2008 Woodie Awards
Extremist judgement
Amy Larson
Issue date: 10/30/06 Section: Forum
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We are not sent here to judge. That's not our job. Depending on what you believe, the final judge of all things happening here on Earth resides in a much better place. So why do people continue to constantly judge those around them?
This past week, as I'm sure almost everyone has heard about by now, our favorite Christian fundamentalist group showed up on campus to protest against abortion, including a man 'preaching' about the Bible. When these protestors realized that members from the LGBTQA on campus were protesting against them, they conveniently had signs in their vans proclaiming that homosexuality is a sin, citing verses from the Bible for support.
I believe in free speech and everything else that the constitution represents and it does not matter if I agree or disagree with what they had to say. One of my qualms with this group is how they represent other Christians, more importantly Jesus Christ. The Christian God is a loving God, and I'm positive does not condone what had occurred Wednesday. Sure, these people are allowed to protest and state their beliefs on any state property, but when someone is trying to spread the word of God, there is a right and wrong way to go about doing so.
I was not there to witness any of the name calling, or the "You are going to Hell" threats, but I know enough about extremists and heard enough people complaining about some of the rude comments they heard Wednesday to know that name calling and threats of eternal damnation were there.
Frankly, that just isn't the way to go about spreading the word of God. No one listens to name calling. It only gets everyone angry, and when people get angry, they get closed-minded and nothing sinks in. It is obvious that the extremists feel strongly about their beliefs, which I completely respect, but if they would have had a conference, where there was a panel of them talking to an audience of students, I feel that would have been a much more effective approach to spreading their beliefs than slandering those who did not agree with them.
This past week, as I'm sure almost everyone has heard about by now, our favorite Christian fundamentalist group showed up on campus to protest against abortion, including a man 'preaching' about the Bible. When these protestors realized that members from the LGBTQA on campus were protesting against them, they conveniently had signs in their vans proclaiming that homosexuality is a sin, citing verses from the Bible for support.
I believe in free speech and everything else that the constitution represents and it does not matter if I agree or disagree with what they had to say. One of my qualms with this group is how they represent other Christians, more importantly Jesus Christ. The Christian God is a loving God, and I'm positive does not condone what had occurred Wednesday. Sure, these people are allowed to protest and state their beliefs on any state property, but when someone is trying to spread the word of God, there is a right and wrong way to go about doing so.
I was not there to witness any of the name calling, or the "You are going to Hell" threats, but I know enough about extremists and heard enough people complaining about some of the rude comments they heard Wednesday to know that name calling and threats of eternal damnation were there.
Frankly, that just isn't the way to go about spreading the word of God. No one listens to name calling. It only gets everyone angry, and when people get angry, they get closed-minded and nothing sinks in. It is obvious that the extremists feel strongly about their beliefs, which I completely respect, but if they would have had a conference, where there was a panel of them talking to an audience of students, I feel that would have been a much more effective approach to spreading their beliefs than slandering those who did not agree with them.
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