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comment by OftenBen
OftenBen  ·  2387 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Tolerance? We Need More In The Land of the Free

Also.

I was like you once.

Believe me or not. But I was once like you. I asked my mom why she had an Elton John CD and played it in the car when Elton John was a sinner, and shouldn't be rewarded for encouraging others to sin. When I was about nine years old I took that CD and shot it with my brand new pellet gun, and asked my mom if she was proud of me for helping her avoid sin.

I completely understand the perspective you're approaching this all from. I lived it for the first 20 years of my life.

The universe is too big and too unknowable for the kind of certainty that comes with this way of thinking.

There is enough darkness without us making more.