Reply #137: Judaism isn't subject to the same "ridicule" because... [View All]

[UdoKier]

The vast majority of Jews don't take the Bible as a literal retelling of history, but what it is - a book full of allegory and metaphor.

Christians get the brunt of it because they are the ones trying to force everybody else in the society to follow THEIR rules and observe THEIR rituals.

I disagree with the broad-brush statements that ALL Christians are like the wacked-out fundies, but it seems people who are annoyed by the "fairy tale" type comments (I personally prefer "myth" or "mythology") must be quite hypersensitive and weak of faith. After all, how can you be a grown adult practicing any religion and not taken into consideration the fact that all religions are based on stories that have only as much basis in demonstrable fact as a fairy tale.

For all we know, there is an all-powerful God, who sits and watches and does nothing as we slaughter one another on this planet, and for all we know, dragons and fairies once populated the landscape. Neither can be proven or disproven, and they are both based on old folk tales.

It's religious people who have failed to keep their own beliefs and superstitions at home, and continue to drag them into what should be a secular public debate. I have yet to have an atheist come knock on my door and try to convert me, or an atheist come on TV and tell me that I have to follow his belief system.