#ygfi

AFL definitely. Even though this has been an excellent summer of cricket and I have a new favourite player and an attachment to this team I haven’t had since the 06/07 whitewash side, AFL is far and away my favourite.

ygfi replied to your post:astalavista115 replied to your post:astalavista115...

let’s be honest, you’d pull it off pretty damn well.

ygfi replied to your post:[[MOR]I’ve discovered lately that I have very...

Word counts are a pain like that. Some times yeah, couple short sentences, done. Others is like, there’s so much bloody nuance to what I’m trying to say and I’m running out of distinct words to use!! And not a lot of between those two things.

I mean, yeah. If you ever want to learn, you have to be open to being wrong, but it’s hard to function if you’re in a perpetual state of self-doubt -Especially if you’re an ass on the internet. Anyway, hope that this was somewhat enlightening, gnight

I agree it's an arsehole thing to do unprovoked; and too many individuals take part. Alas there lies the problem of being inside one's own head and not another's; that one's own beliefs are generally assumed to be the ones that are correct.

The thing with that, I'd argue, is that no-one has to assume that their own opinions are correct. Or rather, everyone does, but there is a difference between assuming oneself to be correct, and attacking those with a different opinion.

Well if we're talking about motivation behind action, then what you believe is irrelevant. So from outside, one sees the delusions of the religious as a sickness to be cured; and I suppose going on with that analogy, some would rather amputate than..

But then by them doing that, you're bringing belief into it. One person believes that there is a God, and the other believes that the "delusions" of religion are a "sickness".

So why is one person's beliefs more important than another's? Because let me tell you, being on the receiving end of people who see it as a sickness? That's not so fun.

I've had anons on here [who I've just deleted because I'm not going to grace them with a response] who've tried to tell me that I shouldn't believe what I do because I'm wasting my time. Because there isn't a God. There isn't a reason to hope. There's nothing goof that comes with having faith.

Which I think is funny. And that is because whenever I mention on here how much fandom helped me mentally, I get overwhelming support and people agreeing. But then, if I mention that the only reason I got to the point where I found fandom, the only reason I stopped wanting to die was because I had God to help me through it? Then I get laughed at. Then I get abuse.

How's that fair?

Why and how is it fair that those of us who are religious, and yet believe in equality, who are not homophobic or misogynistic, who support everyone in getting to where they want to be regardless of their background, their family, their religion (or lack thereof), their friends, their musical choices, whatever, are told to break down?