From: ron.sam{please-remove}@cox.net   
      
   I don't give a rats ass if you don't want to listen.  Walk away for all I   
   care.   
      
   But don't tell me what I can or can't do because you don't like the fact   
   that I defer to a higher authority.   
      
      
   "Chris"  wrote in message   
   news:HBdqb.107751$RP2.14481@twister.tampabay.rr.com...   
   > It's funny, really funny.   
   >   
   > Arguments like this are the typical excusatory bullshit I come to expect   
   > from people who want to deliver a verbal message of some kind.  People who   
   > "preach" really hate it when someone tries to make it illegal for them to   
   > talk to those who don't want to listen.   
   >   
   > Bottom line is, you're acqknowledging the fact that they are offended,   
   that   
   > they feel so strongly about not wanting to hear you preaching to them that   
   > they are seeking legislation to prevent it, yet you don't understand what   
   > the "big deal" is?  Silly, and unlikely.   
   >   
   > If it's true that it "doesn't matter all that much", why would it be such   
   a   
   > major blow to the movement if you had to speak your prayers in private, or   
   > to yourselves quietly?  The answer is quite simple....it does matter, and   
   > you lied.   
   >   
   > Keep in mind, any Christian who does the above, commits a sin against his   
   or   
   > her faith.   
   >   
   > My criteria for determining the validity of any religion's actions is very   
   > very simple...if it's a sin under the religion's own tenets, then that   
   > action is wrong.  Who wants to convert to a religion that violates it's   
   own   
   > rules to recruit?  Answer..nobody worth having.   
   >   
   > There are very few religions that don't violate their own tenets, and,   
   guess   
   > what?  Christianity is NOT one of those few religions.   
   >   
   > If you can't shut up and leave people alone, why should you be allowed to   
   > speak at all?   
   > With this contradictory attitude, you're proving exactly why there needs   
   to   
   > be legislature.   
   > They tell you to shut up, some tell you nice, some not so nice, you   
   > obviously don't, so they feel the need to create preacher-free spaces,   
   which   
   > you object to by claiming that it's not necessary, when clearly it is.   
   >   
   > Bottom line, you're attempting to display your religion in every nook and   
   > cranny of public society, as well as private society.  It's a fact, and   
   > always has been.  To deny that, is to be dishonest, and to deny sensible   
   > history for what it is.  We all know it's what you're trying to do.  Even   
   > you know it's what you're trying to do.  Quit being so cowardly and admit   
   to   
   > your actions.  It's what your Savior would have done.   
   >   
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