tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30617023.post115231561034075830..comments2012-12-13T12:37:29.813-08:00Comments on Up and Down: Fists of steelAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08372584421479272535noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30617023.post-1155175654712444782006-08-09T19:07:00.000-07:002006-08-09T19:07:00.000-07:00Colter,What an insipiration you are. Such a young ...Colter,<BR/><BR/>What an insipiration you are. Such a young man with such an ancient, wise soul.<BR/><BR/>Deine MuttiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30617023.post-1154370784657926092006-07-31T11:33:00.000-07:002006-07-31T11:33:00.000-07:00you know my opinion about this, we spent quite a l...you know my opinion about this, we spent quite a long time discussing this, btu I just wanted to reiterate one thing... Why tell someone who is doing something that they know is wrong, that they are doing something wrong. They are already hearing it from everyone else, they don't need it from you to. Jesus' message was love, not hate, not guilt, not anger... We need to realize that Jesus didn't even hate the Pharisees. When he spoke to them he was trying to open their eyes, he was trying to help them see things the way the God saw them. He was essentially saying, "you are missing the point". So let's not miss the point, lets think outside the box, let fight outside the box, lets love... There is more to life than this world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30617023.post-1153191883221586632006-07-17T20:04:00.000-07:002006-07-17T20:04:00.000-07:00I love your writing, Colter. You are honest and ...I love your writing, Colter. You are honest and open and looking for God's perspective as you embrace Him and His love for reaching people to draw them into the kingdom. Keep your passion for Christ and Christ-likeness as you withold judgement and reach out.<BR/><BR/>dadAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30617023.post-1153071888568578182006-07-16T10:44:00.000-07:002006-07-16T10:44:00.000-07:00yeah, this is one of those things. christianity h...yeah, this is one of those things. christianity has generally made a bigger deal out of homosexuality than it really is. that's not to say that it isn't important, because it is, but it isn't the thing that will destroy america's family, as dobson supposes. homosexuality has become so demonized that we've begun to lose sight of people. (unless, of course, we happen to know someone who reminds us that they aren't demons.)<BR/>i don't know what exactly i'm trying to say, but i guess it runs along lines of alarmist and fatalist notions of the future due to the distancing of the "other". if there is someone who sees the world differently or conducts their life in another way, then they become this "other", this person who can be marginalized and scapegoated and suffocated. like brainwashing of hitler's youth. (interesting note: the church in germany championed hitler and his government when they came to power because of the moral and social code they purported. less than 1% of european gentiles resisted the holocaust; 99% were not simply complicit or scared bystanders, but also those who directly participated in the persecution and killing of jews. **see "the righteous gentiles of the holocaust" by david gushee.)<BR/>and i guess i wonder if we all aren't standing on that slippery slope anyway, regardless of whether we stop legislation or start it. evil still creeps in the hearts of men, and it's best to look within as much as you look without.chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15982805528610070283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30617023.post-1152381382250652102006-07-08T10:56:00.000-07:002006-07-08T10:56:00.000-07:00I find this expression particularly insightful bec...I find this expression particularly insightful because you are not coming from a place of blaming, rather exposing an issue and coming at it from all angles, including reflectoin of your perspective on the issue. Cudos to you considering i was so angry about the letter i wanted to burn it, stuff it into a little envelope and send it back to Dobson with the phrase "you" written across it. Well okay, maybe not the sending it back part but i did want to burn it. I know...i have issues. <BR/>Great blog! <BR/>I love you Colter. <BR/><BR/>JordanaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com