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Mailbag A Letter to the Editor that Came in Over the Weekend
Posted by Christopher Frizzelle on Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 11:21 AM
We get fewer letters to the editor than we used to, now that you can comment on just about anything on our website, but a steady supply of old-fashioned correspondence still streams in, and sometimes it's fun to dip in and see what's up.
Remember the old tale (from your much hated Bible) about Sodom & Gomorrah?
We can now safely call it Seattle & Tacoma. What a Utopian world it would be for you left-wing fanatics at "the Stranger" if all the country was bowing down subserviently to homosexuals, apostates, and evolutionists. Unfortunately for you, most people in this country are completely against your new world order which embodies chaos & anarchy. Thus creating a world view which is feebly esoteric and confined to the boundaries of the northwest. You wouldn't like it in the southeast, trust me.
As your publicized diatribes spew forth platitudes of how the Christians are overbearing, intrusive people, you in turn create hypocrasy by hatred of God and veritable persecution of any moral individual. As you push the envelope for acceptance of homosexuals/lesbians you alienate & castigate srtraight people.
The hypocrisy of your liberal/radical beliefs manifests its own bias.
You want to know why there is so much suicide out here? It isn't seasonal affective disorder, that's just a downplay. In a society like this one which has no moral foundation; drug abuse, violent crime and sexual immorality will always have repercussions. Now the pandemonium is reaching fever pitch and homicides as well as suicides are increasing. Your hatred of God has cursed you and your hubris has transformed your paradise into a phlogistic, polluted wasteland. And as you sit there now with a smug grin on your face, you laugh at your own destruction.
I do not have to accept you & I refuse to. My approval is irrelevant. What's right in God's eyes should be your only concern but it is not. Atheism is your defense mechanism, stranger.
Leviticus 18:22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. 19:4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God.
3
That's right Str8 person, be afraid be VERY afraid. The Homos are coming and they shall dress you in lavender and love. Be afraid be very very afraid.
4
Wow, Period Troll sends letters too. Dude's got waaay to much time on its hands.
In other news, as a "srtraight" person, I have been meaning to say how alienated and castigated I've been feeling lately.
(Also, I made a molten god once. But it ran off the altar and made a mess of the floor, so I stopped worshipping it.)
In other news, as a "srtraight" person, I have been meaning to say how alienated and castigated I've been feeling lately.
(Also, I made a molten god once. But it ran off the altar and made a mess of the floor, so I stopped worshipping it.)
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What, lesbians aren't homosexuals anymore?
Oh and this:
Oh and this:
You wouldn't like it in the southeast, trust me.I trust you.
13
I definitely had to look 'phlogistic' up. Well played, crazy dude! At least I learned something...
15
With so much good that needs to be done in this world, why would anyone waste time continuing to read this letter after about the first three sentences?
16
Awww somebody needs a hug!
Did anyone else read "Atheism is your defense mechanism, stranger." in the voice of the creepy merchant from Resident Evil 4?
Did anyone else read "Atheism is your defense mechanism, stranger." in the voice of the creepy merchant from Resident Evil 4?
18
The Lord my God needs to take some remedial composition courses...
You are correct, sir. Your approval is completely, unalterably irrelevant to my universe. Good day, to you.
You are correct, sir. Your approval is completely, unalterably irrelevant to my universe. Good day, to you.
19
Of course something like this came via snail mail. The writer obviously hasn't discovered the Internet.
20
So, its no longer sodomy but Seattley? I don't think the letter writer considered the ramifications of such a change.
22
>"Unfortunately for you, most people in this country are completely against your new world order which embodies chaos & anarchy."
>"your new world order which embodies chaos"
>"order which embodies chaos"
>"order"
>"chaos"
GTFO.
>"your new world order which embodies chaos"
>"order which embodies chaos"
>"order"
>"chaos"
GTFO.
23
I'm straight, and I've been trying to get The Stranger to alienate and especially castigate me for TWO DECADES without success. Lame.
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For someone who rejects you, he sure expended a lot of frothy effort on that letter trying to scare you into seeing things his way. I mean, why should he care?
Also I'm sort of confused about why he thinks he should mention how much you/we hate the Bible and then invoke it to damn you in the same sentence.
Well, okay, I'm only sort of confused. A lot of fundamentalist-types really, honestly, bizarrely seem to believe that liberals, atheists, and what have you are all just Christians who've decided they hate God and are going to pretend he doesn't exist. The idea that people really don't believe the same loony shit they do seems to be indigestibly foreign.
Also I'm sort of confused about why he thinks he should mention how much you/we hate the Bible and then invoke it to damn you in the same sentence.
Well, okay, I'm only sort of confused. A lot of fundamentalist-types really, honestly, bizarrely seem to believe that liberals, atheists, and what have you are all just Christians who've decided they hate God and are going to pretend he doesn't exist. The idea that people really don't believe the same loony shit they do seems to be indigestibly foreign.
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Ah, yes, the godlessness. That's why murder rates are so much higher in the northwest than the southeast. I mean, just look at this stats map! The northwest is all green and the south is all red, indicating that murderers get the "green light" up here. Yes, I'm sure that's what that means. http://www.city-data.com/forum/general-u…
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That was oddly beautiful. I feel sort of bad that out of "homosexuals, apostates, and evolutionists" I can only be one, seeing as how I'm a straight lifelong atheist. Still, I am heartened by the idea that as an uppity female heathen I'm probably still terrifying to this small, sad perdon.
31
Ooh, quoting Leviticus! This is always a fun game:
"For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother. His blood shall be upon him." (Leviticus 20:9)
"If a man lies with a woman during her sickness and uncovers her nakedness, he has discovered her flow, and she has uncovered the flow of her blood. Both of them shall be cut off from her people." (Leviticus 20:18)
"Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property." (Leviticus 25:44-45)
"Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard." (Leviticus 19:27)
"...and the swine, though it divides the hoof, having cloven hooves, yet does not chew the cud, is unclean to you." (Leviticus 11:7)
"...do not plant your field with two kinds of seed. Do not wear material woven of two kinds of material." (Leviticus 19:19)
"But all in the seas or in the rivers that do not have fins and scales, all that move in the water or any living thing which is in the water, they are an abomination to you." (Leviticus 11:10)
"They (shellfish) shall be an abomination to you; you shall not eat their flesh, but you shall regard their carcasses as an abomination." (Leviticus 11:11)
"Whatever in the water does not have fins or scales; that shall be an abomination to you." (Leviticus 11:12)
If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death. (Leviticus 20:10)
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"For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother. His blood shall be upon him." (Leviticus 20:9)
"If a man lies with a woman during her sickness and uncovers her nakedness, he has discovered her flow, and she has uncovered the flow of her blood. Both of them shall be cut off from her people." (Leviticus 20:18)
"Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property." (Leviticus 25:44-45)
"Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard." (Leviticus 19:27)
"...and the swine, though it divides the hoof, having cloven hooves, yet does not chew the cud, is unclean to you." (Leviticus 11:7)
"...do not plant your field with two kinds of seed. Do not wear material woven of two kinds of material." (Leviticus 19:19)
"But all in the seas or in the rivers that do not have fins and scales, all that move in the water or any living thing which is in the water, they are an abomination to you." (Leviticus 11:10)
"They (shellfish) shall be an abomination to you; you shall not eat their flesh, but you shall regard their carcasses as an abomination." (Leviticus 11:11)
"Whatever in the water does not have fins or scales; that shall be an abomination to you." (Leviticus 11:12)
If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death. (Leviticus 20:10)
33
Hurray for subservience to homosexuals!!! Chaos and anarchy for the win!!!! Long live The Stranger!!!
34
And what's with this "evolutionist" shit? Is that some new club I'm not a member of? Sorry, I've got a brain, and I use it. I therefore have no choice but to be convinced that evolution is correct. But it's not some cult.
35
As much nasty shit, if not in many cases more, occurred within ancient, supposedly god-terrified times as ours here today. In the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, Europe, despite its rather homogeneous adherence to Christianity, was blighted with the black death, destroying in some places more than half the population.
Some religious factions within the later Eastern Roman Empire also believed that the Turks were a curse sent to earth by a god irritated with the peculiar (but very interesting) production of icons in the Greek Orthodox tradition.
Go eat a fucking dick. It's been done already. Any half-wit can make misery seem a divine pestilence; and ancient demagogues did a much more convincing job of it.
Some religious factions within the later Eastern Roman Empire also believed that the Turks were a curse sent to earth by a god irritated with the peculiar (but very interesting) production of icons in the Greek Orthodox tradition.
Go eat a fucking dick. It's been done already. Any half-wit can make misery seem a divine pestilence; and ancient demagogues did a much more convincing job of it.
36
All I heard was:
"Blahblah blah... I'm crazy! Blah blah blah... I watch too much Fox News! Blahblah blah the sight of naked men gives me a boner and that scares me!"
"Blahblah blah... I'm crazy! Blah blah blah... I watch too much Fox News! Blahblah blah the sight of naked men gives me a boner and that scares me!"
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"Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee."
Leviticus 19:19
See? I can quote ridiculous, outdated passages from Leviticus, too! Wearing a cotton blend? You're going to HELL.
Leviticus 19:19
See? I can quote ridiculous, outdated passages from Leviticus, too! Wearing a cotton blend? You're going to HELL.
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@34, the "Evolutionist" thing is a funny one. I see it a lot because I deal with creationists online often. I always want to say "Yeah, and I'm also a Gravitationist and a Heliocentrist, bitch!". I think that to them "Evolutionist" is just a way of saying atheist, something that would make Francis Collins LOL.
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Dearest Letter Writer,
I'm very sorry that you feel that you feel alienated and castigated. It would seem that respect for your opinion as fact is the highest desideratum or you would have not wasted your time writing. I'm sorry that I can not conclude that your opinion is fact, but I can offer you a gentle reminder that not everyone sees things through your eyes. Not everyone who disagrees with you hates God and are homosexuals/lesbians. Some of us may hate God, some may be very fond of God, and some just don't believe in the existence of God.
Again, sorry that you're having a rough time. I have no desire to dismiss your feelings, I just wonder at your claim of "veritable persecution". Look at it this way, you didn't get your home tagged with anti-gay slurs and then have it burned to the ground, right?
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/906…
You might not be as persecuted as you think. Keep your chin up.
I'm very sorry that you feel that you feel alienated and castigated. It would seem that respect for your opinion as fact is the highest desideratum or you would have not wasted your time writing. I'm sorry that I can not conclude that your opinion is fact, but I can offer you a gentle reminder that not everyone sees things through your eyes. Not everyone who disagrees with you hates God and are homosexuals/lesbians. Some of us may hate God, some may be very fond of God, and some just don't believe in the existence of God.
Again, sorry that you're having a rough time. I have no desire to dismiss your feelings, I just wonder at your claim of "veritable persecution". Look at it this way, you didn't get your home tagged with anti-gay slurs and then have it burned to the ground, right?
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/906…
You might not be as persecuted as you think. Keep your chin up.
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Oh, good, someone who knows exactly what god wants! So tell me, why didn't god mention the A bomb? Because, you know, it's a much bigger issue than say, fucking your neighbor's spouse or coveting your neighbor's new car. And do tell, why did god not say one word about abortion. If it's so important you want Ceasar to stick his nose in women's wombs, why didn't he say a fucking thing about it? Come on, you know all the answers, fill us in.
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Dude can't even make an internally consistent argument, but he's absolutely sure of himself. The saddest part is that he represents about %20 of the American public. He's as righteous as he is ignorant. The whole point of Fox News and evangelical churches are to create people like him.
These people will burn their own houses down, sign themselves up to be slaves, and give away their healthcare rather than do anything we 'badguys' want.
I'd feel sorry for them if they weren't so mean spirited.
These people will burn their own houses down, sign themselves up to be slaves, and give away their healthcare rather than do anything we 'badguys' want.
I'd feel sorry for them if they weren't so mean spirited.
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@10 phlogistic, really? I don't get it. " Your hatred of God has cursed you and your hubris has transformed your paradise into a phlogistic, polluted wasteland." Polluted definitely is bad, but a "feverish" wasteland? An "inflamed" wasteland? It's not working for me, sorry.
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I had this idea the other day and I'm so happy @31 referenced in these comments: Why don't we start a "Leviticus Purity" movement? Just for a week, maybe in the spring? Publicize the hell out of it.
Seriously. We could print little Jack Chick comic books about Johnny the Teenager choking on a shrimp tail. We could throw buckets of red paint on people wearing sweaters with two different kinds of material, or anybody who walks around with T-shirts with iron-on transfers. And I know *tons* of bands that would be appropriate to play a Benefit for Full Beards.
Let's go. I think it's time we really started paying attention to the branding of Leviticus. Who's up for pulled por... ah, shoot.
Seriously. We could print little Jack Chick comic books about Johnny the Teenager choking on a shrimp tail. We could throw buckets of red paint on people wearing sweaters with two different kinds of material, or anybody who walks around with T-shirts with iron-on transfers. And I know *tons* of bands that would be appropriate to play a Benefit for Full Beards.
Let's go. I think it's time we really started paying attention to the branding of Leviticus. Who's up for pulled por... ah, shoot.
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@ 14 True, but if any god(s) did exist, it might be pretty hard not to hate them. According to their myths, most of them are total dicks! Can we jack this thread making list of gods who are/aren't dicks? Probably not, but here goes:
Dick:
Old Testament jealous serial killer god.
Zeus
Hera
Loki
Not a dick:
Athena
Inari
Thor
Dick:
Old Testament jealous serial killer god.
Zeus
Hera
Loki
Not a dick:
Athena
Inari
Thor
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@ 49 Excellent idea. Just save the pig roast for the end, when you repudiate the previous week. Also, crayfish.
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@48 Probably they were going for "infected." That or they were just flipping randomly through the thesaurus.
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I cannot lie with mankind as I would with womankind?? FUCK! Is the Bible telling me I have to become lesbian if I want to be saved???
55
I just don't understand why people are so scared all the time.... That's all this letter is really about, fear and insecurity
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@54, that's how I've always interpreted it. I mean, if the fundies can interpret the Bible however they want and leave out what's inconvenient for them, why can't this lesbo do the same?
Of course, I think lying with all of "womankind" would be extremely difficult what with a full-time job and a girlfriend at home, so I usually stick to one woman at a time, rather than take on all of womankind.
Of course, I think lying with all of "womankind" would be extremely difficult what with a full-time job and a girlfriend at home, so I usually stick to one woman at a time, rather than take on all of womankind.
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Yes, the Bible is obviously the way: " When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the end of six years as the men are. If she does not please the man who bought her, he may allow her to be bought back again. But he is not allowed to sell her to foreigners, since he is the one who broke the contract with her. And if the slave girl's owner arranges for her to marry his son, he may no longer treat her as a slave girl, but he must treat her as his daughter. If he himself marries her and then takes another wife, he may not reduce her food or clothing or fail to sleep with her as his wife. If he fails in any of these three ways, she may leave as a free woman without making any payment." --Exodus 21:7-11
We should probably all follow the Bible's example and sell our daughters into slavery.
We should probably all follow the Bible's example and sell our daughters into slavery.
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@27 that is simply because the northwest is overwhelmingly white, with very few blacks and mexicans. You are just a sheltered naive white libtard who can't see the totally obvious reason and truth right in front of your face.
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