Comments on: Protecting the oppressed…from the religeous right http://beckscafe.com/2007/10/07/protecting-the-oppressedfrom-the-religeous-right/ Coffee, Chocolate & Love Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:24:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Rebecca http://beckscafe.com/2007/10/07/protecting-the-oppressedfrom-the-religeous-right/#comment-133 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 14:49:10 +0000 http://sun.asmallorange.com/~becki/2007/10/07/protecting-the-oppressedfrom-the-religeous-right/#comment-133 Hi Paul,

Thank you for your comment :) I think your point about the average person being ahead of the curve on acceptance of transgender people is spot on. Perhaps our politicians would do well to just listen to those who vote for them.

~*Becki*~

]]> By: Paul http://beckscafe.com/2007/10/07/protecting-the-oppressedfrom-the-religeous-right/#comment-132 Sat, 03 Nov 2007 18:01:35 +0000 http://sun.asmallorange.com/~becki/2007/10/07/protecting-the-oppressedfrom-the-religeous-right/#comment-132 I find it sad when politicians play games with people’s lives
or just refuse to do what is right. Barney Frank should know better. It’s fortunate that we need laws to protect transgenders from a vocal minority but it needs to be done.
I am convinced most people are way ahead of the curve on this issue and accept transgenders. What a world it would be if we all accepted each other for who we are.

]]> By: Rebecca http://beckscafe.com/2007/10/07/protecting-the-oppressedfrom-the-religeous-right/#comment-131 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:23:35 +0000 http://sun.asmallorange.com/~becki/2007/10/07/protecting-the-oppressedfrom-the-religeous-right/#comment-131 Hi Brenda,

Thank you for leaving your comment!

~*Becki*~

]]> By: Brenda Smith http://beckscafe.com/2007/10/07/protecting-the-oppressedfrom-the-religeous-right/#comment-130 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:38:36 +0000 http://sun.asmallorange.com/~becki/2007/10/07/protecting-the-oppressedfrom-the-religeous-right/#comment-130 For, gee, nigh on 17 years, I’ve considered myself part of the “religious right”, but only so far as general issues went. I don’t see myself as “liberal”, though my understanding of Jesus’ teachings are very close to what you’ve said here– that Jesus spoke against those who took an attitude against others based on their faith, that Jesus spoke to console those who needed to hear His word…

This is an interesting article, and I look forward to reading more from Dr. Nemecek.

]]> By: Rebecca http://beckscafe.com/2007/10/07/protecting-the-oppressedfrom-the-religeous-right/#comment-129 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 02:30:52 +0000 http://sun.asmallorange.com/~becki/2007/10/07/protecting-the-oppressedfrom-the-religeous-right/#comment-129 Hi Julie!

Thank you for leaving a comment. Your very welcome for the link-back Julie.

In doing some research on the Pharisees of Jesus day I was poking into The Jewish Encyclopedia. Their commentary was fascinating given, according to the article I read, that historically the Sadducees were even more conservative than the Pharisees. Still it appears that what made the Pharisees shine was their hypocritical actions vs their beliefs. Seven classes of Pharisees were identified in Jesus’ time, of which five consist of either eccentric fools or hypocrites (those are the words from Jewish historical literature, not mine).

The link to the article on the Pharisees in The Jewish Encylopedia is here:
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=252&letter=P&search=pharisees

]]> By: Julie Nemecek http://beckscafe.com/2007/10/07/protecting-the-oppressedfrom-the-religeous-right/#comment-128 Sun, 07 Oct 2007 18:00:05 +0000 http://sun.asmallorange.com/~becki/2007/10/07/protecting-the-oppressedfrom-the-religeous-right/#comment-128 Thanks for the link Becky and for your own very cogent comments. Blessings, Julie

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