong puritan streak in so-called "progressives," which is why I refuse to identify myself as one.

[hrmjustin]

9. I just don't get the Methodist hate.

[rug]

15. You haven't been to Asbury Park lately.

[hrmjustin]

16. no I haven't.

[okasha]

17. That's because you've a rational adult.

Methodists have always had a strong orientation to the social gospel. One of the ministers of a local congregation was a former espartaco, a member of the Spartacus League in Mexico.

[hrmjustin]

18. I guess if Hillary was an Episcopalian that they would have come after us.

[okasha]

19. Exactly.

Facts don't matter to fanatics.

[hrmjustin]

20. No they don't and nor do sources.

I see a few sources here being used against her that we would not allow for Sanders or Warren.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

7. "Has turned"?

I have noticed the hostility since I joined a couple of years ago.

[hrmjustin]

10. Seems to be on overdrive this week.

[TM99]

8. I admit to having very mixed feelings about

Clinton's politics, but her religious beliefs don't bother me in the least.

It is just another outrage of the day here at DU.

[hrmjustin]

11. People loved to be outraged here.

[TM99]

21. It seems to have gotten worse over the last few months.

I am finding myself coming here less and less because of it. I just don't need the melodrama and hyperbole.

[hrmjustin]

22. Hopefully the elections will focus DU this November.

[okasha]

23. Religion's got a bad case of the crazies, too.

I'm a long way from being a qualified psychologist, but the word "clinical" keeps popping up in my mind.

[hrmjustin]

24. I haven't been paying attention to it that much and ignore blocks out not only those ignored but

responses to those blocked.

Has it gotten worse?

[okasha]

25. There's an anti-Catholic orgy in progress

on a couple threads. The Usual Suspects, of course.

[hrmjustin]

26. figures.

[MADem]

27. Well, this is a protected group so this might be a better place to have a chat.

No nastiness or put-downs are allowed to fly here.

[hrmjustin]

28. Agreed!

[kentauros]

29. I'd say most of the forums listed under "Main" are hostile to believers.

Main
Announcements
Welcome & Help
Latest Breaking News
Good Reads
Video & Multimedia
Politics 2014
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
Ask the Administrators

I don't read "Good Reads" often enough to know the hostility factor there, but would guess it's similar to the rest. The Lounge is borderline, partly because they do sometimes get to talk about ghost stories and the like without getting taken to task by the detractors.

I just skimmed the story in LBN about Pope Francis not supporting the use of recreational drugs. As with any other personally Liberal ideal/agenda, if the Pope isn't 100% in favor of it and all other ideals, then he isn't worth even 1% of support for all of the other good things he does.

I'm not a Christian, but I still like him and think he's making good progress. Some people on DU are just too stubborn for words, much less trying to exchange words with them...

[rug]

30. I see two big problems with those discussions.

1) They're petri dishes for misinformation.

2) They're pulled scabs that let the latent anti-religious bigotry ooze out.

[kentauros]

31. Interesting way of putting it :)

And it's true for pretty much all discussion online, be it DU, or FB, or any group that gets together and the topic of religion/belief comes up. Some people simply do not wish to get along with anyone else.

[hrmjustin]

32. Well put. these things go on emotion.

[okasha]

33. I'm Pagan, and I also like this Pope.

There also seems to be a certain demand for instant gratification. Francis didn't fix every problem of the Church by his first weekend, so he's never going to, and he's a homophobic, misogynist, yadda yadda yadda (fill in the blanks) because he doesn't agree with wonderful ME about everything or get it done when I want it done! Waaaaahhh!

I thought most of us got over that by about age four.

[rug]

34. At that age they were still trying to distinguish Santa Claus from God.

Decades later they're still grappling with it.

[okasha]

35. Yowch.

Straight into the gold.