Yes, it does. If an evolution advocate says something like "man evolved from monkeys", you can be sure that a dozen or so other evolution believers, including myself, would jump on him and correct him right away. If an atheist claims that all atheists believe in Satan, you can be sure that I'd be one of the first to point out right away that atheists also don't believe in Satan.
But everytime a christian says something wacky like johnfolton just did, all we get are some cricket chirpings from your side.
Silence IS another way of telling the world you agree with them.
Think of it this way, Taz - most of the Christians around here likely think johnfolton is just as crazy and sexist as you or I do. They certainly don't practice the same specific flavor of Christianity. They likely don't even feel that johnfolton is actually misrepresenting their beliefs, simply because he's so far off the deep end.
Aside from that, the Atheists don't jump on each other en masse, either. A few will point out the error - and that was done in this thread, as well. It was done by
female Christian members, but once the point has been made, is a
male Christian then obligated to step in and affirm "yes, johnfolton is sexist, and no, this does not represent my beliefs or Christianity as a whole."? It really would just be repetition of previous posts.
Silence, when the point has already been refuted by others, does not constitute agreement, and that leaves out real-life concerns of time and attention to a specific thread as well.
When you know you're going to wake up in three days, dying is not a sacrifice. It's a
painful inconvenience.
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