Maceman was replying to re_nortex who wrote: “There are those who would characterize God’s smiting of Sodom and Gomorrah as hostile. As for me, it was righteous justice from the Lord.”
Agreed, Maceman wasn’t implying re_nortex wanted to murder homosexuals simply because re_nortex used a pejorative. However, he did imply that re_nortex was using similar arguments (God’s righteous justice) as the Muslims, and then Maceman implied that re_nortex would stone gays (since he was using a similar argument).
As for tlb’s comments, he didn’t post the link or article title to the thread he mentioned. If I could find it, I would love to read it for myself. A pro-gay poster doesn’t deserve to be treated impolitely, but that doesn’t mean he or she shouldn’t be forcibly refuted. The use of a pejorative against them would definitely be impolite IMHO but doesn’t rise to intent to murder.
In regards to Maceman, I agree there was more involved than pejoratives. However, Maceman’s implications were unjustified. God will definitely not permit unrepentant homosexual offenders to enter heaven. Just because re_nortex believes God’s wrath falls on (unrepentant) homosexuals, it doesn’t mean re_nortex wants to stone homosexuals himself.
Do you think it’s hateful to say God hates sin?
I didn’t think he was implying anything. I thought he was referring to posts that directly call for mayhem. Maybe I was wrong about what he meant.