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Poppinjay · 08-06-2008, 06:28 AM

Part of me wants to argue against DaveOrion's post on respect. There are posters here who gained it from me with their first posts. There are others who lost it the same way.

But the fact of the matter is that there are those who felt driven away because of their political beliefs or their religious beliefs. For some reason, Buddhism can be discussed, Islam can be discussed, Toaism, Hindi, Judea, Wicca, all can be discussed. But whenever a thread is started on Christianity, there is always an element who feels compelled to comment, "nah, bunch of foolishness".

I'm reminded of the time Pastor Tim started a thread on relevant bible passages, and ended up leaving the board. Why can't these philosophies be discussed without someone slamming the whole idea? What Christians are supposed to follow has nothing to do with televanglists or boufant hairdoos in pastel pants suits.

Maybe I should call people on those particular posts, but that's no fun. I'm not a thumper by any means, and would describe myself as a taoist more than anything, but I really like reading about different religious beliefs and don't understand why there is such an anti-christ (OMG! TFP is teh 666!) attitude.

08-06-2008, 06:28 AM	#13 (permalink)
Poppinjay You had me at hello Location: DC/Coastal VA	Part of me wants to argue against DaveOrion's post on respect. There are posters here who gained it from me with their first posts. There are others who lost it the same way. But the fact of the matter is that there are those who felt driven away because of their political beliefs or their religious beliefs. For some reason, Buddhism can be discussed, Islam can be discussed, Toaism, Hindi, Judea, Wicca, all can be discussed. But whenever a thread is started on Christianity, there is always an element who feels compelled to comment, "nah, bunch of foolishness". I'm reminded of the time Pastor Tim started a thread on relevant bible passages, and ended up leaving the board. Why can't these philosophies be discussed without someone slamming the whole idea? What Christians are supposed to follow has nothing to do with televanglists or boufant hairdoos in pastel pants suits. Maybe I should call people on those particular posts, but that's no fun. I'm not a thumper by any means, and would describe myself as a taoist more than anything, but I really like reading about different religious beliefs and don't understand why there is such an anti-christ (OMG! TFP is teh 666!) attitude. __________________ I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet Last edited by Poppinjay; 08-06-2008 at 06:32 AM..