On 01 July 2001 18:27, colin [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> On question time the other night they had as one of the politicla
pseakers, a
> rev form the Evangelcal Alliance. when he was quesytioned on his
hypocrisy(he
> has spoken against racism ect) he satated that his bigotry was allowed
because
> it was sanctioned by his beliefs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! will
these
> people never learn or get honest with themsleves? the only way they can
accept
> some so called religious teaching is because they, personally, are bigoted
in
> the first place! If they were not, their conscience would not allow them
to
> accept such evil.
There was a great moment on a recent episode ("The Midterms") of West Wing
where President Bartlett (Martin Sheen) arrives at a party for radio
presenters and realizes that one of the people in the room is a very
prejudiced religious woman who is known for denouncing homosexuality via her
radio program. He make direct quotes from the Bible which would be worth
remembering when confronted by Christian religious bigotry. I found what he
said at the URL below.
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http://westwing.bewarne.com/second/25admonitions.html
"I'm interested in selling my youngest daughter into slavery as sanctioned
in Exodus 21:7. She's a Georgetown sophomore, speaks fluent Italian, always
cleaned the table when it was her turn. What would a good price for her be?"
"My chief of staff, Leo McGarry, insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus
35:2 clearly says he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill
him myself or is it okay to call the police?"
"Here's one that's really important cause we've got a lot of sports fans in
this town: touching the skin of a dead pig makes one unclean. Leviticus 11:7
If they promise to wear gloves can the Washington Redskins still play
football? Can Notre Dame? Can West Point?
"Does the whole town really have to be together to stone my brother, John,
for planting different crops side by side? Can I burn my mother in a small
family gathering for wearing garments made from two different threads?
"Think about those questions, would you?"
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Marian
Vienna
