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[Loud Whispers]

I need a good reason against angering the citizen hive mind and eliminating my only source of meat shields, so yes and no :|

[Amallar]

Well, I have heard equal share of nonsense from real worshippers of certain (mostly monotheistic) religions. It does not strike me so odd - in cults, reason and critical thinking must go down the drain.

Blessed are those who feast on my flesh and drink of my blood.

Sounds about right to any reasonable DF player.

[Garath]

Well, I have heard equal share of nonsense from real worshippers of certain (mostly monotheistic) religions. It does not strike me so odd - in cults, reason and critical thinking must go down the drain.

Blessed are those who feast on my flesh and drink of my blood.

sounds like christianity

never got there, but they offer you food and drink (bread and water or was it wine) which is supposedly christs blood and flesh.

bunch of closet cannibals

[Girlinhat]

Well, I have heard equal share of nonsense from real worshippers of certain (mostly monotheistic) religions. It does not strike me so odd - in cults, reason and critical thinking must go down the drain.

Blessed are those who feast on my flesh and drink of my blood.

sounds like christianity

That was the whole point.  Observe it closely enough and Christianity is all-around terrible.  I assume the same for all serious religions as well, but I can't say I've spent much time around the others, so I'm not going to throw those stones.

[Loud Whispers]

so I'm not going to throw those stones.

Poor choice of words

[Bilanthri]

so I'm not going to throw those stones.

Poor choice of words

"All I said was that piece of ham was fit for Jehova."

[Frogwarrior]

Well, I have heard equal share of nonsense from real worshippers of certain (mostly monotheistic) religions. It does not strike me so odd - in cults, reason and critical thinking must go down the drain.

Blessed are those who feast on my flesh and drink of my blood.

sounds like christianity

That was the whole point.  Observe it closely enough and Christianity is all-around terrible.  I assume the same for all serious religions as well, but I can't say I've spent much time around the others, so I'm not going to throw those stones.

naaaaaaaaaaaah

[Vanaheimer]

so I'm not going to throw those stones.

Poor choice of words

"All I said was that piece of ham was fit for Jehova."

HERETIC!

[Eric Blank]

Well, I have heard equal share of nonsense from real worshippers of certain (mostly monotheistic) religions. It does not strike me so odd - in cults, reason and critical thinking must go down the drain.

Blessed are those who feast on my flesh and drink of my blood.

sounds like christianity

That was the whole point.  Observe it closely enough and Christianity is all-around terrible.  I assume the same for all serious religions as well, but I can't say I've spent much time around the others, so I'm not going to throw those stones.

Ready, aim, fire?

They're all pretty much just as bad.

DF needs an actual religious system, though, so we can mock reality even more for managing to be more horrifying than DF.

[Frogwarrior]

i got an idea, let's be bigoted and insulting towards EVERYONE, what a great plan

[KodKod]

That was the whole point.  Observe it closely enough and Christianity is all-around terrible.  I assume the same for all serious religions as well, but I can't say I've spent much time around the others, so I'm not going to throw those stones.

Ready, aim, fire?
They're all pretty much just as bad.
DF needs an actual religious system, though, so we can mock reality even more for managing to be more horrifying than DF.

Oh heavens no. The pair of you, you've managed to offend someone it would seem. Shock, horror!
I bet you're both absolutely mortified.

[Loud Whispers]

bigoted

insulting

Neither of these things are present, everything is being said at face value

[Frogwarrior]

bigoted

insulting

Neither of these things are present, everything is being said at face value

... Those things do not require one to not say things at face value...

[Flying Dice]

bigoted

insulting

Neither of these things are present, everything is being said at face value

... Those things do not require one to not say things at face value...

Hm? Catholicism places great importance on symbolic cannibalism and split with the various Protestant demoninations because of disputes over (among other things) corruption and idolatry, Buddhism was a major factor in the development of the Silk Road, Islam considers visual depictions of religious individuals and events to be wrong and has a strong emphasis on respect for merchants because it developed in trading hubs, Confucianism isn't really a religious, contrary to popular belief, etc. etc.

Stating facts or presenting things as they are shouldn't be offensive, unless the bare facts are so detestable as to be offensive. 

[Frogwarrior]

Well, I have heard equal share of nonsense from real worshippers of certain (mostly monotheistic) religions. It does not strike me so odd - in cults, reason and critical thinking must go down the drain.

Hm... so these monotheistic religions are "cults," and of course the stock implication that they are devoid of reason and critical thinking, not to mention the term "nonsense."

Next was a post saying "Yup, I'm totally going to identify a major world religion with the things that you just said."

Then another saying "Yeah, and all the other ones too."

Bigotry does not require that one make only untrue statements, nor that one think one is doing anything other than "stating facts." For example, what you said was not evidence of bigotry. The things above, though, certainly smell like it - because of what the posters assumed qualified as "obvious facts."