I'm a
Southern Baptist. I don't think
homosexuals are evil. I think
God loves everybody,
unconditionally. (I think
homosexuality is a
sin, but no more so than
premarital sex, for example, or any sin that I commit. I don't think
God loves me any more than anyone else, and I don't think I'm better than anyone else.) My favorite music
genres are
punk rock and
ska. I've been a
geek all my life. Almost all of my friends are
liberals (I'm a
conservative), and are
Atheists,
Agnostics,
Unitarians, or
Wiccans. I don't think
Abortion Clinics should be bombed, or have their entrances blocked, although I think
Abortion is
infanticide. I don't think that all other
religions are completely
false, but that, in
Christ, everything that is true in all religions is perfected and complete (paraphrasing
C.S. Lewis). I don't think
Christians should be "
Bible thumpers", but live their lives as a reflection of the love of
Christ, that's the most powerful witness. But I don't think
Christians should sit off in some
corner and never try to show anybody the
love,
hope, and
peace found in
Christ. I don't drink
beer, own a
gun, fly a
Confederate flag, or
hate anyone. Some of you may find this
hard to believe, but I'm just a
guy who has a
different opinion than you.
My point in saying all this is to show I'm not the evil monster some people think I am. And that I don't really fit the sterotype (ie: I listen to punk rock, and don't drive a pickup...). Once you look beyond the stereotypes you may find we've got more in common than you think. And that social, political, and religious differences aside, we don't have to treat each other like jerks...