conuly

I suppose that's done intentionally, to squick people with a metaphor of violation.

The truth is, what's being 'shoved down their throats' is the fact that they are not more equal than others. and have no right under the law to inflict their religious beliefs on people who don't share them. My point is that they obviously don't believe in their own alleged 'beliefs' anyway, or they'd devote their energy to following Christ, not to persecuting oythers.

I think it's important to be clear about that, whether or not one identifies as a Christian. Jesus stated in no uncertain terms what he expected of his followers; how they were to live in the world, and that pious words and public displays would not fool God about what was in their hearts. He didn't allow for any 'lukewarm' either; what we call 'half-assed' these days, and he had a LOT to say on the subject of 'whited sepulchres'.

What do the Christians say, every time some perverse Bible-thumper gets caught in a heinous crime? "He wasn't a Real Christian!" Okay then, fine, let's separate the sheep from the goats: everybody who's living by the word of Christ on one side, and everybody who's just paying it lip service on the other. I don't see any reason why either Christians or non-Christians should give any 'benefit of the doubt' to fake Christians, when Jesus himself said that he sure wasn't going to.