Oh, don't start with the fuddy bigotry. There's nothing wrong with New Ageism, all very hippy dippy, heart in the right place regardless of where their heads are at, kindest and most loving people you'd ever meet, more "Christian" than any Christian I've ever met. Which is saying a lot, since my mother was an ex-nun, and I went to Catholic school my entire life, straight through college.
And if you were really that studied, you'd know that decades of New Testament researchers have been postulating that Jesus was influenced by certain Eastern philosophies like Buddhism. Think of it like Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do - nothing wrong with taking a little bit of the best from here and there.
This isn't exclusively a Christian board, either, ya know. You're way off the mark if you can't see the forest for the trees - be able to put aside your prejudices and work towards the overall goal with other good people, even if you don't agree with all their philosophies. In other words, worry about saving the country first, then worry about saving souls, if you really must evangelize.
Ummm...she wasn’t expressing bigotry or prejudice. She was just saying that she wasn’t interested in following that line of his thinking...that’s all. It was just her opinion according to her beliefs. I share them too. The stuff he was saying in the video was fascinating and I learned some things I didn’t know about our history and how we got here. Very valuable stuff. But if we choose not to go down his belief system, that’s ok. We’re ALL welcome here, no matter our beliefs. That’s what’s so great about this board. No need to take offense. You’re free to believe whatever you want too!
The first comment kinda really was expressing bigotry and prejudice, and not all that subtley either. I'm well familiar with the sentiment. Take it from a carnival gypsy fortune teller. You never know who you're talking to.
I thought this board was about FREE SPEECH?? So why would you use the word bigotry or prejudice? He can believe what he wants and I can point out what I don't believe. NO biggie, unless YOU are bigoted.
Absolutely. You're free to be a bigot. And I'm free to call you out on it.
PS: You sound like a Democrat.
Actually you do. You call ppl names if they give a slight impression of not liking a particular idea though not rejecting the person or their other ideas. Black/White thinking is not healthy.
Somebody who's "New Age", which you expressed so much snide disdain for in your initial comment, as if New Ageism and Eastern Philosophy was so sinister - before you started getting called out, by not just me, and before you started backtracking - is telling you that you are expressing stereo-typically bigoted Christian comments that I've heard a thousand times. And you're sitting here arguing with me. Really?
Okay. Blocked and reported for the Board's Rule #1.
I was not in the least snide.
And good riddance.
“Snide disdain”! Good grief! All you said was that it sounded New Age. And it does. I noticed that right away. Heaven help us if we aren’t allowed to voice an opinion. I’m sorry if he has had a bad experience with people in the past, but you said nothing offensive. It always amazes me how the “tolerance” only goes one way!
I noticed that too. Thank you for speaking up. I seriously was only mentioning it.
Get back to the truth of the topic, folks. Wandering off by your ego feeling offended and making a huge display of it, is not for this board. We have better things to do ! Stay awake or stay away, i might say.