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- From: smithw@col.hp.com (Walter Smith)
- Newsgroups: alt.rush-limbaugh,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.clinton,alt.politics.bush,alt.politics.homosexuality
- Subject: Re: Sexuality
- Date: 31 Dec 1992 23:17:52 GMT
- Organization: Colorado Springs IT Center
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- rj24@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Robert Johnston) writes:
- > I suggest that It be preached throughout the world that Walter Smith
- > is a fool, and will spend eternity in non-existant hell. Is this
- > discriminatory?
-
- No, its silly. I'm sure there are plenty of people here who think
- that, but so what? Am I supposed to be crushed by this? there are
- plenty of people here who think my religion is a crock; they are
- perfectly entitled to that opinion. I've even had people tell me
- that *my* attitude causes other people to kill themselves. THAT
- is worse than *anything* me, Cramer, or anyone else I've seen post
- here. But is it persecution? No. I don't expect people to agree
- with me, and I'm not out to convert anyone. And I haven't *once*
- said that gays will spend an eternity in hell.
-
- > >Oh, I didn't realize I was dealing with a Christian-phobe...
- > >
- >
- > You would have to be pretty ignorant not to be scared of the christian
- > fundamentalist movement. Ever visited Iran, Walter?
-
- Yes, and the *average* christian is NOT a fundie. Is the *average*
- gay a member of NAMBLA?? I just can't believe that people who are
- constantly subjected to stereotyping and negative generalizations
- fall so quickly into it themselves. Everything I read here paints
- all Christians as gay-hating fundies, and shows no concept for how
- *average* christians think.
-
- > Different
- > religion, same attitude. I'll bet you wouldn't approve of it. You
- > might even hate Islamic fundamentalists for their acts of terrorism
- > and denial of human rights.
-
- I don't like it at all. Then again, I don't like Christian fundamentalism,
- either. Doesn't mean I can't be friends with one, though. This is one
- of the things that gets me about what I'm reading. I've seen gay people
- saying that they cannot be friends with someone who things homosexuality
- is 'bad'. Even saw one guy who disagreed (he said he could be friends
- with people who thought his homosexuality wasn't 'acceptable' or whatever
- word he used) and the guy actually got flamed for it! People told him
- he shouldn't be friends with people who didn't accept his 'sexuality'.
- From what I'm seeing, the gay people represented here are *far* more
- intolerant of others and their views than people are to them. Maybe
- that's why they think everyone hates them, because they are projecting
- their way of thinking onto their (percieved) enemies?? It really makes
- me *sad*. I would have no problem being friends with someone who was
- gay, and talking about gay issues with them; but they (if they were
- most of the people who have posted on that subject here) wouldn't
- with me.
- >
- > If you ment love in some other manner than I inferred, then i
- > apologize. You must in that case be a truly great person, to love
- > those you hate.
-
- No, Rob, plenty of very ordinary people can love, respect, whatever
- people they disagree with, or who do things they don't like. And most
- people don't go around *hating* others. People who do carry that
- kind of an attitude concern me.
-
-
- Walter
-
-