On-Topic New book -- "Why Conservatives should support Gay Rights"

[Stardreamer]

The hatred you show constantly is just right to drive people willing to think openly back into the enemy camp. Millions of young evangelicals are troubled by the stance their leaders hold. One of the things that keeps them from defecting is the obvious hatred from gays.

A similar point I was trying to get at in a discussion why people embrace religion and in my points how other things like politics fill that same niche. Once you get into a Us vs Them, the other side is the enemy, mindset reasonable debate goes out the window and change from one side or the other gets stifled by accusations of 'supporting the enemy'. That is why I think two biggest problems in the Republicans right now are religious conservatives anti-freedom ideas and RINO hunters. They both are leading the party away from the conservative values of freedom and individual liberty.

 

[JayQueer]

I'm a socialist thank you very much.

Yuck. Excuse me while I go vomit.

 

[Stardreamer]

Yuck. Excuse me while I go vomit.

Now now now, Socialism has its place too, some sound ideas just unworkable in its pure form, rather like Democracy.



It is a shame this book isn't available in ebook format. I stopped cluttering my limited bookshelf space with political books long ago and in today's world by time it becomes available in the Library or finally released in ebook format its dated. Publishers and political writers need to realize that in political works, the traditional publishing routine is too slow.

 

[bankside]

I like that kind of people. I just say, "Hang on a minute!" and get my Hebrew and Greek.

Yeah, once people know that Jesus wrote the bible in Greek, it becomes a much more reasonable dialogue. Lol! Seriously though, wouldn't it be useful to explain the value of facts without falling into the trap of trying to vet the facts through scripture? The sun is a sphere of burning hydrogen not because the bible may be read as ascending to this fact, but because it is observably so.

 

[Rolyo85]

Yuck. Excuse me while I go vomit.

Please do. Might lose some weight.

 

[bankside]

Yeah, once people know that Jesus wrote the bible in Greek, it becomes a much more reasonable dialogue. Lol! Seriously though, wouldn't it be useful to explain the value of facts without falling into the trap of trying to vet the facts through scripture? The sun is a sphere of burning hydrogen not because the bible may be read as ascending to this fact, but because it is observably so.

Assenting.
iPhone. Bah.

 

[Kulindahr]

Yeah, once people know that Jesus wrote the bible in Greek, it becomes a much more reasonable dialogue. Lol! Seriously though, wouldn't it be useful to explain the value of facts without falling into the trap of trying to vet the facts through scripture? The sun is a sphere of burning hydrogen not because the bible may be read as ascending to this fact, but because it is observably so.

So your strategy would be to get them to slam the door in your face.

Brilliant.

 

[Sammie13]

..... It's evident you can't accept differing viewpoints!

I'm stilll rolling around on the floor laughing at that one. OMG...hilarious! Zingerific, great job of trying to explain a rational argument of open mindedness and tolerance, but some in the audience are more narrow-minded than the ones whom they condemn. Zingy, I don't think some appreaciate your right-wing ideology