tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post1980254236466974978..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: Christians Are All Exactly The SameUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-14482836440032443692011-05-25T10:42:26.411-04:002011-05-25T10:42:26.411-04:00JCF, using a musical reference (and Sondheim at th...JCF, using a musical reference (and Sondheim at that) to make a point..... you are SO GAY! ;-)IThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09605163506396013904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-55470950740862230822011-05-24T18:55:23.231-04:002011-05-24T18:55:23.231-04:00Counterlight, I'll throw my lot in with you an...Counterlight, I'll throw my lot in with you and IT.<br /><br />Tristan --as a priest, on behalf of the church, I apologize for the hurt done to you and those you love. I am dreadfully sorry for the history of abuse --it was and is wrong. I ask for your forgiveness. And, I promise you, there are many who are working to change the future actions of the church.it's margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13577280471100732619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-3912146915318300682011-05-24T17:00:20.068-04:002011-05-24T17:00:20.068-04:00i'm an atheist and I agree with counterlight. ...i'm an atheist and I agree with counterlight. Indeed the mainline protestants and Roman Catholics (not the institutional church, mind, but the membership) are far more accepting and supportive of LGBT rights than the media reports (see, for the most recent example, <a href="http://advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/05/23/New_Poll_Shows_Christians_Support_LGBT_Equality/" rel="nofollow">here</a>). <br /><br />Tristan's protests and pain clearly reflect a close experience with one brand of awful "Christian" by which he chooses to tar all Christians. That is as mistaken as saying all gay men are promiscuous bois dancing in their underwear and sleeping around.<br /><br />Dan Savage has challenged what he calls NALTS to "come out" and <a href="http://advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/05/23/New_Poll_Shows_Christians_Support_LGBT_Equality/" rel="nofollow">reclaim "Chsitian" from the bad guys. </a> Counterlight is trying to do that. more should, certainly. <br /><br />And Tristan needs to remember that the world is not painted in black and white. There really ARE some Christians who follow the itinterant carpenter who cured the least among us and preached unhesitating love. Generally, they aren't the ones who have the ear of the media.IThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09605163506396013904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-84670770621904807252011-05-24T10:17:18.821-04:002011-05-24T10:17:18.821-04:00Right back at ya!Right back at ya!Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-78767295760080573412011-05-24T09:44:34.587-04:002011-05-24T09:44:34.587-04:00Blind,deaf and dumb...clearly anything I say falls...Blind,deaf and dumb...clearly anything I say falls on deaf ears and you see only what you want! So I will stop replying as it is making no difference!Tristan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936915388418287612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-38687488691816725542011-05-24T09:12:51.463-04:002011-05-24T09:12:51.463-04:00I am not, and never was, an evangelical or a funda...I am not, and never was, an evangelical or a fundamentalist. I don't give a rat's ass how many stadiums they can fill with people.<br />I'm not conceding to their claim to a patent on the Gospel, and I don't care if i'm in a minority or not.<br /><br />Again, you are being very unjust, as unjust as the very people you listed.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-14305765927018893332011-05-24T08:54:11.609-04:002011-05-24T08:54:11.609-04:00No, you're being grossly unfair and unjust, as...No, you're being grossly unfair and unjust, as grossly unfair as all the people who stereotype gay people.<br /><br />As Martin Luther King said, we must not become the injustice that has been done to us.<br /><br />But, he was a Christian, so what the hell did he know about anything right?Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-55101691262811222772011-05-24T08:01:10.526-04:002011-05-24T08:01:10.526-04:00NO, I am making a point that you wish to ignore!NO, I am making a point that you wish to ignore!Tristan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936915388418287612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-75294111615471019932011-05-24T07:54:30.612-04:002011-05-24T07:54:30.612-04:00No, you're just being silly.No, you're just being silly.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-21413855194808089292011-05-24T07:53:41.972-04:002011-05-24T07:53:41.972-04:00YOU insist on making this a personal, one on one a...YOU insist on making this a personal, one on one argument, and that is NOT what I am saying. So you think it is fine to be a Nazis? That following Hitler was not at it's core wrong and evil?Tristan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936915388418287612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-82425979292669346842011-05-24T07:50:33.858-04:002011-05-24T07:50:33.858-04:00You're right, there was absolutely no real dif...You're right, there was absolutely no real difference between Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Bishop Otto Mueller.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-72041193013188547182011-05-24T07:42:47.603-04:002011-05-24T07:42:47.603-04:00And pointing out that one or two so called Christi...And pointing out that one or two so called Christians are NOT trying to kill us does not prove a thing! I hear there were some good Nazis too, that does not mean being a Nazis is or was a good thing! I know there are individuals who try to be Christians who actually follow what Jesus said, but they are far to few and they do NOT represent the religion as a whole!Tristan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936915388418287612noreply@blogger.com