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   BuBBy
   Teh adnim

   OMG. I just noticed people are still hung up on the religion thing.

   I was the person who originally mentioned "no religious wars" - and it was immediately mistaken to actually mean something about religion.

   That was not at all what I meant.

   http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/698?replies=60#post-3871

   A religious war (in the context of forums) also means when you get two or more camps who lay seige to each other and argue their sides point of view - and the argument goes on forever. If you want an example make a pro Microsoft comment in a Mac or Linux forum, stand back and wait for the pack of wolves start to circle.

   Suitable topics are Windows vs Linux, xbox vs playstation, (in Australia) Holden vs Ford. The main requirement is nobody should listen to any arguments, just present you own arguments repeatedly and insist you are right, everyone else is wrong, because you are right.

   Perhaps there are more similarities to actual religions than I first thought.

   Actual posts pushing or bashing religions will be deleted and the poster instructed to find a more appropriate forum for such topics. Don't give me religion - "We is Software".

   Posted 17 years ago #
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   Wolven
   Member

   To add to that, Bobby...

   [Quote Whitmar57]
   Ask yourself..."Would I say what it is I am about to post to my Grandmother? My 3 year old Daughter or Son? My Mother or Father?" [/Quote]

   To be completely honest with you - I would give all that I have to speak for a moment with any of them,..but I am left to say it mostly to their memory.

   1. My grandmother passed away a few years ago.
   2. My daughter (only child) did not have the opportunity to reach her third birthday - Not even her first.
   3. My mother is seriously ill with cancer at this moment.
   4. My father died in the armed services in the early 90's.

   Were I overly sensitive, I feel that I would have greater cause to complain here than those who are worried over an off-the-cuff remark about the Pope. After all, I do/did know MY family far better than you know OUR 'God'.

   I did not appreciate that comment, as it raised several sad memories for me. The difference being, I am not going to complain about it.

   Now the fun has been laid to rest, I suggest the whining and moaning also join it and you all get the topic back on track.

   ...away into the sunset.

   Posted 17 years ago #
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   Bobby
   Member

   Sigh ... I know I signed off .. but one more time..

   I would give all that I have to speak to those same family members of my own. My beloved grandmothers are both gone 2. My daughter Brandy died before she reached her first birthday. 3. I am fighting cancer for the second time m'self...having already lost every female member of my family to the ravages of that disease...but because of my faith, I have not shed a single tear over the situation or lost my own quirky sense of humor. 4. My father, a decorated WW2 medic, died years ago; my step-dad, also a Navy vet, died last year of Alzheimer's.

   We have common ground, you and I.

   Sarcastic remarks like 'holier-than-thou,' whining and moaning' and 'overly sensitive' are childish and uncalled for; moreover, they have no bearing on this subject. If the remarks were off-the-cuff, they would not have continued for several posts. It went beyond humor after the first post.

   Those of us that Believe _did_not_ start this discussion in a software forum, and although we stand by your right to your own beliefs, or lack thereof, we do not have to stand by while someone bashes our own set of beliefs, whatever they may be. As I originally pointed out, this simply was not the place for what should have been a private discussion between y'all. Agreed?

   Wolven .. I AM sorry to hear of your Mom's battle with cancer. I hope she has your sense of humor, because humor is the best weapon in that fight.

   I am also sorry to learn of the loss of your father in the course of military service. As a Navy veteran, I mourn the sacrifice he made for freedom's sake; as the descendant of generations of veterans, it is my wish that no further generations suffer what we have experienced.

   We have common ground, despite our philosophical differences. I would like to go forward from this point on good terms.

   Moderator, kind sir, would you delete the discussions pertaining to religion so we can end this?

   Now, once again...AX2USN signing off on this subject. It's over.

   Posted 17 years ago #
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   Anonymous
   Unregistered

   This topic has gone pear shaped and starting to become depressive.

   [Closed]

   Posted 17 years ago #

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