On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 23:13:39 -0600, Jeanne Hedge
yodeled:

On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 04:15:41 GMT, wrote:

Christina Websell wrote:


I can't see that being a racist and a bigot is right in any country. She
quotes the Bible at me. I told her that I didn't think God was a bigot.

Jesus was an open-minded, radical thinker who believed society should help
sick and poor people. He died for those opinions, which were threatening
to the powers of the time. And now there are people who, in his name, are
committing (or approving of) the very same atrocities he preached against.

It might be the end of our friendship.

How long were you friends, before all this started coming up? Did you ever
have disagreements before? Any sign that she was going to start trying to
convert you? Or is this a sudden change on her part?

Things have gotten very tense - and intense - around here. Bush's win has
emboldened the bigots - racists, but especially homophobics - to crawl
out from their slimy rocks and assert their "right" to deprive other people
of living their lives how they want to. They cram their religious agenda
down everyone's throat, and then whine that people make fun of them. How
would they like it if Islamic fundamentalists took over this country and
made all the women wear veils? It's not OK to use the political apparatus
to preach your gospel. Go to your place of worship for that.

Come to think of it, I had a nightmare last night that I'd gone away to
a school, and it turned out to be some sort of Christian fundamentalist
school. At some point, they were badgering the non-Christians to convert,
or be killed - and they had locked the place up so nobody could leave, kind
of like the Roach Motel. They hadn't gotten to me yet, and I was trying to
figure out a way of slipping under their radar. It was creepy!

Look what's been happening since the elections to Senator Specter of
Pennsylvania, and he's a moderate Republican!

Fortunately, his fellow Senators went right ahead and supported him.


Theresa
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