I hear (see) christians talk (type) as if the opposite of christianity is atheism and vice versa. that's so self-centered! (i see us do it a little too, but i figure an awful lot of us -- not me, as it happens -- come from christian backgrounds.) if you're not a christian, you must be an atheist. if you stop being an atheist you'll be a christian. there are no other religious choices! of course, if one is an atheist (i am) then all gods are equally nonexistent, so i am not complaining that other religions are being discounted because i want to defend one or another of them. i am complaining that other religions are being ignored because it's annoying that christians are so self-centered! (and that's the least of their problems, too!)
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