I hate religious people, why is that a problem?

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We have a lot of talks about the relationship between Science and Religion coming up in our church soon.

Sorry, not quite with the flow, but relevant.

I dont hate the religous people i just hate the ones who try to convert you

Alright, stop waving that cross in my face and bugger off. Hate speech, fool, would be me saying "Burn the churches and mosques!" - very different to a simple acknowledgment of feeling. What's this garbage about homosexuals?
How on earth do you draw comparison? Or is that another one of your knee-jerk "bow down to Jesus" reactions, slowmutant?

Thought so.

Criticizing or talking against people's religion or beliefs is not hate speech. You can't exactly find anything that makes homosexuality wrong logically therefore your attacks on it would have to be based on just pure bigotry. (Horrible example you chose by the way) Religion on the other hand is something that you can argue about just as you can with politics. Most people here don't find it as hate speech, and if you don't like to argue about it you shouldn't bother viewing these threads. The title is clearly "I hate religious people", that should be in itself a red flag for you.

lol @ you having the user name of one of Abraham's sons and raging against the religious.

With that out of the way, you kind of have to put up with the religious. They're not going away for a long, long time.

Start flaming Islam and see how well that argument holds. And he specifically said his problem isn't wholly (or even primarily) with the religion but with its followers. So go ahead, start making derogatory remarks about Muslims and see how the mods react. But when it is (at least implied) that the group being criticized are Christians, any criticism is allowed.

Hypocrisy.

Well in a sense I have more respect for Christians than I do for Muslims. If I was born a Muslim and committed Apostasy, like I apparently did earlier in my life to the Christian faith my parents forced on me, I'd be put to death. There's plenty to criticize about Islam, and I don't see how it differs from criticizing Christians. Especially here on the internet, I doubt anyone's going to feel threatened by death threats considering just about all of us are anonymous here.

Must add that I respect all religions but have most respect for Islam if I really have to chart it. But that is once again a personal opinion, I think religion always comes down to opinions and thus we need to respect each others point of views. Hate speech is just so pointless, just live and let live.

I hate religion, but not people for having religion.

Sorta like the way Religionists put it: "Hate the sin, but love the sinner." In my case, it's "Hate religion, but give religionists an even break."

At least until they start bagging on me for my beliefs ...

Indeed.

How is it hypocrisy? Knee-jerk religious rally... Yeesh.
Slowmutant, you abase yourself before a god that states; Thou Shalt Not Kill! ...but, go ahead and try genocide on Ireland and conquest of Israel...

Admit it, chaff, you hate "infidels" as much as they hate you - and you're still waving that cross at everyone. Hypocritical? Why, yes. I do believe you are.

I never singled out Christianity, morons!! But, it's come up more than once because of the prevalence of "bow down before Christ almighty, infidel!!" rabid christians here.
Why must you play the wounded dog when somebody disagrees with religion in general?
Are you that insecure about your beliefs?! Weakness.

In other words, you're a bigot and a hatemonger, morally identical to Islamicist jihadists.

No, knee-jerker, no.
I would not subject religious people to degradation; I merely state my mind.
I would not rally others to believe as I do; I merely state my mind.
I hold morals as identified by physical and natural law. I would not blow people up for thinking different.

But, though you fail to realize, you prove my point.

In my experience, walking up to someone and saying "I hate you! And I hate the things you like!" is probably the least productive thing to say to anyone. Ever.

It depends, do you go around telling people you hate religious folk or do you only tell people who ask? Becuase if it is the latter than I don't really see a problem, I mean they are asking you for your opinion. I generally think that hating anyone is out of line, but that is just my opinion.

Making presuppositions is also not very productive. "Before you attack the gazebo, find out what it is".

Pleas note, I am not "having a go" or anything, I'm trying to have a reasoned debated.

Sling, it's the latter. I only tell it to their face if they say I'll burn in hell for not doing as their two thousand/three thousand/fifteen hundred, etc., year old books say. So long as they keep it in their pants, fine.

As for the knee-jerker remark; previous experiences with dogbrain, adding to that his suggestion of bigotry - likely without bothring to read all posts in full - prompted the comment.

This thread may have been a bad idea; an attempt to suggest that the mentality I have encountered that it is wrong to hate and tolerate religions, that I should instead "change my thinking" and like them, is in itself wrong.
Instead, I've mostly had to defend against religious attacks - few even care about the question.

I already answered your question on the first page.