----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Nunn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Killer Bs Discussion'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 1:22 PM Subject: RE: So it begins.... Evangelicals to Bush: Payback Time
> > > So what begins? More demonization of Christians? > > Sometimes I think that for all the talk about religious > > tolerance, that some people believe that Christians really > > shouldn't be permitted to > > participate in the political process. > > JDG > > > One of my points was, that his comments clearly show a fundamental lack of > tolerance for those that have a different viewpoint or belief. > > So who is showing the intolerance, people that are concerned about religious > fanatics (regardless of their religion) influencing the administration and > government, or the supposedly good Christian that was quoted as saying that > he could care less about those that are not Christians? > > I am a Christian, and this guy scares me. His comments remind me of other > religious fanatics that have justified intolerance, hate and oppression, all > "In the name of [their] God". > I agree Gary. I can remember listening to and watching my Great Aunts and my Grandmother discuss how slavery was approved by the Bible (and how those "Damn Niggers" should shut the hell up) while my Mother and my Aunts gritted their teeth and kept their (contrary) opinions to themselves. This ironically was at our family Thanksgiving celebration. (Not just a "dinner", 70 or 80 people at an all day affair constitutes something greater I think) So.......does anyone think that giving potential slavers a political voice and an inside with the President is a "good" thing? <Aside> The above memory is a matter of shame for me. These kinds of opinions were endemic among the hicks/rednecks I am descended from, related to, or was otherwise surrounded by during the early days of my life. That I lived through the times when these opinions were changing (and that I was a part of that change in my own small way) is a source of great pride. That my parents were people who became opposed to the tide of racism while they were still young ( younger than half my current age) makes me rightfully proud of them. IMO it is telling that religion and morality were misused to justify slavery in just about exactly the same way issues are being framed currently. I am not swayed. </Aside> xponent Nests Of Assholes Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
