So after seeing the news about how the sales of gay superman are tanking (color me surprised) I remembered how a few weeks back an owner of a comic book store that I met at a convention I was working told me I could make some quick and easy cash selling my Female Thor #1 and my Ms. Marvel #1 as soon as their shows come out. I bought those back when I still had the "give everything a chance" mindset. I gave that mindset up a while back, then reading Don't Give Money to People who hate You kind of solidified it.
It is funny about the whole gay superman thing. At what point do you realize that while most people have no animosity against the lgbt crowd or while I may have a religious objection I have no desire to harass anyone about how they live, they are still a very small group and a lot of people are probably not interested in stories that push it heavily.
Just like Jesus when he let those moneylenders do what they wanted in the place of worship yeah. And who can forget such famous verses like "suffer the witch, it's fine, don't bother them"
I never understood the perspective of Christians who didn't want to bother people. That's an atheistic perspective. If you believe there's nothing in the afterlife, then yeah it would be annoying having people try to convince you to change your behavior. But If you believe there is an eternity of torment awaiting a sinner unless they repent, it is incumbent upon you to try to save them from that fate. It's far ruder to leave them to it and not try to save their eternal soul. Don't you wish to save them, or is this person not worth it in your eyes?
That's not to say that there's not a time or place, and a recognition of ones own persuasive abilities (or lack thereof). Be effective about it, sure, but there's a time and place for 'bothering'.
That’s true. Thank you for pointing that out. I guess since I’ve been overly judgmental and harsh in the past I’m paranoid about that now
Man, can you please stop being so mature and polite in your responses? You're making the rest of us look bad by comparison. Thank you.
Ha! I’ll work on it.