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Silent3

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13. No, proselytizing is "just peachy" with me whatever the message.

Reply to cbayer (Reply #12)

Sun Mar 11, 2012, 02:09 PM

Mar 2012

My voicing disagreement with the content of a message is not a disagreement with the right to spread the message or the method of spreading the message.

I'm fine with people on all sides putting up whatever messages on billboards they like.

When people go door to door is a bit more obnoxious and intrusive than some other forms of proselytizing, but since I've gone knocking door to door to promote Democratic candidates and get out the vote, it would be hypocritical of me to condemn that method of communicating a message and promoting a cause.

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Open Letter to 'Liberal' and 'Nominal' Catholics: It's Your Moment Of Truth [View all] cleanhippie Mar 2012 OP

I'd rather see a coup myself...I could live with a couple generations of liberation theology saras Mar 2012 #1

There needs to be a formal, PUBLIC, Petition HockeyMom Mar 2012 #2

I think most statistics on the number of Catholics in the country do account for this though ButterflyBlood Mar 2012 #7

Tad insulting actually zipplewrath Mar 2012 #3

Lol. It's got a cartoon, just like those fundamentalist flyers I keep finding in cbayer Mar 2012 #4

What's wrong with proselytizing? Silent3 Mar 2012 #11

So right. Proselytizing is just peachy as long as you agree with their message. cbayer Mar 2012 #12

No, proselytizing is "just peachy" with me whatever the message. Silent3 Mar 2012 #13

I would respectfully submit that getting out the vote and trying to convert cbayer Mar 2012 #14

If atheists treat religion as an "entirely different" than politics... Silent3 Mar 2012 #15

Would you then agree that it is ok for someone to go door to door to try and convince cbayer Mar 2012 #16

Sure it's OK for people to do that. Silent3 Mar 2012 #17

Good points and I am persuaded to some extent. cbayer Mar 2012 #18

I certainly have my own personal "bothers" too Silent3 Mar 2012 #19

It was thoughtful of them to solicit money while they're at it. rug Mar 2012 #5

Yep, agreed. I have. ButterflyBlood Mar 2012 #6

We may have discussed it before, but just what kind of Evangelical Church is liberal? cleanhippie Mar 2012 #8

It's a Vineyard Movement church, a group with a bit of an interesting background ButterflyBlood Mar 2012 #9

That is really interesting. Thank you for sharing that with me. cleanhippie Mar 2012 #10