OT - Politics, Religion... the taboos

[CycleGiant3]

[QUOTE=slinkedog]I will tell you there's little that bothers me more than when someone who claims to be a disciple of Jesus Christ uses their belief in him as a reason to be hateful toward others.

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Slinke-
This is basically what I meant as well. Additionally, it upsets me when I feel that people use the Bible to justify their hate. You just said it a little better.

[spazzdog]

Preface - I don't care what religion one chooses, be you born into or born again, converted or no religion at all. As long as the interpretation of "God's Word" hasn't been twisted, turned and baked into a crazy cookie, I have no issue.

However, the group from somewhere in ho-dunk America that is traveling around the states protesting this that and the other thing is making me a little tense. Yes, they're geting their bowels in an uproar over gays... but you know what? That's not what bothers me.

What bothers me is the places they are choosing to vomit their bile. First an elementary school because an 8 yr old wrote a paper about Ellen Degenerous (I don't think the paper even mentioned she was gay).

Today or tomorrow these wack jobs will be at the funeral of a fallen soldier (hold on to your keyboards) because they believe 9/11 was gods punishment for Americas support of gays, thus the soldiers are dying to support the "homosexual lifestyle".

Like I said, it's not the gay thing... god knows I've heard worse in my lifetime. What's scary is if you take out the word homosexual and plug in anything else (black, latin, female, jew) you have the makings of some of the worst periods in history... all started by little fanatic cells of people, that grew and grew and grew.

I understand and support freedom of speech and freedom of religion, but there has got to be a way to prevent "inappropriate" locations. I mean, a funeral service is no place for a bunch of yelling, screaming protestors - whatever their platform.

spazz - going for coffee

[Trek420]

spazzdog "there has got to be a way to prevent "inappropriate" locations. I mean, a funeral service is no place for a bunch of yelling, screaming protestors - whatever their platform."

Since eating shellfish is also an "abomination" they chould picket, yell and scream in front of Red Lobster when it's 30 shrimp for 10 bucks night, or at Arts Crab Shack.

Heading out the door for work so I don't have time to mull over my thoughts but I'm against the war, against all wars or think war should be the very very last resort but I sooooooooo support our troups.

And to add this to the grief of the families is so wrong.

Trek those who forget the past are bound to repeat it 420