Am I being too sensitive?

[Dorothea]

Maybe because I've been dealing with some negativity lately with people misunderstanding my faith and such, but this was posted on another site I am a member of by a young gal who is leaning towards Wicca, but is not sure what she is. :sigh: And I didn't find it funny, although it was supposedly a joke. I don't find killing funny, but maybe I am too sensitive. I guess I'm tired of the slam on Christianity, period. Here's what the "joke" was.


Christianity: Killing you in God's name for over 2000 years.

Judaism: Believing they are the chosen ones for over 5000 years.

Wicca: Pretending to be an ancient religion since 1957.

Buddhism: Being spiritually apathetic longer than anyone else.

Asatru: Pillaging and burning long before Microsoft.

Scientology: Making celebrities pay for God since 1950.


http://ohmygods.
timerift.net/

Some pagan site.

I asked her what about Islam. That isn't in there for killing. And so, sometimes I can be too serious, but come on. I bet if it would've said Wicca: killing in the Goddess's name for 2000 year, she wouldn't think that was funny. :( :sigh: :sorry: :(

[SeraphimSarov]

Who knows. If I had a dime for every time somebody insulted me for my Catholic beliefs... just ignore it; it's not worth being upset over.

[Protoevangel]

No, I don't think you are being too sensitive. The world hates our God, and therefore hates us. Some Christians even have the opportunity to be tortured and killed for their faith.

[Kristos]

I think it was meant as a joke. To bad this type of perception does actually exist - otherwise it wouldn't be much of a joke...:)

[Mary of Bethany]

If you repeat a lie often enough . . . . . . .

:(

Mary

[EmperorConstantine]

Idiots: plaguing the world since Tower of Babel.:):P

[TrueHope]

If you repeat a lie often enough . . . . . . .

:(

Mary
I agree with this!

Anyone of those attacked in those statements would be offended.

[Lukaris]

I think they are just trying to be satirical; however, many satirists usually leave out Islam because they seem to be cowards.

[Dorothea]

Well, thank you all for your support. I was feeling pretty crummy last night. I guess I'd just gotten so tired of that type of junk. I mean, nobody else in the joke was mentioned killing people. It just seemed so wrong. :( But, I understand this stuff is normal. It's ok to slam Christians, just no other religion to that degree, for Pete's sake.

[SeraphimSarov]

It's ok to slam Christians, just no other religion to that degree, for Pete's sake.

Sounds like typical 21st century America to me. :(

[Shubunkin]

It's not funny to me, either. It's not even true!! Usually jokes in order to be funny need a little truth to them, or they just come across as a lie.

[Sothron]

I think they are just trying to be satirical; however, many satirists usually leave out Islam because they seem to be cowards.

That and we saw the last time someone made a joke about Islam in the newspapers how that turned out.

Islam: killing innocent people for a cartoon of a false prophet for about 1300 years.

[Shubunkin]

nevermind

[Futuwwa]

That and we saw the last time someone made a joke about Islam in the newspapers how that turned out.

Islam: killing innocent people for a cartoon of a false prophet for about 1300 years.

1300 years? Was there cartoons in 7th century Arabia?

[Shubunkin]

1300 years? Was there cartoons in 7th century Arabia?
:)

[Protoevangel]

Futuwwa,

You asked it wrong. No Orthodox person will understand your question. You must phrase it like this:

Was it cartoons in 7th century Arabia? No! Is Outrage!

[Thekla]

I don't think you're being oversensitive !

but maybe I'm oversensitive

the Theotokos and the Saints get derided on GT ... that bothers me, too

Maybe its GTitis :sigh:

[Futuwwa]

Futuwwa,

You asked it wrong. No Orthodox person will understand your question. You must phrase it like this:

Was it cartoons in 7th century Arabia? No! Is Outrage!

Oh, I don't think you understood what I meant. How can Muslims have rioted over cartoons for 1300 years when there were no cartoons in the beginning.

Though, one could certainly add the following to the list...

Wahhabism: If it was not in 7th century Arabia, it is Outrage!

(yeah, that seems to be very much how Wahhabism operates)

and to be fair

Islam: Like Christianity, is 600 years behind, but tries very hard to catch up!

[Sothron]

Oh, I don't think you understood what I meant. How can Muslims have rioted over cartoons for 1300 years when there were no cartoons in the beginning.

Though, one could certainly add the following to the list...

Wahhabism: If it was not in 7th century Arabia, it is Outrage!

(yeah, that seems to be very much how Wahhabism operates)

and to be fair

Islam: Like Christianity, is 600 years behind, but tries very hard to catch up!

It was a joke. :P

Although to be fair Islam has always overreacted to graphical depictions of Muhommad.

[Futuwwa]

Like these (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depictions_of_Muhammad#Depiction_by_Muslims)?

[EmperorConstantine]

WWFVD?

What Would Fr. Vasily Do?


Was it being too sensitive in 19th century Russia?
No! Het! Is Outrage!

[SeraphimSarov]

WWFVD?

What Would Fr. Vasily Do?


Was it being too sensitive in 19th century Russia?
No! Het! Is Outrage!
Was it sensitivity in 19th century Russia? HET! Fr. Vasiliy take his lumps like man! No godless dirty rotten communist pigdogs make Fr. Vasiliy upset!

[SeraphimSarov]

Though, one could certainly add the following to the list...

Wahhabism: If it was not in 7th century Arabia, it is Outrage!

(yeah, that seems to be very much how Wahhabism operates)

^_^