» posted on 6:28pm - September 28 2008 | posted by Lev

I love when we get hate mail, but sadly I was persuaded into believing we've lost our edge and that it was a thing of the past. It could be that society has gradually shifted to becoming more liberal after being fed up with the policies of conservative politicians, and as an effect TT no longer looks as radical as it once did. Or perhaps, it's just that we don't have as much "in your face" content as we used to, which always aided in the arousal of anti-TT sentiments. In any event, I am happy to say we got another wonderful cheery letter from someone.

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Please get me out of this hell hole of "Tainted thoughts" This is the most disgusting crap I've ever heard and seen....you guys are totally evil...I am a Christian girl who loves Jesus and I do not want to be a member of this stinkn' site ever again! Take me off your list! I will be praying for you all!

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Now, let me dissect this as best as I can, which shouldn't take too long since it isn't a long message.

First of all, as most of you should already know, you can delete your accounts yourself. This is done by clicking the "settings" button and then using the "delete my account" link. I prefer not to delete accounts now that I give members this ability because it gives me some sort of insurance that I am not removing an account that was requested by someone other than the account holder.

TT is the most disgusting crap you've ever heard or seen? Wowza! Now, either it is my feeling that you simply must be too young to actually have seen the real ills of society, or your religious barrier is blinding you from the real problems with the world. I try to build and present TT as a community that respects every opinion, no matter how offensive or radical, so that we can have a civil society where we reason with our differences instead of resorting to violence, force or war. TT, to me at least, is about addressing the corruption of conventional wisdom and institutions and finding alternatives. Yes, many members of TT have strong anti-religious mentalities, but at least most of us still retain a sense of open-mindedness and struggle to respect different points of views even if we don't believe in them. How someone can see this as being the most disgusting crap they've ever seen is beyond me. I can only assume that these feelings were expressed by a really closed minded individual who's brain filters out anything critical of their religious beliefs, and stands firm in the notion that anything which contradicts what they believe is "wrong", "blasphemous", or "hateful". In my opinion this is what is wrong with the world; closed minded, self-righteous zealots who can't accept and respect the variety of opinion.

We are totally evil? First of all, I think it's important to point out that this is a hugely stereotypical point of view. To begin with, there are many Christians on this site, and there are probably just as many patriots as well. If someone wants to address me as evil, that's more than a fair statement, but to summarize the whole site or community as evil is nonsense, as there are a large number of people who do not see things in the same way as I do. In fact, this is one of the things that I am most proud of with TT; that we have managed to build a group of people with such ranging and diverse beliefs. There aren't many places online, or even in the world at all, where people from all sorts of beliefs can come together to commune peacefully. Some of the most active members at this site harbor such different views on the world than that of my own, and still we are able to talk to each other civilly. It is my opinion that if we were evil: 1) we would all be of the same state of mind and perspective, and 2) we would resort to intolerance to one another instead of mutual respect.

You are a Christian girl who loves Jesus? Yeah, and so are a number of other girls who are also on this site. And I'm an atheist boy who loves peace, unity and a world without self-righteous barriers that tear humans apart and fill them with hate. I respect that you can believe what you want if you find that belief best suited toward your life, but you refuse to accept other people for having different points of view. Who is the better person here?

You'll be praying for us? Wow... I've never heard this before. My mom has prayed for me, my brother has prayed for me. People who don't even know me and only may see my name in a church newsletter pray for me. That's part of the problem. Many Christians (and other religious fanatics) spend too much of their time thinking prayer is going to make the world a better place instead of actually putting in some real effort themselves. With all the time that is spent praying for a better world, perhaps we'd actually have gotten somewhere if that same amount of time was put into reshaping the world into a better place by actions. Prayer is the path of the of the negligent. If you think God is going to take care of everything you have a problem with, then you're likely going to have another thing coming.

Anyhow, if the person who wrote this message to me is reading this, I thought I should point it out that I tried to respond to your email, but it was instantly bounced back to me, stating that the email address was not valid. So, I'll just paste my original email to you here:

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Hallo,

You are more than welcome to delete your account yourself. This is accomplished by clicking the "settings" button in the control panel. Then, look under the big "reset password" link for the link reading "delete my account".

As for your specific concern or tone, as much as I'd love to go into this with you, I don't think there is much of a point, considering that you seem to have shown that you are not interested in reason or alternative points of view. If you're not happy on TT and don't what it represents, you are encouraged to simply delete your account and find another site that is more attune to beliefs, as there is no point in feeling frustrated or angry when you have a choice of not being a part of it.

Oh, and lots of people pray for me. I love it. It fuels my fire, and gives me more basis for many of my beliefs.

Best regards,
Lev

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» posted by: NeroAnima · date: 10:30pm - November 04 2008	rated: N/A
quoting Neglection: I always loved these letters. Me too, wish we got more of these cause they crack me up every time. ~~~~~~~~~~ NeroAnima
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» posted by: Neglection · date: 6:46pm - November 04 2008	rated: N/A
I always loved these letters. ~~~~~~~~~~ if(literalists->catholicChurch()) { Jesus = mithra(Dionosys(Osiris(...))); }
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» posted by: private member · date: 1:10am - October 04 2008	rated: N/A
quoting TuLzie: hehehe didn't Jesus taught us not to cast stones? yeah, but people only like following parts of their doctrines that are convenient to them

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» posted by: 13Battalions · date: 10:51pm - October 03 2008	rated: N/A
Wow.... people are so weird. ~~~~~~~~~~ I Am Denial, Guilt And Fear
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» posted by: TuLzie · date: 12:00pm - October 02 2008	rated: N/A
hehehe didn't Jesus taught us not to cast stones? ~~~~~~~~~~ "we are our own devil, we are our own devil.... and we''ll make this world our hell"
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» posted by: RoCkInSmUrF · date: 2:31am - September 30 2008	rated: N/A
hahahah good reply!!! ~~~~~~~~~~ absolutely all stupid
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