On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 1:13 AM, Michael C. Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > Keith was wrong to do what he did on multiple levels where saying that > all beliefs are equal has a name, it's called pluralism. Pluralism is > nonsense because it makes believing anything too controversial if the > opposite of that is just as relevant. If you want to live in a world > where nobody can believe anything because they might offend someone > else, be my guest. I won't be joining you. > > I merely tried to argue against what Keith said with facts and requested > that there be more respect and less censorship. Clearly, this is too > much to expect from some people on this list. > > This list isn't about religion, but does that mean it should be filled > with religious/political commentary that is controversial and by and > large unbalanced? Keith has done this before and will do this again, as > will others who are trying to use me as a scapegoat for their lack of > professionalism, balance, and courtesy. > > Oh, and for those who have commented, consider looking at my arguments > and doing some homework. I'm sure you'll find that there isn't much > evidence to back up the notion that God is female. More important than > winning that argument, there is no argument for what Keith did let alone > for letting one person, but not me, get away with it. > > What I have done is call Keith on his off topic religious statement to > provide some semblance of balance. If you can't respect or understand > what I've tried to do here, that is really your problem. > > And a thought, if the church is the bride of Christ, than the church is > female and God is male. From that imagery, mankind is essentially a > woman and only God is a man. Just another line of argument one might > follow. There are many lines of argument for God being masculine. > > When it comes to religion, there can be and are absolutes where the > alternative, called Pluralism, is really quite absurd. Belief becomes > worthless if all opposite beliefs are deemed equally valid. There is a > logic problem. Pluralism is not a way to honor diversity, it is a > fallacy, a major cop out. Disagree with me on God's gender, that is > minor compared to disagreeing with me on the problems that exist with > pluralism and preferential treatment. The preferential censorship has > to stop. The only thing that can stop the censorship, a critical mass > of people in this community calling for a stop to it. > > There should be a rule if someone inappropriately posts a religious > statement that it is fair game for someone to post the other side. > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >
I don't post often, but read frequently. Lately, have been considering the 'reading' part as well, this nonsense is just comical and unnecessary. For the sake of humanity, please stop posting these ridiculous threads. /me goes to figure out how to block all threads with your name on them -- Brent Jones [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
