It's just not Rick, there is a religious intolerance for most things Christian here in the USA. Look at this - other "religions and stuff" is fine, but not if it is Christianity:

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/st-louis-cardinals-draw-christian-cross-pitcher-mound-173805257.html

Most people get their views of Christianity from the media news or isolated situations.



>>Yes, that is true, I try to filter out those parts that seem to be rather insulting, I think that perhaps he does not mean it on a personal level.
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>Reading this thread I realize how much I missed after putting him on my twit list. And I'm just glad I missed it.
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>> If at all someone should be called evil it's not those that organize the Southwest Fox event, but rather those multi billion dollar organizations that produce their products with cheap labor in eastern countries under inhuman circumstances, then ship that stuff back to the western countries, sell it with a large profit margin, and then transfer those profits outside of their country to evade tax payments. Most of us strive to do a decent living and help where we can or where we are asked.
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>I once tried to google "church condemns corporation" and got about zero hits. Rick is no exception. When they rant against sin, it's always about their members' private lives, or not giving enough money to church (at least from how they depict their habits in the media), never a word against corporations, banksters et al.
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>What Rick delivers here (what he did in that month or two while I tried to reason with him) is deliberately applicable to anyone who disagrees, so if you take it at face value, it is personal. If you try to take it seriously, than it's insulting on many more levels.