Religious Protestors At GLBT Events

[Thorne]

And if God is supposed to love everyone, then why would any given denomination of Christianity or Judaism claim that God has damned a certain group of people to hell? Really? Can someone please explain to me how this makes any sense?

The first thing you have to do is try to figure out how anyone can WANT to spend their life on their knees worshiping some supernatural being so that, after they die, they can spend eternity... on their knees worshiping that same being! And of course, anyone who doesn't worship in exactly the same way, and believe exactly the same things, is going to hell no matter what they do!

It truly is madness when you look at all the people in the world who basically turn their minds off because of some book. A book that is so self-contradictory that virtually any point of view can be justified by it. And it does precious little good to quote their own book at them, since they have already decided that anything you say is blasphemy, spewed from the mouth of Satan, and therefore not applicable to them.

But keep up the good fight, LadyArana. The numbers of people who are abandoning religions because of the intolerance and hate are growing. Much of the anger and hatred we see going on today is caused by panic and fear, fear that they are losing the battle for the minds of the people. It wasn't all that long ago that admitting you were gay or bi (or atheist, like me) would have practically been a death sentence. We are making progress.

[Ownedfyre (mm1)]

The first thing you have to do is try to figure out how anyone can WANT to spend their life on their knees worshiping some supernatural being so that, after they die, they can spend eternity... on their knees worshiping that same being! And of course, anyone who doesn't worship in exactly the same way, and believe exactly the same things, is going to hell no matter what they do!

It truly is madness when you look at all the people in the world who basically turn their minds off because of some book. A book that is so self-contradictory that virtually any point of view can be justified by it. And it does precious little good to quote their own book at them, since they have already decided that anything you say is blasphemy, spewed from the mouth of Satan, and therefore not applicable to them.

But keep up the good fight, LadyArana. The numbers of people who are abandoning religions because of the intolerance and hate are growing. Much of the anger and hatred we see going on today is caused by panic and fear, fear that they are losing the battle for the minds of the people. It wasn't all that long ago that admitting you were gay or bi (or atheist, like me) would have practically been a death sentence. We are making progress.

Couldn't have said it better myself. Thank You Thorne!

[Thorne]

You're welcome, fyre. Glad to see someone who appreciates me.