I Don't Think Jesus Approves
These erotica-gone-wrong stories are always a lot funnier when they involve a fundamentalist of some sort. Reverend found dead with with lots of rubber on and inside of himself.
posted by Cory Albertson at
11:18 AM
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Its almost amusing when i see/read atheist getting their jollies pointing out character flaws in people of faith. Why? Why are you angry and threaten by something you believe doesnt exist???
This is a very strange story indeed but because his was a "man of God" doesnt make him impervious to transgressions, its doesnt make him incapable of sin. He got weak, he slipped, he lost his way, hes a humanbeing. Its unfortunate he lost his life in such an undignified manner. 16 years as a minister im sure he helped many people searching for something to believe in and chose God because of his words. The famliy can take comfort that although he released his sexual frustrations in very odd/wierd way he didnt let them get to level where they would harm another person. He died alone in the privacy of his home. I really dont know if Jesus would approve or disapprove but he most certainly understood and forgave.
Who said I'm angry? I thought it was funny. I think this is funny to: http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/10/14/gay.monsignor.ap/index.html
Just by his picture you can tell he's gay. It's sad that people repress themselves.
As an agnostic who is often critical of people of faith (as frequently as I believe such criticisms are warranted), I do not do so because I am threatened by a person's faith. I do so because I am threatened by the person, and the actions they or their followers may look to take -- which are often a result of that faith (or their interpretation of it) -- which impact me and those around me. In the case of Fundamentalists, I have had every reason to believe that they have interests at heart that are often hostile towards my own.
Saying that people of different beliefs are threatened by a faith they do not share is just a roundabout way to credit that faith with a significance that the person in question does not feel is justified. To force the significance of a thing upon a person who actively denies it, even if it is a different sort of significance than the thing intends to gain in its existence.
Basically, it's a rhetorical ploy that attempts, in a small way, to deny another a choice in belief (obviously not in actuality, but to an observer -- then again, most arguments are made to convince to unswayed). Not to mention the fact that it gives somebody (actually, a group of somebodies, implicitly) a motive that they may or may not have.
I'm not accusing you of attempting this ploy intentionally. But the rhetorical structure of what was said is not beneficial.
The post itself is probably a case of poking fun at something we dislike or find absurd. I don't know whether or not that's defensible, but it probably was not meant to be the larger issue that was made of it.
Anyway, I didn't make this comment to go out of my way to berate you, or to make you angry. Nor did I make it because I am angry. (I'm not.) We have differing opinions, and that's more than alright. I just prefer it when others argue for their own in a clear and reasonable manner.
You use the term "fundamentalist" which such a derogatory tone, to lump everyone who believes in Christ under this one fundamentalistic umbrella is truely nearsited and unreasonable. Thus making any conversation very difficult.
"Its sad ppl repress themselves" umm ok.
I think you are all making this a little to complicated. Let's use a little Socrates here:
- All men are horny.
- Some men become reverends.
- Ergo, all reverends are horny.
Regardless of your religious affiliation, you have to accept the fact that all revs have to get a nut now and then (and probably more often).
In this case, the rev just had a particular interest in items of the elastic persuasion. Was there anything in the Bible that said it was so horrible to crave a little vulcanized elastomer on occasion?
Bummer for him and his family that he had to die clad in rubber with a dildo in his ass. But for every one of him, there are many of us who everyday find ourselves doing things that we intend to remain unknown to others. You never know when the clock will stop.
And I wonder... at the gates, did Thomas ask to see his hands? Or maybe his tush?
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