[TrashMan]

Meh.....

[Ace]

You're just bitter because it's true

[WMCoolmon]

Why oh why do news departments always choose the worst images of politicians to post in their news stories?

[jr2]

Always?  I was pretty sure they only did that to the ones they don't like.  Do me a favor.  Find me a bad picture of Bill Clinton from a mainstream news media.  (Not a conservative one.)

[Mefustae]

I can't really comprehend why anyone can't at least be glad that a blatantly racist, sexist, homophobic pig is finally silenced. Not for being dead, just no longer able to spout his hateful drivel. I can understand that some might be uncomfortable with the celebration over someone's death, but how can anyone look at this man and be disappointed he's gone?

[Mr. Vega]

A life is a life.

[Black Wolf]

But a life spent making other people's lives miserable is one we can all do without.

[Bobboau]

life is but one component of a person. what makes you you is more than your ability to utalise oxygen to extract energy from sugars. but the legacy you make for your self, the person you make yourself into, this is more important and the thing that people should be concerned with rather than this fear of turning into Nazis because we value some people more than others. because lets face it, the world is better off without some people.

[G0atmaster]

FYI, if there's some notion you're making that you think all Christians are racist, sexist, homophobic pigs, please change your thinking now. 

The guy didnt "say things i dont like", he propogated hatred to several minorities i belong to. I am simply reflecting a fraction of the hatred back at him, and postmortem at that.

So Evil begets Evil, then.  And what power, pray tell, has won on this day?

Now, I can't say much on this guy himself, because I haven't heard any of what he's said or done or represented or what (however, no matter how awful, death is nothing to celebrate), but what I am trying to do is destroy this concept you guys seem to have of Christians being hateful people.  Yes, there are certain groups calling themselves Christian that advertise things such as "God hates Fags," "the Whites are God's chosen people," "Soldiers die in Iraq because God hates America's unclean folk," etc.  But these ideas are heavily looked down on by the Christian community as a whole.  God loves all people, regardless of age, race, sex, sexual orientation, or social, physical, mental, or psychological imperfections.  That's what Christ stated, that's what the Bible says, and that's what I, as a Christian, believe.  Yes, the Bible does state the act of homosexual relations is a sin, as well as incest and bestiality.  Christ, however, died to atone for the sins of men, including homosexuals.  No greater love can be shown for someone than for another to DIE for them.  That's what I believe on the topic.  So drop your own prejudices on the subject.

[Prophet]

Oh please! Preach us about chritianity!

For **** sake no one is blaming christianity about anything in this particular thread. It is just about the death of this certain asshole who was largely unnoticed and even more ignored in the world, but who many american assholes seemed to praise/hate.

[G0atmaster]

OK, now cool it, I never said anything worth getting angry over.   I also never began preaching.  All I did was tell you a little of what I believe and try to dispel some misconceptions I saw in this thread about how hateful Christians are.

Now regardless of how noticed he was, or what he'd done, his death shouldn't be praised.

If you can't post without flaming, don't post.  I'd rather not like to see this thread get locked.

[Prophet]

I'm quite calm thank you very much.

All I did was tell you a little of what I believe

This is what caused me to use the exclamation mark. While I admit it was a little selfish of me since there other people on this board, I couldn't help but notice that no one asked.

I'm not sure how to take that last comment of yours. I an effort to not derail this thread any more I won't venture any speculation about what you are implying.

[G0atmaster]

Firstly, while you are correct in stating that no one asked me about my beliefs, there were people posting what seemed to me at the time blatant misconceptions about Christianity based on the statements of a few hatemongers.  In hindsight, I see the three posts I'm talking about, one in which talks about blatant sexist, homophobic, racial, bigoted pigs and the other which states the poster having a problem with "the Christian part" were posted by different people.  Nevertheless, this was the spirit in which I posted.  As for my last comment: I'm not sure how the mods do things here, but I said that under the assumption that they close topics that degrade from meaningful discussions into flame wars.  That's all I was implying, was that this could become that and ultimately end up locked.

[jr2]

Now he is dead and the source of hate is defeated.

His followers live on.

for now

it does suck that he died of a heart attack, rather than being doused with napalm and set ablaze by some kvlt black metal band, which would have been far more intresting.

Hmm, you want to know what his last words probably would have been?

Hint: it's a 2,000 year old quote.

Now he is dead and the source of hate is defeated.

His followers live on.

for now

For always.  do you have against Evangelical Christianity, anyways?  I almost think I've stepped back 2,000 years to a Roman Colusseum.  You disappoint me. 

the christianity part

no one is blaming christianity about anything in this particular thread.

[Prophet]

Well I didn't interpert that as an attack on christianity as a whole. Though I admit certain kind of person might do just that.

The fact is, whether you are willing to accept it or not, that christianity is one helluva big tree with a whole bunch of rotten apples. Rotten apples that tend to spread their rot around just as christianity spread around. And the christian church as an organization isn't perfect. But it still doesn't mean every single christian soul needs to be purged from the face of the earth.

Those quotes by jr2, I see as criticism on those rotten apples, or simple harmless jokes.
If someone wants to set up a cyberspace crusade over it, then **** him.

[TrashMan]

There is no such thing as a completely hatefull person.
 
Regardless of what he SAID (Stick and stones can break my bones, but words cannot hurt me), he surely had some positive traits.
He probably cared about many people and many people cared about him...family, friends.
Even hitler had pople he loved and that loved him (including his dogs )

THAT is why every death is a tragedy.

[Mefustae]

THAT is why every death is a tragedy.

Fair enough, but some deaths are less tragic than others.

[G0atmaster]

No, none less tragic, because the human life, the thing that makes both evil and good, gets extinguished.  Regardless of what direction that particular life swayed in, it could always swing back the other way.  Upon death, that opportunity comes to a close.

[Prophet]

You've been watching too much Star Wars...

[TrashMan]

Tis true...even Lucifer was an angel...what is up can go down....what is down can go up

Taht siad, you never really met that guy in person or seen him how he normally behaves.. Who knows, maby he's a caring uncle/grnpa or a really fun guy to hang around with.