Stan, you really need to meet more Christians.
well, i did go to catholic schools for 12 years...went to church 3 times a week until i was 18...my mother is the principal of a catholic school...my father used to be a teacher in a catholic school...had a bunch of protestant and neocon friends in college...i have met and had many, many hours of discussions with a fairly large number of christians, so my views do not come only from the mass media.
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(to address your point about my social circle--since it has come up a couple of times...at this point in my life, my social life is pretty much nil...i work ridiculous hours trying to make this business pay off...so, yes, at this point in my life, my social circle is pretty non-diverse due mainly to the fact that you can't get much diversity in a group of about 5 people. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shiner.gif" alt="" /> however, it has not always been that way, and i definitely am not one to exclude people from my social circle because of their beliefs.)
Well now, there you go. You need to come over and have a BBQ and beer. (I went to catechism, real sudden like, when my family moved to Chicago for a while when I was young. Where my Irish Catholic grandmother and great-aunt lived. Where we suddenly were really good Catholics. I still reel. I did carry some of that forward, but sheesh.) We would have some great discussions I think, and more than a little in common.
OK, I'll quit bringing up the need to get out... it's just that your comments had a second-source ring to them.
i do not expect mainstream christians to somehow stop radical christians from believing what they believe. apparently, however, i did not make my point very well.
Aw sure you did. My point is, I DO! Well, not keep them from believing it, as if they could, or should. But to speak out against it? Yes indeed.
