In my view, there’s nothing more selfish than procreation. The selfless thing to do is not procreate so we leave the earth cleaner than when we arrived. The right thing to do is adopt and care for a poor unwanted child.
I find that progressives are quite open minded and accepting of other people’s viewpoints. It’s the puritans who poison friendships by asking people to “repent.” The preachers of America aren’t much different from the Mullahs of Islam.
As for the religious Christians going to the sex clubs, my friend is a psychologist and he tells me that under the surface of propriety, people are “guilty” of all kinds of “sins” (married men having gay sex, adultery, drugs, etc…). I believe that the incident of sinful acts is sky high in conservative areas. Anyone remember tele-evangelist Jim Baker? Look at Rush Limbaugh. He’s the voice of the conservative movement. What a good example to follow!
Progressives have weakness for sure but we don’t pretend to be hollier-than-thou.
I have to say that I enjoy my European friends the most. We can talk, disagree, never feel personally attacked and always remain good friends.
jd, watch out, a friend of mine dad’s is a minister. My friend moved away to the big city for college, “sinned,” and no longer believes in God. To this day, he still doesn’t have the guts to tell his parents. The parents believe they have the perfect son. And the son is hiding the biggest part of his life from his family.
