Deborah responds:
Disgust mail, eh? What ever happened to "love the sinner?" [sic] We'll leave the fact that there are animals which engage in inter-gender sexual activities to those who show a capability for learning. As for "preserving the white race" labeling you a racist ... the shoe fits and your foot is very clearly in your mouth.
Deborah responds:
(She's giving it to me straight - how appropriate! ;>) ... But showing a failure to look before speaking - For example, Sodom and Gomorrah has actually been "addressed." At length, even. But not the inaccurate interpretation that is so often bandied about, but rather the lessons the original story tellers clearly meant to relay. More information to this end can be found in our "Religious Answers" section.
Deborah responds:
Wow. What a lot of questions. Let me see whether I can get to all of them.
1. Isn't it good folks like yourself who contend that "God loves everybody?"
2. If the "Holy Bible" is so "plain" how come there are passages and translations that contradict each other?
3. Men probably have only a penis and an anus rather than a penis, anus and vagina because G/d realized that s/he was already giving men too much to deal with via the gift of the "little buddy" with a mind of its own.
4. The fact that only women can have babies may actually prove that G/d does have a gender, and that s/he is male.
5. I would rather children be innocent, free and knowledgeable then innocent free and ignorant. How about you?
Deborah responds:
All I can say is ... with enemies like you - who needs friends?
Deborah responds:
...Because the G/d in my heart tells me so. How about you?
Then move there, I'll choose not to.
Deborah responds:
That's all well and fine, Neal. But what are you going to do when all the states in the union, and indeed the United States government rules that all people are to be treated equally, even gays and lesbians. When you run out of places not to move to will you still be able to live with yourself?
Deborah responds:
Pardon moi. The Bible fits my lifestyle very well, thank you... I have several versions (along with a lot of research material) filling an entire bookcase in the office I share with my other half. Yes, it is a little crowded, but darn it, we made it all fit. As for the gay gene --- there are not only gay Genes, but gay Harrys and gay Richards and gay...
Deborah responds:
Uh... you mistakenly Posted? And you call me demented? Uh, If you say so. Don't do so again and you'll be "off the list." (And don't let the Forum door hit you on the way out, etc. etc. etc.)
Deborah responds:
You need to check back with G/d again. I just did and s/he and I are okay (although s/he's not that pleased with folks who are misinterpreting "the" word). Now... Let's assume, for the moment, that I don't teach your children anything. What are you going to do when one of them is gay or lesbian? Turn them out of your home? Why do you think so many gay and lesbian youth commit suicide. Hint: It's not because of people like me.
Deborah responds:
There are as many "real gods" as there are religions. For example, I don't see Jews running around telling people that they are going to suffer for eating Lobster (although they will if the Lobster is bad). You really shouldn't assume that your religion is the only way - or even that you know all there is to know about your religion. You'd be amazed how so-called men of the cloth have bastardized the original messages in both the original (what you would call the "Old Testament") Torah and its sequel, the "New Testament."As for HIV, in case you haven't noticed it is a world wide problem, and contrary to ignorant belief, AIDS does not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation.
By the way, as you can see by your tirade posted in its entirety, I do not edit the hate mail I receive. After all, the authors' words do work so well to speak for themselves.
Deborah responds:
I admit that I'm not quite as good about recycling as I should be, but I hardly think that I'm responsible for everything that is wrong with the planet. Hmmm. On second thought perhaps that is not what John meant ... but then again perhaps the level of coherency is above my ability to comprehend.