Comments on: Monday Incident http://brendancalling.com/2009/06/18/monday-incident/ "living in an alternative universe of permanent outrage and relentless negativity fostered and fueled by the blogosphere." Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:18:48 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Brendan http://brendancalling.com/2009/06/18/monday-incident/comment-page-1/#comment-13230 Brendan Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:17:41 +0000 http://brendancalling.com/?p=5562#comment-13230 i think it's highly offensive. it's a fundamentally dihonest way for them to swell their ranks and make their faith seem larger demographically than it really is. And since the LDS is, IMO, a highly reactionary and dangerous group, I don't like the idea of that at all. Furthermore, even though I'm personally irreligious I have a lot of respect for others' personal faiths. it's an important thing to a lot of people. Just as i wouldn't want someone representing me as someone who was a good and devout christian, it's not right for the mormons to represent people who aren't mormons as such: do you know they got busted for baptising jews who were murdere din the holocaust? that's just wrong! I'm sure they are individually nice people, but their actions to shove their religious beliefs down the throats of other people trump that. And I will throw them off my porch when they come around proselytizing. i think it’s highly offensive. it’s a fundamentally dihonest way for them to swell their ranks and make their faith seem larger demographically than it really is. And since the LDS is, IMO, a highly reactionary and dangerous group, I don’t like the idea of that at all.

Furthermore, even though I’m personally irreligious I have a lot of respect for others’ personal faiths. it’s an important thing to a lot of people. Just as i wouldn’t want someone representing me as someone who was a good and devout christian, it’s not right for the mormons to represent people who aren’t mormons as such: do you know they got busted for baptising jews who were murdere din the holocaust? that’s just wrong!

I’m sure they are individually nice people, but their actions to shove their religious beliefs down the throats of other people trump that. And I will throw them off my porch when they come around proselytizing.

]]> By: Kinmo http://brendancalling.com/2009/06/18/monday-incident/comment-page-1/#comment-13229 Kinmo Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:33:28 +0000 http://brendancalling.com/?p=5562#comment-13229 BOOYAH! BOOYAH!

]]> By: alex http://brendancalling.com/2009/06/18/monday-incident/comment-page-1/#comment-13227 alex Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:56:36 +0000 http://brendancalling.com/?p=5562#comment-13227 Brendan- I get the whole Prop 8 thing. But I don't get the anger to the baptism thing. I'm an atheist. If some Christian or Muslim prays for me, it doesn't affect me. I take it for the spirit it's offered in. If a LDS claims my soul because they think it helps me, it doesn't bother me. I don't have a soul. If a Scientologist cherishes my engrams or saves me from Xenu, I don't care. It really doesn't involve me. Maybe I'm biased. I've met a few LDS- they're easy to convince that you don't care about changing your beliefs. They never seemed to be as hypocritical as mainline Christians either. Their charity work rivals UPS or Wal-Mart as a model of 'no fucking around' efficiency. They were doing worthwhile work in New Orleans when FEMA and the State of Louisiana had their thumbs in their asses. Brendan-

I get the whole Prop 8 thing. But I don’t get the anger to the baptism thing. I’m an atheist. If some Christian or Muslim prays for me, it doesn’t affect me. I take it for the spirit it’s offered in. If a LDS claims my soul because they think it helps me, it doesn’t bother me. I don’t have a soul. If a Scientologist cherishes my engrams or saves me from Xenu, I don’t care. It really doesn’t involve me.

Maybe I’m biased. I’ve met a few LDS- they’re easy to convince that you don’t care about changing your beliefs. They never seemed to be as hypocritical as mainline Christians either. Their charity work rivals UPS or Wal-Mart as a model of ‘no fucking around’ efficiency. They were doing worthwhile work in New Orleans when FEMA and the State of Louisiana had their thumbs in their asses.

]]> By: alex http://brendancalling.com/2009/06/18/monday-incident/comment-page-1/#comment-13228 alex Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:56:36 +0000 http://brendancalling.com/?p=5562#comment-13228 Brendan- I get the whole Prop 8 thing. But I don't get the anger to the baptism thing. I'm an atheist. If some Christian or Muslim prays for me, it doesn't affect me. I take it for the spirit it's offered in. If a LDS claims my soul because they think it helps me, it doesn't bother me. I don't have a soul. If a Scientologist cherishes my engrams or saves me from Xenu, I don't care. It really doesn't involve me. Maybe I'm biased. I've met a few LDS- they're easy to convince that you don't care about changing your beliefs. They never seemed to be as hypocritical as mainline Christians either. Their charity work rivals UPS or Wal-Mart as a model of 'no fucking around' efficiency. They were doing worthwhile work in New Orleans when FEMA and the State of Louisiana had their thumbs in their asses. Brendan-

I get the whole Prop 8 thing. But I don’t get the anger to the baptism thing. I’m an atheist. If some Christian or Muslim prays for me, it doesn’t affect me. I take it for the spirit it’s offered in. If a LDS claims my soul because they think it helps me, it doesn’t bother me. I don’t have a soul. If a Scientologist cherishes my engrams or saves me from Xenu, I don’t care. It really doesn’t involve me.

Maybe I’m biased. I’ve met a few LDS- they’re easy to convince that you don’t care about changing your beliefs. They never seemed to be as hypocritical as mainline Christians either. Their charity work rivals UPS or Wal-Mart as a model of ‘no fucking around’ efficiency. They were doing worthwhile work in New Orleans when FEMA and the State of Louisiana had their thumbs in their asses.

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