- Joined
- Feb 20, 2005
- Location
- Ocala, FL (as of December, 2015).
Confederate Outlaw,
I hope you begin to see my point about being more afraid of someone imposing their religious beliefs onto others simply because so much harm can be done because of one's assumptions about a particular group or faith than the knowledge of it.
My wife is a Catholic, and I assure you, she does not ascribe to your view concerning that faith nor does she assume she knows all about the Baptist faith either.
No disrespect intended, but no faith, Baptist, Christian, Fundamentalist, Church of God, Catholic, Jewish, Hindu, Muslim, Shinto, Budda, etc., has no call to be superior over another, in my own opinion. That would simply be another form of religious racism. I am proud my nation favors no religion, but allows each person to practice the faith the choose. After all, each person's faith is a private affair and as we all know, only you and God know what is in your own heart, as it should be. "Judge not, least ye be judged."
And with that, I will state once more, I am glad the Confederacy has passed away and is now only a historical curiousity, to be debated and discussed on boards and forums such as this. Nothing was lost except a way of life that was a source of continual shame and embarassment to the founding principles of this nation. I for one, have no problem remembering the brave men of the South who fought for their homes and families, but I utterly have nothing but contempt for the men who brought the CSA about and spent those men's lives as if they were nothing but minie balls in a musket.
GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA & LONG LIVE THE UNION.
Sincerely,
Unionblue
I hope you begin to see my point about being more afraid of someone imposing their religious beliefs onto others simply because so much harm can be done because of one's assumptions about a particular group or faith than the knowledge of it.
My wife is a Catholic, and I assure you, she does not ascribe to your view concerning that faith nor does she assume she knows all about the Baptist faith either.
No disrespect intended, but no faith, Baptist, Christian, Fundamentalist, Church of God, Catholic, Jewish, Hindu, Muslim, Shinto, Budda, etc., has no call to be superior over another, in my own opinion. That would simply be another form of religious racism. I am proud my nation favors no religion, but allows each person to practice the faith the choose. After all, each person's faith is a private affair and as we all know, only you and God know what is in your own heart, as it should be. "Judge not, least ye be judged."
And with that, I will state once more, I am glad the Confederacy has passed away and is now only a historical curiousity, to be debated and discussed on boards and forums such as this. Nothing was lost except a way of life that was a source of continual shame and embarassment to the founding principles of this nation. I for one, have no problem remembering the brave men of the South who fought for their homes and families, but I utterly have nothing but contempt for the men who brought the CSA about and spent those men's lives as if they were nothing but minie balls in a musket.
GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA & LONG LIVE THE UNION.
Sincerely,
Unionblue