++ [ originally posted by Tom ] ++
I'm sorry but I don't see how that entails belittlement. I happen to believe that the bible is a load of horseshit, thats common knowledge, its called posting one's opinion.
Just drop it or better drop dead. There is a respectful an classy way to get one's opinion across...both of these 'terms' are obviously absent in your proverbial dictionary.
You don't see anything disprespectful about calling it 'bollocks' and stating that religion or the bible is the end result of people having too much time on their hands?? And of course the last HOWLER smiley when refering to Christ is not disrespectful and just oozes with class right Tommy Boy??
There is a difference between making an opinion and be-littlement .... Some may believe that the Royal Family is the biggest load of horsesh*t or that the Koran is b.s. however there are respectful ways to do it and then there is YOUR WAY.
P.S. Other groups have also fought under this "freedom of expression" banner and claim that their RIGHT TO AN OPINION is the 'raison d'etre' of their movements...they claim the don't be-little other races and cultures but rather state an opinion which they state is the truth...
.they are known as the Aryan Nation, the Klu Klux Klan and the Neo-Nazi skinheads.