Reply #92: I can see that we do not see eye to eye

[Zebedeo]

In fact, there is a vast gulf between us on this issue - but probably not on other issues. Politically, I support social justice, protection of individual rights, conservation of environmental resources and protection of the natural environment, good government, fairness, the rights of workers, protection of children, etc. I oppose racism, anti-Semitism, oppression, unfairness, crime, sexual exploitation, corruption, and hypocrisy. That said, I am undoubtedly not as liberal as many on this board. Still, I am confident that you and I could agree on most things. Religion is apparently the exception.

You complain of my "regurgitation of talking points from the Bible," and cite that as evidence that I have no thoughts of my own. I will wear that as a badge of honor. I could not think of a better source of "talking points" that God's own Word.

Contrary to your apparent view of me, I am not "rigid" in the sense of being intellectually incurious. I am, in fact, very interested in other people's points of view. That's one of the reasons I like DU.

I take exception to your comments about me being akin to a "good German" who supported the Nazis. I don't know whether that is intended to be funny or ironic, but it is neither. Of all posters in this forum, I think that I stand out as the one who has most often expressed opposition to anti-Semitism. Also, I have repeatedly pointed out the evils of Nazism in the numerous threads regarding good and evil, including the thread I originated entitled "How do you define evil?" Please do not smear me with the Nazi label. It is unfair and inaccurate.

The Nazis served Hitler. I serve God. There is a difference.