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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Please, Lanny, tell us who is "LOTS worse than Falwell out there"?
Comments like this piss me off. How different is this kind of blatant stereotyping from what so many Christian fundamentalists do when they lump together the "gays", the "liberals", and the "socialists" as some collective group of pariahs?
Given that Christianity is the largest religious group on the planet, and given that the VAST majority of Catholic (most of whom are moderate), Eastern Orthodox, Protestant reformationist and Anglican Christians have always been fairly generally mortified by Falwell and his ilk. Sure there are a number of fundamentalist biggots, and I am certain that there will always be someone available to carry Falwell's bullhorn, but don't you dare paint us in Christendom who are collectively embarrassed by this man with the same brush.
"Christianity" and Falwell's brand of politicized faith are different entities altogether.
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Well, a few bad apples..., you know?
Personally, I think this is our (notice I said "our") cross to bear (that was intentional). I'm generally loathe to bring up my own religious belief because I don't want to be painted - or even invite the possibility that I could be - in the same color as those on the extreme edges of "my" religion (generally speaking. I'm Episcopalian, in it's own right a unique experience in "inclusionism").
This all gets back to my personal position that MY religious orientation need not be advertised as anything more than my business, and mine alone. I really don't care who you think God is, or if you even think God exists at all. It doesn't make me feel any better if you subscribe to "my" brand of religion or not. I'll leave you alone, and I'll expect you to do the same.