Re: Immaculate conception

On Wed, 14 May 2008 14:24:56 -0500, Gumby <gumby@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Darren Delgado wrote:
> 
> > On May 14, 8:23 am, number6 <snumb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > 
> >>On May 14, 8:16 am, Darren Delgado <darrendelg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:>
On May 13, 11:24 am, number6 <snumb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>>On May 13, 11:22 am, Gumby <gu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >>
> >>>>>Y'know, I'm not religious but the lot of you folks in this thread
are
> >>>>>  being disrespectful to those who are.
> >>
> >>>>and ... I bet they self-righteously call themselves "tolerant" ...
> >>
> >>>I can't speak for anyone else in the thread, but I don't consider
> >>>myself "tolerant" of religion.  Religious people are rarely tolerant
> >>>of non-religious people so why not return the favor.
> >>
> >> I gotcha ... you're a bigot ... thanks for the clarification ...
> > 
> > 
> > I don't harass religious people and I don't propose denying them their
> > right to believe their goofy fairy stories.  That would be bigotry.
> > 
> > I only oppose religion to the extent that it impacts my life and the
> > lives of other people who don't agree with the goofy fairy stories.
> 
> "Goofy fairy stories." You don;t see how that is overtly 
> disrespectful?  You can agree to disagree without resorting to 
> complete disrespect of others' beliefs.
> 
> Your need to insult speaks volumes.

But he and others like him rarely see it.  That's what's so funny and
sad and ironic all at the same time.

--
Jim Gysin
Waukesha, WI