Re: Outrageous Postal stamp...
Yes, Madonna is the Virgin Mother of Christ.<br /><br />I know this will probably irritate some....many here. Who are we to condemn a whole community or society for the actions of a part of the group? Who here has fought in war? Is this not one of the things we fought against, the freedom of religion? Lets look at my life, I am Catholic. Lately there has been a lot of mud thrown our way because of the actions of a few. Mostly from what I find in my personal life, people don't understand my beliefs and are somewhat afraid of o intimidated by my beliefs and the fact that for centuries we haven't changed to "match the times". Now there are a few, maybe 100 out of 100,000 that have been accused of sexual assaults on children. That is very small odds when you look at how many priests are out there. BUT as a whole my religion is suffering because of it. I can say that I have never been molested, have never molested any children, and anyone who has read my posts knows I am assigned to investigate these crimes. My point is that this is America! In this country we have the right to worship as we please! I stand with many who SHOULD agree with me on this. Too many men have died for these rights to have them trampled on now. This country was founded in part for the freedom of religion. If we are to stand up against this one religion because of the actiuons a few have taken in it's name then where do we stop? As we move along we start to find more and more reasons to hate, eventually we will be in the position we have fought so hard to stay away from.<br />I am not defending the terrorists in any way. I am not saying we should not fight this war. I am not saying we have not suffered a huge loss, and someone needs to pay. My past posts should also evident that! I am saying though that by generalizing our hatred to a large group or religion we are no better than they are.<br />What is next for us then? I was beat up by a black boy in school once, does this give me license to hate ALL black people? He said he hated me because I was white, so.....<br />I got challenged to a fight, and got hit blindside by an indian when I lived on the reservation growing up. He also hated whites, or at least that night he did for whatever reason. Probably the alcohol. BUT does this give me the right to hate all Native Americans? <br />As I asked earlier, who all has fought for thgis country? Does this make you feel like me that all of the fighting, all of the loss, even what we lost personally just by being there killing and fighting, does this make you feel it was all for nothing? The freedom of religion being one of the rights I fought for, now is being trampled because of what? <br />Lets say instead I hate terrorists and their supporters. I hate the folklowers of OBL, and Saddam and the others that want to do us harm. I do not hate Muslims. I respect them for standing firm on their religious beliefs in this country even with people hating them for their religion. <br />In my opinion we have just sank to their level. We hate them for their religion, just like they, the terrorists hate us for our religious beliefs and our country. <br />I for one applaud the P{ostal Service for showing the strength of this country that I have been so proud of. We will not strike out at a religiuous group because of their beliefs or because of the actions of a small part of their group. This stamp shows the "melting pot" that makes up this country! This stamp also represents that no matter what the terrorists do to us, we will stand for what we believe in as a nation. these rights we hold so dear, or should! One of those being the freedom of religion, freedom from oppression.<br />I did not lose any family or friends on 9/11, but it did effect me deeply! I did lose a lot in the first Gulf War. I did lose a lot in the fighting that followed in Afganastan then later in Iraq. <br />If they make a OBL stamp, or a Saddam stamp, then I will join you all in blowing up post offices across the nation. until then, good for them!<br />Now send all of the hate mail to................
