Gee, Dan, I should have seen that coming and ran down there and slammed that bigot to the platform. I will get right on that.

Seriously, I didn’t hear about it until right now.

My argument still stands. And look: I don’t even consider myself much of a Christian. Truth be told, I’m a very weak theist who leans agnostic. I don’t make those comments in an effort to defend Christianity: I actually find organized religion to be pretty abhorrent. However, as I noted above: we can easily cherry-pick and find negative examples of things. Good For You certainly seems to keep up on all the negative points of view espoused – and that’s fine. Malicious intent shouldn’t be tolerated. But, again, this is not a “mainstream” issue. This is certainly becoming more common-place, yes…but that’s not the same thing as “mainstream.” I’ve attended any number of churches with friends that aren’t in any way making statements such as the one noted by Good For You – and the churches are mainstream denominations. Certainly that’s only anecdotal, and I recognize that. However, as much as I hate religion, it is in no way accurate to argue that “mainstream Christianity” – and by extension mainstream Christians – categorically feel this way. It’s doubtful they do; moreover, it’s doubtful that it could be proven either.