Great thread Snowbird.
I agree... we all have our own beliefs and values and we all have the right to express them. The apologists don't really bother me that much... after all, I was once in their shoes too.
I do however, believe everyone has their own story to tell, and the right to tell it their own way. They do, after all, know it better than anyone else.
When certain ones come on here and start belittling or making light of someone else's story, they cross the line with me. No one has the right to do that, and I've seen quite a bit of that sort of thing happening here lately, mostly from apologists.
It's fine if you want to defend your beliefs, but please remember... we were all once where you are now. Most of us have since moved on and went through a lot of heartache and pain to get to where we are... please don't make fun of it. There's no need to turn everything that is said on here into an "us vs. them" debate or to always insist on offering the alternative view. It really is like rubbing salt into peoples wounds sometimes.
