Have you ever heard the phrase employed when it wasn’t used to justify discriminatory treatment against gay people?

Just to clarify my communication with Timothy a little more – of the 4 or so emails I’ve sent him, the last one was exactly 1 month ago and all it had to do with was asking him to explain a post he left on this blog because I didn’t understand it. My message to him prior to that was 2 months before, back in early September when I told him I’d be taking a short break from the blog and wished him well. I’m not sure why you feel the need to know this information though. If you’re worried if I’ve ever talked to them about you, I don’t remember doing so. I even went back through my sent email files to check this and in none of them did I mention you, or concerned, or Ann or Mary.

I grew up in a town where many people used the love the sinner hate the sin line. I went to church all my young life with these people and I can tell you that Timothy’s description is pretty much spot on. We may have had different experiences, but I’ve yet to meet someone who uses that line who doesn’t vote to curb rights for gay people as Timothy pointed out.

It is not Eddy’s openness and willingness to share his perspective that some of us are having trouble with, but rather his sharp tongue and tone. I don’t think he understands the way he often comes across on this blog, and I think that is what David was trying to make apparent.

Eddy,

To answer your question – even though it wasn’t directed at me – I’ve corresponded with David Roberts via email but only because I had problems being able to post to ExGayWatch. I’ve sent probably a total of 3 or 4 emails to Timothy since I’ve been blogging, and that’s the extent of my communication with them.

Timothy began his statement with these words: “I have observed that nearly all of those who “love the sinner, hate the sin” want to…” I maintain that he hasn’t gotten close enough to even 1% of “all of those who “love the sinner, hate the sin” to know diddly about them.

If your issue with Timothy’s comment was that you considered it based on a limited sample size, why didn’t you just say that in your 1st response? Wouldn’t that have been more productive than a vague attack laced with innuendo?

Further, I would suspect that many of the people Timothy was referring to were not just people he met on the street, but leaders of large groups. Leaders who are expressing such sentiments on behalf of those groups.

Thus I think your less than 1% assumption probably isn’t as accurate as you think.