Quote Originally Posted by BABY J
Angry? When and where? In fact I am laughing at you - not angry at all. I have never been hostile towards anyones beliefs - that's what the religious wars are/were about. I've always said that I'm all about people being who they wanna be. But they laughed at Jesus --- so WHO ARE YOU? You think you get a free ride? NOT.

I believe in me. PERIOD. As I said --- respect.
Baby J...
do you not see that "people being who they want to be," and "respect" are not usually linked? As we have discussed before. what if who I am means that I do NOT respect you and should not. ex. KKK, Black Panthers, any number of Israeli and Palestinian groups etc. In these cases these individuals all are who they want to be, but by definition they are going to hate someone else. Where does that line get crossed between this being okay.

What takes precedence? Your views or the respect? Because either way I don't see how I can come to that same conclusion as a world view. What I mean is that we all need each other and everyone is counting on the individual to do their part so I don't see where that method would work in society.

but, you are right...they did laugh at Jesus, the man who preached loving others before yourself and God above all (I see how that works), which is why I am not surprised or shocked when I get laughed at and you put up with me in these discussions enough that the laughing is just a part of our correspondence.