--- In [email protected], "do.rflex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], MDixon6569@ wrote: > > > > Actually Lurk I thought the little boy was quite cute and sang > > beautifully, but for somebody to say "they were almost converted > > to Islam on the spot", based on a cute child, sweet voice and > > luring melody was pretty emotional and lacked reason. Words have > > meaning. What was he actually saying? That is why I commented, > > was this the verse about the rocks crying out "there is a Jew > > behind me , come and kill him!" > > Predisposed bigotry, plain and simple.
Actually, MDixon is making a very valid point, and I hear *you* demonstrating predisposed bigotry, plain and simple, not him. His point is a good one. What did the verse *say*. For Judy to make such a remark as "I was almost converted to Islam on the spot" about hearing a voice *and not having any idea what it was saying* was stupid to the max. He could have been singing the Koran's counterpart to the Biblical verse you cited for all she knew. And believing every word of it. He could have been singing the verse from the Koran that MDixon cites above. The thing is, *you don't know*. And neither does Judy. And yet she was willing to allow emotion to color her thinking enough to say something silly like she said. And you've been even worse, trying to paint MDixon as a bigot when, from my point of view, he hasn't said anything the least bit bigoted. He was just pointing out yours and Judy's knee-jerk reactions to certain things that you tend to become knee jerks about. The bigot in this scenario is *you*, John. You're actively trying to characterize MDixon's position as being very different than it is. I don't agree with many of his political leanings, either, but unlike you I don't feel the need to demonize him for holding them. You do.
