Re: Immaculate conception

Jim Gysin wrote:
> On Wed, 14 May 2008 20:18:48 -0700, "alooo" <uh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> 
>>"Jim Gysin" <jimgysin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>>
>>>On Wed, 14 May 2008 14:24:56 -0500, Gumby <gumby@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>>>"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.
>>
>>What's funny and sad and ironic to me is when people take exception to
such 
>>statements toward religion but then they express the same attitude
toward 
>>other unsubstantiated beliefs. It just seems to me that anybody who
thinks 
>>some dude had a little chit chat with a burning bush shouldn't be too
quick 
>>to dismiss some bum's claims that God told him to impregnate Uma
Thurman. 
> 
> 
> Speaking only for myself here, the issue isn't that the beliefs of
> others are being dismissed.  Rather, it's the insensitive and rude and
> arguably antagonistic way that the beliefs of others are being
> dismissed.

Bingo.
> 
> But it doesn't really surprise me.  If my own anecdotal evidence is any
> indication, militant non-believers are *much* more likely to mock the
> faith of a believer than they would *ever* be to mock the beliefs of the
> aforementioned bum who may or may not be mentally unstable.  I've always
> just written it off to overcompensation coupled with a real need to
> spend some time studying two millenniums' worth of apologetics and even
> more years of Judaic history.
> 
> 
>>After all, the Lord works in mysterious ways and He does about as good
as 
>>job as the writers of Lost in explaining those mysteries in a timely
manner. 
> 
> 
> That's for sure! 
> 
> --
> Jim Gysin
> Waukesha, WI