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	<title>Comments on: Proselytize &#8230; A Dirty Word</title>
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		<title>By: Todd French</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectdisciples.com/index.php/2010/01/08/proselytize-a-dirty-word/comment-page-1/#comment-191</link>
		<dc:creator>Todd French</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The thin skin nature of our culture really bugs me sometimes.  A single pundit exercised his first amendment freedoms to express his view regarding the best route for Tiger Woods going forward.  That pundit has been roundly vilified for doing so.  I don&#039;t honestly think there is any harm in anything he said, and it is a good thing for our society, our culture, our nation, and our world when people of all walks of life do so.

It seems the only group of people that get roundly bashed for the content of their speech are people of faith.  The Charlie Sheen&#039;s of the world can express their views at will without serious attack.  Let a person of faith encourage a public figure to review his religious perspective and the politically correct crowd seems to got absolutely insane.

I don&#039;t understand and likely never will.  Our founders didn&#039;t intend for it to be this way.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The thin skin nature of our culture really bugs me sometimes.  A single pundit exercised his first amendment freedoms to express his view regarding the best route for Tiger Woods going forward.  That pundit has been roundly vilified for doing so.  I don&#8217;t honestly think there is any harm in anything he said, and it is a good thing for our society, our culture, our nation, and our world when people of all walks of life do so.</p>
<p>It seems the only group of people that get roundly bashed for the content of their speech are people of faith.  The Charlie Sheen&#8217;s of the world can express their views at will without serious attack.  Let a person of faith encourage a public figure to review his religious perspective and the politically correct crowd seems to got absolutely insane.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t understand and likely never will.  Our founders didn&#8217;t intend for it to be this way.</p>
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		<title>By: Ty</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Clark, the problems with a situation such as Hume found himself in are numerous, and more social/political than truly spiritual.

When it comes to religion nowadays, everyone has thin skins. No one likes being preached at (even if they&#039;re not really being &quot;preached&quot; at). Why? Mainly because most people feel religion in one form or another has been shoved down their throats,or they&#039;ve been told by others that their particular religion is the wrong one. Or people are tired of being told how they should live their life. It&#039;s a situation that comes with democracy, concerning the U.S. specifically.

The Christian church (the various organizations as a whole, and sometimes as individual groups or even individuals) are as guilty of this as other faiths. Even the atheists and (to a far lesser extent) agnostics have gotten on the wagon about this one.

The best an individual Christian can do is share their word, then &quot;shake the dust from (their) feet.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Clark, the problems with a situation such as Hume found himself in are numerous, and more social/political than truly spiritual.</p>
<p>When it comes to religion nowadays, everyone has thin skins. No one likes being preached at (even if they&#8217;re not really being &#8220;preached&#8221; at). Why? Mainly because most people feel religion in one form or another has been shoved down their throats,or they&#8217;ve been told by others that their particular religion is the wrong one. Or people are tired of being told how they should live their life. It&#8217;s a situation that comes with democracy, concerning the U.S. specifically.</p>
<p>The Christian church (the various organizations as a whole, and sometimes as individual groups or even individuals) are as guilty of this as other faiths. Even the atheists and (to a far lesser extent) agnostics have gotten on the wagon about this one.</p>
<p>The best an individual Christian can do is share their word, then &#8220;shake the dust from (their) feet.&#8221;</p>
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