Good Old Neon

I find it offensive regardless of who is mouthing it

I find it offensive regardless of who is mouthing it

I would guess, in most instances, its use is meant to be ethnically derogatory. But again, that is just a guess. You would have to ask a person who uses such a term in what context it is meant

Honestly, I'm not quite sure - why not ask the Rabbi? http://judaism.about.com/od/orthodoxfaqenk...eorreligion.htm

Well then, you may want to email this Rabbi and set him straight. It's both. http://judaism.about.com/od/orthodoxfaqenk...eorreligion.htm No, I don

Cool - you may want to point that out to Jules.

Am I, hmmm

There is quite a bit of debate surrounding that, so let

Jew (Hebrew: יְהוּדִי, Yehudi (sl.); יְהוּדִים, Yehudim (pl.); Ladino: ג׳ודיו, Djudio (sl.); ג׳ודיוס, Djudios (pl.); Yiddish: ייִד, Yid (sl.); ייִדן, Yidn (pl.))[1] is a member of the Jewish people, an ethnic group originating in the Israelites or "Hebrews" of the ancient Middle East. The ethnicity and the religion of Judaism, the traditional faith of the Jewish nation, are strongly interrelated, and converts to Judaism are both included and have been absorbed within the Jewish people throughout the millennia. Kike is a racial slur based upon ones ethnicity - no?

There are millions upon millions of extremely intelligent, articulate religious folk out there, countless numbers

Calling someone a fool is on par with calling someone a kike or a heeb? Really? Wow? There is going to be a drastic increase in reported hate crimes out there.

No, my point is

Just curious, how many people on this board have ridiculed Scientologists? Let

Is sky god a direct verbal assault against your person, as is the use of nigger or kike?

It

Ok, answer this please: If our civilization was to fall, and rise again, is it possible that a new god may take the place of the current god? And, if so, is it possible that the new version of god would, in no way, resemble the current version? And, if so, would that render current god obsolete?

Ok

I do, of course, understand that

Yet belief in Zeus is every bit as valid as belief in our current version of

Your personal belief does not, but, if you are a member of the Christian faith, the organization you belong to does

It

So, there are subjects in which you generalize

See, I don

Well, you took offense to my use of they, when, it was clear I was referring to a specific

Why is sky god offensive