Kentucky Fire Chief: "We ain't taking no niggers here"

[Drich]

I am very new to this forum. Does Drich always take the opposite side from the majority of the posters just to be obnoxious

Nope

or is the poster really spouting what they believe?

On a subject like this I take both sides of the arguement and question everything and hold on to what is good. What I've done here is provide you all with some of the questions and processes I use to look at a subject with 'fresh eyes.'

Most of what i have provided in the way of posts is the result of the "Holding on to what is Good."

It seems that a lot of members of the Christian Right have a problem with the word, tolerance. They do not define it like the rest of the population.

I do not disagree. Just look at the body of my works just on this subject. While I will be the first to admit calling people out who hate in the name of 'tolerance' as hypocrites. (Because they literally are defining the word by their actions) I have 'tolerated' your right to hold fast to the social indoctrination that teaches intolerance of the intolerant, in that I have not attacked anyone's personal mental capasity or their ablity to reason. On the other hand just look at how some many 'enlightened thinkers' have shown me the same level of contempt for simply trying to divide hate from segergation. So obviously we do not define the word 'tolerance' in the same way.

I have a theory that because they deal with absolutes in their faith they like absolutes in their lives.

You don't seem to understand basic Christianity. Yes God deals in absolutes. However we all fall far short of those absolutes and find ourselves in need of grace. Now God's grace is conditional, in that in order to receive it we must also offer it.

Tolerancecan't mean just minding your own business and being polite to others.

Again look at what was said here and tell me again how it is your belief that the majority of what was said to me up to this post was 'being polite.'

To a right leaning Christian, it has to mean "Accept everything' In their eyes, they win an argument against what they term a liberal if they bring up that their opponent doesn't 'tolerate' any number of really crappy behavior.

If you think this is what I have been doing here you don't understand the nature of the topic. You have defaulted into a spirit of absolutes.. That if argue against your current position I must be arguing the polar oppsite position.

Again, My purpose here was to seperate hate from segergation.

There also appears to be an upside down world for right leaning Christians where what most of us consider good human behavior---treating others with respect and fairness regardless of their skin color, religion or nationality---somehow is a sign of being liberal and tolerant and therefore bad.

Not at all. What I have pointed out is while you all claim to be liberal minded and tolerant you actions show the exact oppsite.[/quote]