Replying to a message of Jeff Snyder to Bob Ackley:

 JS> On 05/05/09, Jeff Snyder quoted Bob Ackley: Thought Police in Bri.

 BA>> Had I been the mall owner or manager those religious displays would
 BA>> have been gone the same day.  You folks just don't respect *other*
 BA>> people's beliefs, especially when they are diametrically opposed to
 BA>> your own.

 JS> Bob, as I have often told my readers, there is a very big difference
 JS> between respecting another person's right to believe as they wish,
 JS> and actually respecting their specific beliefs. Every American
 JS> citizen has the right to believe as they wish, but that most
 JS> certainly does NOT mean that we Christians need to accept or respect
 JS> their beliefs, and we most certainly don't when those beliefs are
 JS> contrary to what we are taught in God's Word, the Bible. You can
 JS> believe whatever you want, but no one is forced to accept your
 JS> beliefs, or to respect them. By taking down those religious displays
 JS> as you say you would do, are you respecting the beliefs of those who
 JS> put them up? Most certainly not!

I was until one or more of them destroyed a display that disagreed with their
own.  If they aren't going to respect other peoples' beliefs and rights why 
should anybody else respect theirs?

 JS> You are preaching one thing, while
 JS> doing quite another. You demand tolerance, but refuse to show the
 JS> same tolerance. That makes you a hypocrite, doesn't it?

Nope.  Nor am I a hypocrite that claims to be tolerant but who supports
acts of intolerance.

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