The threads where I would like to place this post

are so full, that I figured it would get lost in the shuffle, and would likely not be responded to or have any attention paid to it

I'm hoping not to get pounced on by the "masses" here, but here goes anyway

It's regarding the threads that start off as "religious" in content, or end up as such. I read the posts by some who obviously know his/her Bible/Holy Book well, and have great faith and belief.

What saddens me is when I read those particular posts and "hear" (see) much that I consider disrespect, rudeness, belittling, etc. I "hear" (see) justification such as a Bible quote, or "I'm just being honest and truthful, not spiteful and mean," or even such childishness as "You started it!."

My thought as I read these is this: Whatever happened to the Golden Rule? Whatever happened to what most of us that went to "Sunday School" learned during the first lessons?

Be nice.
Be good.
Help thy neighbor.
Love thy enemy.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

Come to think of it, if you are not "religious," you can find alot of this in Robert Fulghum's books, in particular his first one "All I Really Needed To Know I Learned in Kindergarten."

My suggestion: Write up your response in a word processing program first. Save it. Think about it. Then post it if you still feel it is appropriate to your morals, standards, beliefs, faith, etc.

Take care, all.
Just venting a bit

--Marcia "I occasionally bite back, too. Human nature."

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