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You two take this stuff far too seriously. I do not share the views of NV and neither do I share the faith of Walrus, but I appreciate the humour and character of them both. In the past I would get disturbed by religious based posts, but found that my views were likewise intolerant of others. You have to chill out and respect that different people are coming from a different place. If faith helps Walrus in life, then all power to the man. If faith is NV's way of handling a frankly irrational world, then the same to him. If someone wants to judge then that is up to them. Does it reflect on them? Of course it does, but that is their call to make. In some way or another we are always judging others. Andre likes to judge the Chinese, Greenbeanz likes to judge music taste, I like to judge Tony Blair.
With all due respect Miles, I don't really know what your point is ? I am not angry, my posts are not aggressive and neither are Andre's. So what do you mean by chill out ? Are we all just supposed to stop debating and expressing different opinions now ? I can of course see the humour in both posters, though Walrus sometimes has a sense of humour bypass when reading other people's posts.
Andre was there telling people they 'should not judge' and yet that is what people do constantly. If NV wants to have his Bible based fun, then so what? People are entitled to their views no matter how odd. I doubt he goes around confronting gay people or anything like that. It's odd to take it so seriously. Also, I sometimes thinks NV picks up on some interesting points such as the concept that homosexuals are oftentimes the victims of abuse. This is a pattern that I have noticed too having seen it in life, but also in examples of well known people I respect. Not always the case, but far too common to be ignored. It is something that goes somewhat unspoken.

People can express what they like, but certainly in my own case, I have more time for different perspectives than I used to. I respect the rights of homosexuals, but I am also cool with groups that don't want it promoted or do think it is immoral. That is up to the individual and should be respected too.