Religion should me mocked, problem is when you pick out only one and

[LostOne4Ever]

8. Of course not

[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=teal]The problem, however, is that people don't want to look at one's position in a broader perspective. They want to make judgements on a single post.

If you are making a critique of Christianity, then you are anti-christian and won't criticize Islam. Make a Critique Islam and you are an islamophobe who doesn't criticize Christianity. Critique Jud....well you get the idea.

No one wants to look at the larger picture or that a person HAS INDEED criticized other religions. And more often than not, those who go "what about..." are bringing up other religions not so much out of concern that one religion is being unfairly singled out, but more so as a way to derail or shut down a conversation.

It is the religious version of "Not all men..."

And when they aren't doing that they are misrepresenting atheists as talking about all members of a religion no matter how many times we say not all Christians, not all Muslims, not all Theists, not all men...It is being intentionally obtuse and putting words into people mouths to make political points while ignoring what is actually said.

If you don't put the qualifier "some" or "fundamentalists" or whatever on EVERY SINGLE SENTENCE, even if you made it clear earlier on that you were focusing on those subgroups, then you are talking about every adherents. Just like if a feminist doesn't put the qualifier "some men" before every sentence then MRA types instantly make it out as if they are talking about all men.

For many it is not actually about not broadbrushing groups, as much as it is about derailing any critique of religion. [/font]