isadore;1556879 wrote:3. Gosh from previous statements it would seem if anything he would consider homosexuality worse than bestiality. He may have even consider bestiality “the gateway drug.” to the abomination of homosexuality.
There is no logical framework to support this, or at least none which you have articulated.
Most of this thread, you've just shown two quotes from broader messages and assumed the conclusion without drawing it.
I provided a framework for my assertions. You've not. Try again.
isadore;1556879 wrote:Robertson in 2010: " Women with women, men with men, they committed indecent acts with one another, and they received in themselves the due penalty for their perversions. They’re full of murder, envy, strife, hatred. They are insolent, arrogant, God-haters. They are heartless, they are faithless, they are senseless, they are ruthless. They invent ways of doing evil."
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And he is very condemning the person not the act.
I'd submit that we, as a human collective, fit this mold: We receive in ourselves the due penalty for our wickedness. We're full of murder, envy, strife, hatred. We are insolent, arrogant, and often God-haters. We are heartless, senseless, and ruthless. We invent ways of doing evil.
Claiming wrongdoing, even calling it evil, is not hate. I do evil. Paul admits to doing evil. So does David ... in fact, he admits to BEING evil in his heart.
Granted, I understand that you, being full of nothing but love and compassion, may not be evil like the rest of us in the world, but I would at least hope you can see the distinction between pointing out what one thinks are imperfections in another and the former hating the latter.
You can infer what you wish, but it is speculation at most. I infer only that which he explicitly states, because I prefer to assume as much innocence in my fellow man as possible, while recognizing that it is never fully present. As such, I will not assume malevolence, though you seem to be able to do so.
isadore;1556879 wrote:He grew up in the Jim Crow South. He saw the segregated facilities, the segregated schools,
he knew what would happen to any black person who stepped out of line,
He is from Caddo Parish
You've spelled out the circumstances, but answer me this one question: Is it impossible for someone who has been forced to live under such circumstances to be happy?
In essence, can a person be happy IN SPITE of their circumstances? If so, then what you've just stated changes nothing as to whether or not he was simply being truthful about those with whom he worked. Plainly stated truth carries no bias and furthers no agenda. Our interpretations of fact and truth are what do that.
Actually, it's "INFER" there. And we have insufficient evidence to cover anything up, so long as we're approaching the topic logically. You've continued to list facts, but you have yet to offer one single iota of evidence that a person could not, by any stretch, find happiness under such trying circumstances.
I urge you to do so if you are able.
isadore;1556879 wrote:He is both a homophobe and a racist.
You perhaps can know the thoughts that others have not articulated. Reading minds like that is a gift, and you should spread it.
But forgive the rest of us if we cannot do the same, and must rely on logic and empirically sensed communication in order to know the sentiments of others. And forgive us if we do not simply take your word for it.