I made a short list. If you know of any others, please let me know...
God
Jesus
Mary
virgin
Heaven
Hell
Priest (or any other man of worship)
Satan
evolution (or any other science word)
water (as in walk on water)
George Bush
religious right
pedophelia
Catholic (or any other Christian denomination)
atheist (or any form of the word)
scripture
6000 years
Hitler
the inquisition
the crucifix
...
2007-10-10 00:35:33 · 19 answers · asked by I'm an Atheist 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Reason.
Logic.
Rationalism.
Self-reflection.
Skepticism.
Evidence.
Homosexual.
And above all, as noted above, any mention of sex.
Curiosity.
2007-10-10 00:38:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
My two picks would probably be George Bush and Hitler. You cannot blame an entire religion on the acts of a single person, or even a group of people. That is just a high form of bigotry and prejudice. I am American Indian but I do not hate all white people for killing Indians. I was not alive in that time and was not persecuted myself, so I was never offended, and those people who killed Indians are all long dead so why have hate toward those who are in the grave? Do you expect them to rise from the dead just to apologize or defend themselves?
In tenth grade my biology teacher mocked my religious beliefs. Does this give me a right to hate all biologists, or even all scientists? I think not. I do not even want to hate that person because storing hate in the heart is not good for anything.
2007-10-10 01:28:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am a Christian and none of those words offend me. Why would they? (In the case of Hitler, if you believe he was a true Christian as he claimed, then you obviously don't understand Christianity.)
I'm mostly offended by people who insult God or Christians by implying no intelligence, delusional, etc., or by mocking God or Jesus. And those who do it know who they are, but they don't care because they enjoy it. But Jesus was persecuted worse than us, and He prophesied that we would be persecuted also. So when someone does that, it just proves Jesus was real and He was right.
But thank you for your concern. No offense taken.
2007-10-10 02:14:31 · answer #3 · answered by kaz716 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As I look at your list, I don't see any that would necessarily offend outright ANY religion. It all depends on what you're talking about when you use the word. IE: when discussing history, hitler is fine to be mentioned around anyone even a jew, so long as you're NOT denying that the holocaust happened. It's all about context surrounding the word. And as long as you've mentioned from the start that you're not trying to offend anyone, I'm sure that if someone does end up offended that they'll tell you.
2007-10-10 00:43:20 · answer #4 · answered by Minx or moria 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Hell is the state of self-exclusion from communion with God. God won't stress a individual to be with him in heaven, if that individual refuses to be with God. God respects the liberty of his creatures. as a result, hell is a call. while you're an atheist, you may on no account understand approximately heaven and hell.
2016-10-21 21:39:00 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pagan, Wiccan, Nature, Sex, Natural, Homosexual, Magic, Ritual, anything pertaining to ritual (incense, holy water, etc),
Nevermind... at the rate this is going, we'd have to quit talking all together... which I'm sure they'd love, but I don't plan on going there.
2007-10-10 00:46:25 · answer #6 · answered by River 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think everyone should stop using "the." It really offends me.
So, let's discuss religion and spirituality without all those words you mentioned, as well as "the." And while we're at it, we should probably get rid of "a" and "an" as well, because they are just WAY over the line of what is acceptable in knowledgable and civil discourse.
2007-10-10 00:43:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
These words in your list do not offend me. What offends me is being outrightly disrespectful to me or to my God. We have a right to worship what we want without persecution.(Look it up. The dictionary meaning of persecution is literally harassment.) Just like you have the right to NOT worship anything without persecution.
2007-10-10 00:56:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
i'm like Jesus my friend; i don't get offended by any word spoken to me.
i just pray for the person and leave it in god's hands thats all i do.
a believe most christians will agree
but then again i'll advise the non-christians to avoid cursing god the way they do, coz they dont know whats coming their way. rather keep quite they'll be safe
2007-10-10 00:43:11 · answer #9 · answered by doctor 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
in the real sense, I don't think any of these words would offend a true Christian.
2007-10-10 00:42:45 · answer #10 · answered by iii_lonewolf_iii 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
You cannot avoid offending them so why try? Do they seem to care if they offend non christians?
BB
2007-10-10 00:40:24 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋