may you find everything you are looking for.
You're great. Check in once in a while, okay?

wont they speak russian?

"A loving man and woman in a committed relationship can marry. Dogs, no matter what their relationship, are not allowed to marry. How should society treat gays and lesbians in committed relationships? As dogs or as humans?"

I wish you all the best. May you find happiness wherever you can.

I'll keep fighting the anti-religion here as long as I can, though I fear the battle will never be won.

Know that you will be missed, and that you will be welcome here if ever you choose to return.

God be with you.

Nobody is anti-religious here. Are you high?

From what I read out of the comments on the last section, it seems you're being very close-minded about this, especially with Jeff...

We're not anti-religious. But we don't like it to be shoved on us. We're not going to praise YOUR God. And considering the standards for LGBT people that most religions uphold, no, we're not very fond of them because they all tell us we're going to Hell or the equivalent.
But we don't discriminate anybody...

Anyways, have fun with your Russians. Maybe they'll like your whining as much as we do :I

you have a msulim freind!? no fair i want a muslim friend! i cant expet the internet or a book to get me to understand islam!

"A loving man and woman in a committed relationship can marry. Dogs, no matter what their relationship, are not allowed to marry. How should society treat gays and lesbians in committed relationships? As dogs or as humans?"

Let Lone Wolf go. He's made his choice, and all you're doing is confirming that it's the right one. He's right about how anti-religious people here can get, and if you're going to deny it rather than try to correct it, he's perfectly justified in leaving this whole intolerant pit.

I will be Lone Wolf's champion if I must. You can all fight me. Just let him go.

FYI, the original post here was edited, in case anyone's confused why ferrets seems to be randomly going on about people speaking Russian, and why no one references Oasis being an intolerant pit in their comments.

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"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are." - Kurt Cobain

Those three instances (and there was more than one objectionable remark in each of the three) ought to be enough. They probably are the most glaring examples, but they're not the only ones. Another good recent example is here:

http://www.oasisjournals.com/2011/02/i-shall-continue-the-people-theory-...

'Intolerant pit' is a bit of an exaggeration, yes, but this is supposed to be an Oasis. A little patch of sanctuary in the midst of a desert. We come here to escape intolerance, not reverse it.

I'll try to frame this in a way we can all understand. Just as much of the rest of the world is tainted by a not-always-explicitly homophobic attitude, so this site is pervaded with an anti-religious attitude. The atheists claim that their belief is more 'logical' or 'rational' and therefore superior - well, you know what, heterosexuality makes more sense from a logical standpoint as well: biologically, sex exists for purposes of reproduction, and only heterosexual intercourse can fulfill that purpose. Weirdly enough, homosexuality and spirituality have a lot in common - they're both illogical, they both bring persecution upon their practitioners, they both exist nonetheless and should be accepted rather than condemned.

Lone Wolf never pushed his beliefs onto anyone. Never. All he did was express them - he was not a closet theist. I'm proud of him for that, very proud. Some of the atheists here, on the other hand, exalt their own views or speak disrespectfully of religion - whether for its lack of rational basis, or for all the atrocities that have been committed in its name, or for any other reason. Nobody has actively pushed conversion in either direction, but it was only ever the atheists I saw to tout their side's superiority.

We've found four examples, powerful and recent ones, of anti-religious remarks. I challenge you to find anything Lone Wolf ever wrote that could be construed as anti-atheism.

I don't care whether lonewolf leaves or not, that's his decision to make and that's the end of that.

But I will say my concern now is people will be treading on eggshells and too scared to voice their opinions, however 'intolerant' that opinion seems to be, fearing the offence it might cause. An intolerant view is a view nonetheless, and hiding it only provides it immunity from criticism.

It is good that lonewolf voiced his dissatisfaction. But I see people here are starting to say they aren't 'anti-religious' (whatever that label is supposed to mean) seemingly to diffuse tension. People don't need to self-censor their opinions or criticisms of religion, because in the same way lonewolf should never had to self-censor his faith. What people have to understand is religion is a spectrum, although the criticisms people had were not baseless but instead directed at religious conservatism (which definitely exists) that needs moderation. Since lonewolf doesn't even self-identify with such conservative beliefs, I think all the drama on here just feels like two ships passing at night.

Hmmmm... I see that a lot of my journals are being cited here as "anti-religious". First of all, if anyone ever feels I'm being a stupid asshole, tell me, pm me, even call me a stupid asshole, call me a motherfucking moron, whatever, but I write journals in a passionate state, and I'm not afraid to voice my views. Intolerance of opposing views is exactly what I'm trying to get past here.
I've deleted journals before because they were unfair or mean, and will undoubtedly do so again, as I vent here, and my form of venting is stimulating conversation.
As for Lonewolf, he's voiced his concerns, copiously I might add, and I looked at them but I didn't see any problems with what I wrote.

The one about people theory, so far all I saw was the Catholic priest raping thing, which I explained in my comment. I don't think I was being unfair.

The one about the loneliness of atheism, I think the strife came in the comments, and the journal anyway was more about the negatives of atheism than those of religion.

And as for the one I posted last night, most of it was not about religion at all, save for the last bit, which I explicitly mentioned was a personal observation, one thing I've noticed. Frankly I believe it would be an overreaction to get offended.

So, I never decided to delete any of the journals because I felt there was nothing unfair about them, even after the fact. However, the amount of strife and hate and picking of sides this has caused is really poisonous, not my intention, and I don't know why it came about, I'm truly clueless in the extreme as to where any, let alone all of this is coming from. And so I shall delete all the journals, although I will save the people theory on my own computer and maybe run with that in the future, as I think that was one of my best journals I've written on this site.

No one escapes from life alive

Please, don't delete anything. We need to address this problem, not deny that it has been. I don't have time now to argue anything, but when I do, I will. Just don't delete the journals.

I hate the deletion of journals! To me deleting posts feels like trying to change history/deny what has happened. And that just makes me think 1984. But... awww... too late. I don't see anything wrong with people stating why they are or aren't religious in itself, but that did get over-the-top and yes, intolerant. That's not a good thing and Lonewolf's leaving makes sense, though it is a bit extreme. It may prove to be a good choice and it may not. It makes me sad, but if Lonewolf believes it's for the best, it is. It's no one's choice but the person being hurt, who has a rather good reason.
I agree with MacAvity again on the whole 'heterosexuality' argument. Jeff, just because atheism is (mostly) based on science doesn't make that whole comparison any less true.
I actually have a timer of how-long-I'll-be-on-before-returning-to-homework going and it just timed out, so I'll stop here.
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