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Published: 2012-03-13 00:26:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 15535; Favourites: 1326; Downloads: 49
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Sorry to a few of my not-so-stamp-inclined watchers 
I realize I've been on a bit of rant with stamps lately, haha. This should be the last though for a while, I would think!< rant >
Because it's just plain rude and obnoxious.
It goes both ways, of course. There's extremists and hate on both sides -- the religious and not religious. But really, it's extremely tiresome to find a nice piece of art with the topic of religion or no only to find someone attacking other commenters about their beliefs.
For instance: A person comments on a piece of art with religion as it's topic. They mention their beliefs, the creator responds, and they're having a convo about the religion or lack of. Then a new commentor leeches off and starts attacking one of them for what they believe in or not believe in, accusing them of things and just being outright obnoxious.
tl;dr: It's one thing to voice your opinion; it's another to be a complete ass about it.
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Inspired by comments on my last stamp and what I've seen in the comments from recent religion / anti religion art works :V
C'mon people. Religious folk and non religious folk can get along. It's not that hard :'D If I, a sixteen year old Christian, can do it with my various wonderful friends of many beliefs or lack thereof, I'm sure the rest of ya'll can
EDIT: I realize that the stamp itself is rather broad, which is why I tried to be more specific in the artist's comments. There still seems to be some misunderstanding though, so I'll try to clear it up here.
I'm not saying that I discourage confronting people. I'm merely saying that I don't support outright attacking people. You're not going to win someone over by bursting in guns blazing and spitting out nasty things at them. All you're gonna do is make them think you're an ass. However, confronting a person in a civil manner is more likely to get them to listen to you.
EDIT2: I was wondering why I was getting constant faving, only to find that this stamp has gotten onto the second page of 24 hours
Thanks! <3 [edit3: Thanks for front page on "deviantART related" for 24 hours as well 
]EDIT4: Featured~!
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Speaking of attacking someone because of religion is terrible. I hate it when people attack Muslims for their beliefs.
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Says the person whose after attacking people for being non-binary.
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Same.
When I was a kid, on the Internet, I'd attack people for disliking tv shows and books I liked. I was such an idiot.
Honestly - it's just an opinion. They're not killing or torturing you to agree with them, but to some extent, you are torturing them to agree with you.
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You know what they say, actions speak louder than words. I'm Christian and Im friends with people who are agnostic, atheist, even Catholic.
I don't even have a problem with Muslims who legit don't hurt people and keep to themselves. But I do have a problem with Muslims who use their religion to attack innocent people, because they don't believe in their God. That's a big NO NO. People can claim Islam is about peace all they want, but until I start seeing actual practices of peace coming from Islam, I wont believe them. Why do I bring Islam up? Because of the recent attack in New York they just had. And surprise, it was done by a radicalized Muslim.Β =/
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Sorry to interupt, but Catholics are Christians. If you will devide them then you shoukd call yourself protesttant or whatever branch of Christianity you are.Β
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Ngl, I've literally never met a rude or aggressive Muslim. I've had classmates who were Muslim, friends who were Muslim, ran into people on the street who were Muslim, and all of them were perfectly peaceful and polite or really just fun to be around. One of my old friends is a Muslim, too, and we like to joke around about differences and similarities between our religions.Β
I'm not saying you in particular are doing this, but I think in general it's important not to judge an entire religion - whether it be Islam or another - based on what we see on TV or the bad apples that get the most attention. For instance, I hear A LOT about Westboro Baptist Church and white supremacists who use the Bible to promote their actions - have seen shit they've done, too - but I don't associate Christianity in general with those "factions". I view Islam similarly, I don't define it in general by the acts of the insane radicals. There's also the fact that a vast amount of practicing Muslims also openly denounce terrorism and ISIS's acts, too, so that's another thing to think about. :>
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Oh I've met nice Muslims too. Like I said I don't have a problem with those who just want to live peacefully, but honestly Muslims should be fighting to reform their religion. Not forcing it on others and threatening them with terror and death. Funny you say that because people judge Christianity ALL the time. Not to mention bash it. So it seems like it's ok to hate on Christianity, but it's some how phobic to hate on Islam. Right now why shouldn't we hate on Islam when it's basically being taught as a weapon and radicalizing young Muslims?
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Oh yes, I agree. I've heard some Muslims comment that it's already happening, actually!
Bro, I'm Christian, I'm well-aware, LOL. I don't think that's really what's going on, though. Yes, Christianity does get bashed, but because it's a majority religion in this nation and the people who are Christians are far safer from persecution than Muslims, that's why "hating on" Islam can be seen as harsher. We may get "Bible fag" shouted at us and get belittled as "ignorant," but we don't have nearly as many people running up to us and ripping off our hijabs or screaming "terrorist" in our faces or warning their children away from us. This is why hating on any religion can be dangerous, because if the rhetoric becomes too inflamed it can put innocent people of that religion in danger.Β
So with that said, I don't agree with hating on a religion - I do agree with hating on the ones weaponizing it, the radical terror group waving it around as justification for awful deeds.Β
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How many people have actually ripped off hijabs and scream "terrorist!!"? You realize many of those stories have been proven to be fake hate crimes yes? If anything there might be a small number of assholes who do that. But it's not as big as people claim it to be. Muslims in America are not oppressed. If anything they use their Muslim privilege to get what they want or people face being called racist and phobic. Even though Islam and Muslims is NOT a race. Why they claim racism I'll never know. You don't have to be dark skinned to be Muslim. I've seen plenty of white people who have converted to Islam.Β
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Uhhh, yeah, I'm not sure where you're getting your information from, but it appears to be on the opposite end of the spectrum from what I've seen and heard and who I've talked to, so uh, I think it'd just be better to agree to disagree, haha. Not really in the mood for that can of worms discussion, sorry!
As for race,Β I'm not even sure where race came into it, and I've never had nor heard of any Muslim pull a race card before, so :'>
It was nice talking to you, though. Have a great week!
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I can agree to disagree that's fine :3
Yeah I don't know how race came into it either XD I think its the crazy SJWs who make everything about race are to blame. Its always "muh oppression" and "muh race" with them. Basically with SJWs its the oppression and victimhood Olympics with them. xD
You were fun to talk to too. It was nice having a debate without it resorting to name calling and other ridiculous crap haha.
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Bless Β
It's really unfortunate tbh?? Like, sometimes I get a laugh out of radical behaviors, sure; but also, that radical behavior and hyperbole from those who don't even fully understand or aren't even part of the groups being marginalized really harms those who are actually suffering or facing problems that need to be addressed. It happens on both ends, too, (ex: Republicans demonized bc of the KKK supporting their party, even if most Republicans themselves don't support that group) which just makes the divide even worse when people aren't willing to look past the radicals to see those who are perfectly reasonable, even if they have differing opinions. :T //rambled a bit, sorry lol
I agree! It's rare to be able to do that, especially on deviantART lmao. It's often drama-llama central here.Β
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I totally agree 
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I'm a Christian and one of my best friends is an atheist.
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Religious zealots SERIOUSLY need to stop being rude to others with different beliefs. They're the main reason why I don't ever want to be a Christian.
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I agree. Religion is supposed to be about love.
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only if people stopped shoveling if you don't worship my god or believe in Β my god my god will send you to hellΒ
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Uh, quite a lot of people don't do that lol. Dunno what area you're in though so //shrugs
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well i have beenΒ quite around pagan and wiccan videos even though i'm a catholic and it discusses me seeing christian's saying your going to hell on every pagan and wiccan video i come across Β
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Let me guess, YouTube?
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yep and yet there's something about wicca and the pagan path that my spirituality likes Β but Β noooo! were the only way and your going to hell if your not a christian and ever other religion is going send you to hell and your worshiping the devil Β
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Hahaha, yeh I avoid Youtube comment sections like the plague. Same with FaceBook. The crazies always pop up there..
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aha !! I'm a christian and my best friend is an athiest. He's super cool and we don't hate each other just because of our differences !!
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Being an Atheist can be... Hard, at times. Recently I got into a fight with an extremely dedicated Christian who said some pretty rude things to the Atheists of the world.
I'm not against anyone who things different from me unless they start shouting at me about it.
(Also, using the stamp on my profile. Thanks for making it.)
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Somebody once told me they hoped I get raped and sent to hell because I don't believe in evolution.
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s o m e b o d y o n c e t o l d m e
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oh wow that's a little extreme
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Hey would I be able to use this on my page? I love it!
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I agree, attacking people for their beliefs is wrong. I'd rather attack the belief itself, because that's what's causing the problems, not the people who believe it.
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Unless they are pedophiles, terrorists, nazis, animal abusers et all.
Otherwise, I agree.
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Nobody "shoves" homosexuality in anyone's face. They simply want people who believe as you do to stop dehumanizing them, attacking them and even murdering them. Yes, murdering them. People even *suspected* of homosexuality get tortured and killed on our own soil by radical hate groups.
If you don't want to be "insulted" then don't go around telling people that they're lowly, evil filth for the way they are. No, it is not a choice. No evidence has ever demonstrated that it is a choice, and it certainly doesn't harm anyone either. You are in no way inconvenienced by the fact that two men or two women have a relationship anywhere.
It's also heavily debatable that it even is a sin. The bible spends just as much time calling it an "abomination" to eat certain foods like lobster or wear certain fabrics, and Christians don't show any concern for those things at all. Heck, Homosexuality isn't even in the ten commandments, but adultery is, so why are there anti-gay rallies in the streets but not vicious anti-sex-before-marriage rallies?
Leaders over the generations have simply used LGBT people as convenient scapegoats and distractions, just like they use other races or immigrants. Anyone different makes an easy target to unite people against a fake enemy.
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please ignore that comment.
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And the person you responded to, goes around demonizing people he hates as 'lowly, evil filth for the way they are.' He's one of the absolute worst people on this site for that and doesn't even seem to realize his own hypocrisy.
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*facepalm* I think these people would actually burn books if they ever got the chance.
You get a llama just for having to see his name in your inbox.
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Well, forcing someone to do something or believe something is not good on anyone's part. As for personal things like sexuality or another, I never nag them about it and support their love life or choices as long as they don't force it on me. I do support homosexuality as some friends or other people I know are Gay/Lesbian and support them as they are my friends.
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