tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post3846199923793166103..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Ruined By “Diversity”Francis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-59583948927332753382017-04-11T07:05:23.514-04:002017-04-11T07:05:23.514-04:00I would argue the point that we certainly are allo...I would argue the point that we certainly are allowed to judge. Just include the next verse in Matthew 7. We are not permitted to be a hypocritical judge. There are other passages also. Our Lord spoke again concerning judgment in John7:24: “Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment." Here he is clearly telling us that we have a right to judge, but it must be the right kind of judgment. We have a saying that we should not judge a book by its cover. We cannot judge a man’s heart or his motives unless by some means that is revealed. But we can judge sinful behavior. Christian Mountaineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04718213506187103102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-43340111304301919612017-04-10T23:45:39.611-04:002017-04-10T23:45:39.611-04:00You are clearly a perceptive individual, Jack. You...You are clearly a perceptive individual, Jack. You probably, as I do, look to fiction to <i>escape</i> from politics, rather than to have them forced down your throat. The best writers, like Mr. Heinlein and Our Gracious Host, get their message across without being heavy-handed, and while still remembering that their primary purpose is to <i>entertain.</i> This is also a guiding principle for the so-called "Human Wave" authors, such as Sarah Hoyt and those in her circle.Amy Bowersoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18076323336759224116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-7815672934405128632017-04-10T19:40:42.381-04:002017-04-10T19:40:42.381-04:00Thanks, Amy, I knew if I just stayed out of it, so...Thanks, Amy, I knew if I just stayed out of it, some one would come along and arrange the words in the proper order to handle this essay of Sir Porretto's today. I agree with 97% of your comment, however the three percent would just be a guy's take on it, and I'm definitely one of those. Be Blessed...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07795222563523474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-42267857692461993102017-04-10T13:46:40.931-04:002017-04-10T13:46:40.931-04:00Well, of course, I'm not going to argue in fav...Well, of course, I'm not going to argue in favor of diversity for diversity's sake. If <i>some</i> characters in fiction are LGBT, that's fine, because <i>some</i> people are LGBT. But that doesn't mean that <i>every</i> piece of fiction has to feature them, any more than you'd expect everyone you encounter daily to be LGBT. And you shouldn't have to be LGBT to write about such characters, any more than you should have to be from a planet orbiting 40 Eridani A to write about <i>Star Trek</i>'s Vulcans.<br /><br />I'm not interested in being either one faction's punching bag or another faction's token victim group. I'm mostly just interested in living my life as a woman and minding my own business. I am, however, interested in helping out my fellow transgender people as they make their own journeys...but don't think that means I want to see more people <i>become</i> transgender. First, I don't really think that's <i>possible;</i> you either are trans or you aren't, there's no real "becoming" to it. Second, even if it <i>were</i> possible, I wouldn't wish it on anyone else; the road we travel can be a difficult and perilous one. If you're cis, be thankful you <i>don't</i> have to deal with what we do!<br /><br />(It could always be <i>worse,</i> though...I could have been born in a Muslim country...)Amy Bowersoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18076323336759224116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-76593038709462943422017-04-10T11:48:34.833-04:002017-04-10T11:48:34.833-04:00Yes, I will watch for "Innocents" but as...Yes, I will watch for "Innocents" but as for this posting, I see no way to comment on anything in it; fiction, left or otherwise. It's kinda like a slot machine with no yank handle. I could put in my two cents, but what then? Probably the machine would fall over on me. I will bide my time/replies/reposts, etc until you have another great post where worthwhile ideas stick out all over it. Until then God bless your hands that mete out the words...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07795222563523474963noreply@blogger.com