01-06-2008, 08:37 PM | #41 |
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That's simply not true. Even if it were true, it's extremely obvious that you prefer it to be about you, as you continually ignore everything I say about your idea.
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01-06-2008, 08:40 PM | #42 |
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Tooblue, what do you call labeling people cowards simply for believing differently from you? LOL. I think the pot is calling the kettle black.
Guess what, some folks out there have simply concluded in good faith that Joseph Smith was a liar or a megalomaniac or wanted a lot of sex or whatever, but he certainly didn't see Jesus or translate any golden plates. On top of that they believe he did some imoral things. And they didn't reach those conclusions for any other reason than by application of their critical faculties. BTW, I would never call Mormons cowards. I think pervasive underdeveloped critical faculties is more like it.
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To put it in context Seattle ... I don't like your beliefs, but I have not let them get in the way of liking you, at least the Internet persona that is you. In other words I refuse to let my bigotry for apostates get in the way of getting to know you and apreciating the value of what you bring to this message board. |
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The intersting thing is, you don't truly believe differently than I do. However the application of your beliefs is markedly different as compard to me. I consider it a form of cowardice. Last edited by tooblue; 01-06-2008 at 08:53 PM. |
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Tooblue, you have a severe persecution complex. Your craziest ideas, as you've quite thoroughly demonstrated on this forum, are outside of your Mormon beliefs, so your religion is obviously not entirely responsible for your unreason. You've admitted that you bask in the absurd, and find satisfaction in believing the irrational. To claim bigotry as your default response under such circumstances seems, well, absurd. |
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01-06-2008, 08:52 PM | #46 |
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It is true ... this entire thread is about bigotry -I said nothing about myslef in the initial post. Others who have chimed in, including you, have tried to make this discussion about me instead of about religous bigotry.
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To me, the bottom line is that it is not illegitimate to make judgments about a person based on what they believe. Any number of extreme analogies demonstrate this. We shouldn't get our feelings hurt that evangelicals think we are wacky. We think they are wacky. Its not bigotry, its the subjective exercise of judgment, IMO.
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The reality is people in general are not permitted, or do not permit themselves to get to the point of judging whether they like someone based upon what they believe because they permit prior assumptions attached to the label of Mormon to make that determinatiion for them. |
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Uh, you're the one who started psychoanlyzing apostates, calling them cowards for their beliefs. Still, I categorically deny that demonstrating how your comments are self-contradictory and illogical is making this thread about you.
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