Well I suppose since you have left the boards, you probably won't be reading this, but you need to learn that if you are going to dish it out, you've got to be able to take it back (and without real-life threats). I never did anything to you but posted an article from a well-respected journalist literally titled the exact same thing as my thread, "The Catholic Church is a Criminal Enterprise", that appeared in a major magazine, Rolling Stone. It would not have been published in a major magazine if it were a bigoted article. Sure I have responded to your insults, patronizing and derogatory remarks, and general slandering with some vitriol of my own, but you started it sir:
"OGD, I do pity you, as your longing to prove that you must be right on faith requires a denigration of all who believe. An absence of the comfort of the Lord, combined with a deep seated hatred of those who have that must make you a lonely, tortured soul."
"I'm sorry to insult you leftist sensibilities, but I ask you to point to a single Catholic principle I am not following.
If you can't, I await your apology. "
"3) Why does it not shock me that the ultimate moral relativist [OGD] has no regard of the Constitution."
"About as much as the bigoted anti-Catholic tirades, I'd suspect. Both are abhorrent.
The only remaining question is whether it is worse to be a simple bigot or a hypocritical bigot."
"OGD,
First, since when is "discussing," tirades claiming an enitre faith is criminal?
Second, you are a simple bigot. I've really appreciate the personal messages of hate that you've sent. I'm sorry that you have so little to enjoy that you've made it your life's work to try to discredit and denigrate those of faith on secondary message boards.
Here's the great joke. If you are right, when we die it doesn't matter and nothing happens to me. If I'm right, things are going to suck pretty hard for you.
Pascal is chuckeling."
"I graduated with honors from Wake Law, so good luck throwing me under that bus. Unlike my academics, I doubt you have the true courage of your supposed convictions to discuss this face to face.
I'm more than willing to meet you to discuss your statements, as I will be there numerous times this year. However, I seriously doubt you would make them to my face, but I would love to see the conequences if you erroneously decided to exercise that small modecum of courage."
As I have repeatedly said, I have no problems whatsoever with religious people or Catholics. Many of my closest friends and family members are religious and many are Catholic. Many of the people I most respect on these forums (IAT, DDA, ConnorEl, Zdeac, etc) are deeply religious and I feel I have very healthy and enjoyable discussions with them. I do have a problem with tough guys who pick fights and constantly sling insults at me because they were offended by one of the articles I posted months ago on the other forum. But as I posted on the other forum, I am not scared of you and I don't back down to bullies. I'm not scared to discuss anything with anyone in real life face to face. I don't harbor any hatred for you, and I would be happy to apologize for my vitriolic responses to your insults if you wish to make up and drop this.