Alright, let's go, smart guy/girl...
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Originally Posted by jammies
I am the last person to defend any kind of religion, but anyone who mocks Wicca and yet believes in some kind of God is a hypocrite. There is just as much evidence for Wiccan beliefs as there is for Christian, Muslim or other mainstream faiths. And at least the Wiccans aren't all fixated on telling other people what their morals should be.
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Why do you get to be so offended because someone knocked on your door and invited you to join their church?! Boo effin' hoo. Mormons interupting your Jerry Springer hour doesn't give you free reign to have a hissy fit. Just say, "No thank you." and move on with the rest of your life. I am not a hypocrite because I go to church on Sunday.
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Originally Posted by jammies
Your example is not even close to being a good analogy - 'hockey fan' and 'Oiler fan' are not two instances of things of the same type, you are trying to link a category and member of a category. Of course the correct comparison "Am I a hypocritical Flames fan if I mock Oiler fans?" doesn't support your point, which is why you didn't use it...
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In my analogy, "hockey fan" = "being religious" and "supporting a particular team while I support another" = "having a certian set of beliefs that differs from my own" doesn't appear to me to be that vague or obtuse. An Oiler fan would probably agree that they like hockey, and someone who practices Wicca would probably admit to being somewhat religious.
I think my comparison was perfectly clear to the majority of CP'ers.
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Originally Posted by jammies
However, comparing a believer of one type with a believer of another doesn't have the same issue of category confusion - IF you believe in one thing, mocking others who believe in something different, but no less plausible, is hypocritical as you are essentially mocking belief itself - claiming that it is a positive characteristic in yourself but a negative characteristic in others.
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I wasn't mocking the religion, I was mocking the sensitivity of dissentowner. Was dissentowner expecting people to write about how brave he/she was to come out and state his/her Wiccan beliefs? Or ask how they can become Wiccan?
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Originally Posted by jammies
As far as the OP being overly sensitive, I will remember that next time someone brings up their Christian beliefs and then starts moaning about how misunderstood and reviled the poor Christians are, and how other religions get off easy in comparison. I don't think it's too much to expect that if someone wants to talk to other Wiccans here, the amount of mockery to actual discussion might at least stay under a 1:1 ratio.
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Good point, nobody puts down Christians, especially here on CP.
I think it is perfectly clear that your biases towards organized religion are preventing you from making competent responses in this thread. Please prove me wrong, or refrain from posting further.