RE: Gaytheist here
June 6, 2010 at 11:57 am
(This post was last modified: June 6, 2010 at 12:00 pm by Shell B.)
(June 6, 2010 at 9:49 am)J.R. Braden Wrote: Why does everything have to relate to bigotry?
I saw no bigotry. People here have their own beliefs and this being an atheist forum, the conversation is bound to take a turn in that direction, in some way. There was some sarcasm, joking, dead on input from Min and some sincere attempts to answer your question. (that includes my post)
(June 6, 2010 at 9:49 am)J.R. Braden Wrote: I asked a question about what is and is not tasteful, and I would like for that discussion to be relegated to things that are vaguely related to taste in literature rather than be foisted upon the overarching theological and spiritual tensions that you seem to be feeling.
Theological and spiritual tensions? Again, atheists.(June 6, 2010 at 9:49 am)J.R. Braden Wrote: The point of my asking was to gather some response from a relatively impartial community before taking something I'm not 100% sure of to the general public.
Be 100% sure of it, or don't take it to the general public. Furthermore, don't look for acceptance from other people before you decide to do it or not. Do you think Shakespeare asked if it was tasteful to kill of a pair of lovers? Do you think Stephen King asked if it was tasteful to kill off most of the human race? Did William Peter Blatty ask if it was okay to possess a young girl with a demon and have her poke at her nether region with a cross? No, they didn't. Why? Because writing is a work of the writer's imagination, not of the opinion of the general public. Furthermore, if this is your first novel and/or you don't already have a publisher, I wouldn't worry about it just yet. The general public isn't going to be reading it for some time yet, if ever.
(June 6, 2010 at 9:49 am)J.R. Braden Wrote: In no way was I attempting to start a conversation about slaughtering the children of religious people. I leave the slaughter of the religious to the religious. They annihilate themselves much better than I ever could.
Damn conversations, always going wherever their participants want to take them. Listen, if you want to control a conversation, become a preacher.
If you want some sincere answers to your question, look above or roll with the conversation until you can get one that is satisfactory. As you can see, your complaining is derailing your topic as much as anything else.
