Why cant you just ridicule faith itself and not the people who have it?

Because they're the ones who perpetuate it?

Because without people believing in it it would be harmless dead mythology

I'm not going to bother ridiculing Zues or Greek mythology or whatever

It's the believers that give it power. The faith itself is just fiction. I'm not going ridicule an idea. Ideas don't have feelings. It's the people that can feel it. You don't burn a flag alone. Flags don't have nerve endings. You do it in front of someone stupid enough to care. The flag doesn't care.

How do you know? Have you asked one? ;)

Incidentally, a red letter day: I agree with your sentiments above. Not, however, how you choose to apply them. Still, it's interesting that for once we're if not on the same page, at least using the same marker.

Dude

We have lots in common

I hate when people do this. Look at individual issues instead of global vision.

What we have in common:

1) environmental concerns
2) opposition to corporate greed
3) Desire for peace
4) justice for the queer community
5) end misogyny
6) end racism
7) end starvation and poverty

I feel like we're on the same team just discussing ideas about how the get there

ftfy

What did you fix?

Changed "misogyny" to "sexism". I know: took me ages to suss it too.

Yes but in the context of this discussion the people of islam/faith are not the sole perpetuators of terrorism that Occult is making them out to be.

Let's play: Islam vs the rest of the world

Terrorism game. Starting now will play to ten. Each act of terrorism gets one point!!!