Quote: Jim Jackson said: Though I won't call you a "fucking asshole," there are times you do the same w.r.t. homosexuality. You sit on the sidelines and take shots at it, however analytical and deep you try to be.
I wasn't going out of my way to be inflammatory towards BG cuz' he's gay. I find it really pisses me of when someone tries to blame my religion for something it's wrongfully accused of--Happens way too often. And the arguments that try to fuel that setiment consist of supposedly violated standards as set by that religion. But the problem is, the Vatican hasn't violated any of its standards, an independent individual or group of individuals has twisted its philosophy into a thing of their own design, and people simply use them as ammunition against Christianity. In the end its falsly(sp) painted as this beacon of intolerance.
It's a cheap argument, and he was being very hit and run about it. And what didn't make it any better was his shown to be misinterpretation of scripture.
