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- From: boylan@sltg04.ljo.dec.com (Steve Boylan)
- Subject: Re: Tolerance of Others (Was: Re: raising child)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.193343.4257@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>
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- Reply-To: boylan@ljohub.enet.dec.com (Steve Boylan)
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- References: <2AF80F2A.22348@news.service.uci.edu> <ewright.721346941@convex.convex.com> <1992Nov16.061631.2706@netcom.com> <1992Nov18.214535.14730@tc.fluke.COM>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 19:33:43 GMT
-
-
- {I've taken the liberty of removing soc.singles from the cross-postings;
- I think the other news groups apply.)
-
- In article <1992Nov18.214535.14730@tc.fluke.COM>, emery@tc.fluke.COM
- (John Emery) writes:
-
- > In article <1992Nov16.061631.2706@netcom.com> rohwerwd@netcom.com (W. David \
- > Rohwer) writes:
- > >
- > > Are you saying the religious people are not bigots by chance? If
- > >you are, then you are wrong. Just look at the Christians and their
- > >non-tolerance of homosexuals, non-Christian actions and other religions.
- > >I do not see any problem with mocking a belief system and the people with
- > >that belief system that does not tolerate other's actions or belief systems.
- > >Therefore, I do not see any problem with mocking Christians or Christianity.
- > >
-
- [include .sig deleted]
-
- > The only problem is that there is always some group that a person is
- > intolerant of. That means everyone is a bigot. For instance, are
- > you tolerant of neo-Nazi behavior? Are you tolerant of serial killers?
- > These are just a few examples. By mocking Christians, that is evidence
- > that you are intolerant of this belief system and by your own words
- > you convict yourself by defining a bigot as anyone "that does not tolerate
- > other's actions or belief systems." In your case, Christianity.
-
-
- Excuse me, John, but how did you conclude from David's comments that he
- doesn't tolerate Christians? While he says he's comfortable with
- mockery of Christians for their intolerance, he doesn't say anywhere that
- he would not tolerate their beliefs.
-
- Something else John said got me to thinking . . . but I think it ought
- to start a new thread. So watch this space for the subject "Absolute
- Right and Wrong".
-
- - - Steve
-
- boylan@ljohub.enet.dec.com
-