Quote from whitster:
"My comments go to the homophobic hate filled Christians, who, though fully sinful by nature according to Jesus Christ, devote more time to railing against what they judge to be the sins of others than they do praying to God for forgiveness and redemption"
see, this is the kind of bigoted, politically correct rhetorical rubbish that is not part of intelligent conversation. it is just name calling and baiting. i know many christians. and many of them feel that homosexual acts are sinful
i do not know ANY that HATE homosexuals. i am sure there are some out there, but those who believe that something is immoral - it doesn't follow that they have "hate" towards them. that is politically correct rubbish.
second of all , the term "homophobic" is a politically invented lie. sure, some people who are "non-accepting" or critical or whatever of homosexuals, etc. may in fact have a "phobia", but phobia has a very specific meaning. it's a psychological term. and just because somebody believes (and again, ****i**** don't) that homosexual behavior is sinful, or wrong (and plenty of atheists beleive homosexual behavior is wrong), or whatever aren't necessarily (and in the vast majority of cases) "phobic".
i think fat people wearing spandex is WRONG. it's just plain WRONG. doesn't make me "fatophobic"
i know WAY too many thoughtful, intelligent, compassionate people who DO believe that homosexuality is wrong. NONE of them are hateful, and none of them are phobic.
that is just political rubbish. fred phelps? ok - HE is hateful. he aint the norm.
and lastly - how do YOU know how much time these people pray, or how they pray or whatever? basically , it comes down to this - your "tolerance" (to use a PC Speak term) for religious people extends only as far as they don't express any opinions that are contrary to yours.
how... well... "tolerant"