Christians are not allowed to lead by example, we will then be accused of pushing religion on someone.

 

 

I ain't sensitive, I bout don't care anymore, no one else does.

Your posts certainly show a great amount of sensitivity to any situation in which you those you agree with aren't allowed to do what they want. The very post I quoted is an example.

Your posts certainly show a great amount of sensitivity to any situation in which you those you agree with aren't allowed to do what they want. The very post I quoted is an example.

 

So I should agree with no camels since it hurts Muslim feelings.

So I should agree with no tacos since it hurts Mexican feelings.

 

What do I do when they stop prayer at ballgames. I complain and get over it.

So I should agree with no camels since it hurts Muslim feelings.

So I should agree with no tacos since it hurts Mexican feelings.

 

What do I do when they stop prayer at ballgames. I complain and get over it.

 

As I stated before, your posts show anything except you "getting over it." You bring up the same tired "whoa is us" every time you feel that someone that you agree with is slighted. Same story, different day.

 

I continue to pray at ballgames, just like I always have. Heck, I might pray in the middle or end of one, too.

As I stated before, your posts show anything except you "getting over it." You bring up the same tired "whoa is us" every time you feel that someone that you agree with is slighted. Same story, different day.

 

I continue to pray at ballgames, just like I always have. Heck, I might pray in the middle or end of one, too.

 

Thats good, prayer helps.

 

So what is someone supposed to do if they dont agree.

Shut up and never say anything.

Remain Silent and not express your views.

Give in and not care.

So I should agree with no camels since it hurts Muslim feelings.

So I should agree with no tacos since it hurts Mexican feelings.

What do I do when they stop prayer at ballgames. I complain and get over it.

 

Again, you're missing the point. It isn't the taco's that's causing that issue. It's the negative, stereotypical portrayal of Mexicans that is causing the issue. If it was just about the taco's, I'd completely agree with.

Again, you're missing the point. It isn't the taco's that's causing that issue. It's the negative, stereotypical portrayal of Mexicans that is causing the issue. If it was just about the taco's, I'd completely agree with.

 

Well when I think of tacos I think of Mexican Food.. Mexicans live in Mexico and eat tacos. So yeah I sterotype Mexicans with tacos. As I do Tequila and Sombreros

 

If they want to sterotype me, go for it, I dont care.

Thats good, prayer helps.

 

So what is someone supposed to do if they dont agree.

Shut up and never say anything.

Remain Silent and not express your views.

Give in and not care.

 

Earlier you said "liberal political correctness is destroying America." Obviously, someone stood up and said something about what they thought was a negative stereotypical portrayal of Mexican culture.

 

So, what is someone supposed to do if they don't agree? It's a good question, but it goes both ways.

Take America back means stop being so afraid of being insensitive to people. I mean no tacos since it was insensitive, some groups need to lighten up or toughen up. It's called in the name of fun, no one in America is out killing Muslims since they are Islam or running groups out based on ethnicity.

 

Where in America are people out killing Christians just because they're Christian?

So, after years of reading these types of topics here and on other sites, I have come to the conclusion that the attacks on 9/11, along with the unprecedented access to information and misinformation via the internet, has damaged the American psyche. I can't remember the same level of fear for American culture or Christianity before 9/11...at least not to the degree that I see it now. Which, of course, may be because of the internet.

 

Of course there has always been the wailing and gnashing of teeth at the loss of American Christian values. It's well documented through several turning points and eras in our history. However, the internet has afforded people more access to real-time global information, and given a platform to people of all extremes. The difference, as I perceive it, at this point, is the interjection of a palpable fear into the voices.

 

I don't personally feel American culture or Christianity are any more under attack than at any other point in history. I think we are just more aware of other cultures and yes, a sensitivity toward the feelings of others is part of awareness. It doesn't mean that American Culture is vanishing, but changing. American Culture has changed so, so many times in our history. It's one of the most beautiful things about living in a country that protects its citizen's rights and freedoms. The Constitution protects us, but in doing so, it forces us to learn to live with each others differences in order to do so harmoniously. All differences become integrated into our culture, whether they be ethnic, religious or any other.

 

As Americans, though, I do feel we've become an awfully clannish society. For a culture founded upon, and by it's own founding fathers' conscription, accepting of all, regardless of (especially) religious differences, we are remarkably closed-rank in our penchant to resist understanding other cultures and religions. For a country that owes its greatness to the contributions of immigrants and the children of immigrants, we are mistrusting and unwelcoming.

 

Interesting times, these are.

So, after years of reading these types of topics here and on other sites, I have come to the conclusion that the attacks on 9/11, along with the unprecedented access to information and misinformation via the internet, has damaged the American psyche. I can't remember the same level of fear for American culture or Christianity before 9/11...at least not to the degree that I see it now. Which, of course, may be because of the internet.

 

Of course there has always been the wailing and gnashing of teeth at the loss of American Christian values. It's well documented through several turning points and eras in our history. However, the internet has afforded people more access to real-time global information, and given a platform to people of all extremes. The difference, as I perceive it, at this point, is the interjection of a palpable fear into the voices.

 

I don't personally feel American culture or Christianity are any more under attack than at any other point in history. I think we are just more aware of other cultures and yes, a sensitivity toward the feelings of others is part of awareness. It doesn't mean that American Culture is vanishing, but changing. American Culture has changed so, so many times in our history. It's one of the most beautiful things about living in a country that protects its citizen's rights and freedoms. The Constitution protects us, but in doing so, it forces us to learn to live with each others differences in order to do so harmoniously. All differences become integrated into our culture, whether they be ethnic, religious or any other.

 

As Americans, though, I do feel we've become an awfully clannish society. For a culture founded upon, and by it's own founding fathers' conscription, accepting of all, regardless of (especially) religious differences, we are remarkably closed-rank in our penchant to resist understanding other cultures and religions. For a country that owes its greatness to the contributions of immigrants and the children of immigrants, we are mistrusting and unwelcoming.

 

Interesting times, these are.

 

Maybe I'm oversimplifying, but this seems to be what gets so many BGPers' shorts in a bunch.

 

Maybe I'm oversimplifying, but this seems to be what gets so many BGPers' shorts in a bunch.

 

And I think it's the fact that our own Constitution forces us to find a way to accept. I don't think many people think about what our Constitution does beyond protecting the rights they personally hold dearest. And we always think of "our" rights in the singular context, nor collectively.

Here's a great quote:

 

"In the perspective of infinity, our differences are infinitesimal".

-Fred Rogers

Dartmouth College, 2002

I guess I would agree to a certain extent about the changing of the culture in America…but I don't think it's the internet per se. I think you have to look at 9/11 as a key factor. Never in the history of America have we been attacked on our own soil to such a scale by a definable enemy. That enemy continues to attack or attempt to attack us on a never-ending basis.

 

I think we have a reason to be suspicious and cautious, even guarded….because if we are not, we surely will be doomed to fight for our lives here at home. That, I believe, drives much of the divisive mantra.