HK wrote:
On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:12:41 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:


Are there fundamentalist Christians who have a somewhat limited and
literal view of the world and their faith - of course there are.


I have no problem with such people so long as they don't try to shove
their "limited and literal view of the world and their faith" on the
rest of us.

Harry, you really need to re-read the above sentence and see how it
applies to you. No, it is a reflection of you.

When they do - and they do - then I think I have an obligation to push
back, and to push back hard.

Two eyes for an eye?

When the idiot who currently occupies the White House promulgated "Jesus
Day" in Texas while he was governor there, I would have hauled his ass
into federal court had I been a Texan. The fact that he and his
administration use their simple-minded, limited and literal view of the
world to deny access to condoms to Africans who are suffering through an
AIDs epidemic makes me believe that there is something really and truly
wrong with their belief system.

Seems to me that the 10th amendment comes into play here with the State
of Texas and every other state for that matter. And, you don't live in
Texas because you would have would have wound up shot dead by a Texan
carrying a sidearm.

You and your buddies can buy condoms and send them to Africa, you don't
the President's permission to do so.

But, hey, I'm a pessimist. I fully expect that if Barack Obama is the
Democrat nominee, one of those geniuses with their limited and literal
view of the world and their faith will try to assassinate him.

You really do need to get a does of sunshine and some warmth in your heart.