I was just called nuts for believing in peace/tolerance and compassion!

[Tripper11]

seriously? What planet am I on? I work at a local tv news station and just had a viewer call me to complain about honouring the Dalai Lama who has been in town for the past week saying we shouldn't be honouring him because he's a Buddhist and we're a Christian nation.
I asked him why he thought that speaking about Peace, tolerance and compassion was a bad thing. Didn't Jesus preach the same thing?
His reply..."in the bible it says we need to be at war" or something along those lines and then started spouting a scripture from Matthew.
I asked him how this Christian belief in war has worked out for him so far?
Am I on glue or not in my right mind to think that being peacefulness, tolerance and compassion are good things?

Seriously, and then when I relayed my little anecdote to someone in the room, I was called as nutty as the caller!
:wtf:

[leftofcool]

1. Was this a Republican caller?

If so, that says it all

[Breeze54]

4. lmao! You have to ask!?!

:rofl:

[SpiralHawk]

10. That's the anti-Christian position

Even the self-imagined "elect" shall be decieved (paraphrase of J. Christ)

[LaurenG]

2. Red state mentality can lurk anywhere

I am sorry that happened to you. If you're a nut, I am too.

[Breeze54]

3. Sounds like a Dominionist or a "Christian for Zion" groupee.

:eyes:

[zanne]

5. "We're a Christian nation".

Another thing on the Right Wing wishlist. Say it often enough and it'll come true.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

6. I thought we are supposed to bitter...

I am so confused :crazy:

[beezlebum]

7. yeah, i'm pretty nuts myself.

when you're the only sane person in the room, you're the only one who is not.

so the pope is coming and amurka has been planning for his visit, sweeping the christian torture under the rugs and mopping up the blood pretending our christian murderous sins aren't bleeding all over the world, preparing the bless-ed welcome map, replaying speeches from pope john what's-his-sequence. yes, we are a "christian" nation. after all that killin we can't stop to tolerate and respect another religion!

what always astounds me is when supposed christians reply as this caller did, that we need to be at war according to the bible, citing some mysteriously interpreted passage (if they cite any at all)- these are the same people who talk about "islamofascism" and how the ko-ran teaches all muslims to kill the "infidels." the irony is too tragic for laughs.

[moondust]

8. Classic Republican mindset

"If you ain't like me then you must be a commie or a terrist or something."

[fasttense]

9. So according to this supposed Christian

Jesus was for War, Hate and Indifference.

Funny, I always thought when Jesus said "Love thy Enemy", it very strongly implied you shouldn't kill them. What do I know? I only read the bible.

[Freedomofspeech]

11. Just another example of why I don't go to church anymore...

I know there are many wonderful Christians out there. But after * became their president and I really started thinking long and hard about religion, I was enlightened! Nothing scares me more than people who remind me what good Christians they are.

[Ishoutandscream2]

12. Me, too. I can honestly say Bush has steered me away from Christianity

When I saw how devoted the church going folks in my community were toward Bush, it made me stop and think, "WTF"? I swear, that made me a born-again Agnostic.

[LeftishBrit]

13. Well, that's the RW view I suppose!

[bdamomma]

14. too much religion can make people stupid.