Ooh! Ooh! Pick me!
This is the differnece between Christianity and those who model themselves after it - including many protestant sects. Those who are just playing religion, have no grounding, no understanding of authority for their beliefs and thusly don't understand or care about the impact of undermining said authority. The only authority to them is their clergy and feelings - that is cultic - not Christian.
...this coming from the guy who wrote a little later in this thread...:
Were "blacks" or "African-Americans" substituted for "fundamentalists" or "creationists," their rantings would be seen for what they are: bigotry. They would likley be banned from posting. Dr. Stochastic, Vade Retro, RightWingNilla, Central Scrutinizer, Dimensio, bert, and Junior are bigots.
You might check your citation.
Muslim extremists and Communists insulted Christians as well. Their insults later led to genocide, both in Sudan recently and in the Soviet Union and China some years ago. The pattern is familiar: you demonize your opponents when out of power. Then when you gain power, you slowly turn up the pressure on your opponents. Denial of civil liberties is followed by economic restrictions. Confiscation of property and physical harassment follow. Finally, the opponents are relegated to concentration camps and often slow death.
Bigoted statements from anyone must be taken seriously. There is enough blood on the hands of atheists, Muslims, Christians, pagans, etc., against their opponents through history to warrant this concern.