Actually, they're not.
Submitted by Dirk Gently on May 02 2000 23:05:34
In reply to But child molesters are the worst scum!!! submitted by Heteroman on April 28 2000 19:11:20
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At least, not if you believe St. Paul, who claimed that title for himself. "For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like men condemned to die in the arena. We have been made a spectacle to the whole universe, to angels as well as to men. We are fools for Christ, but you are so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honoured, we are dishonoured! To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless. We work hard with our own hands. When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it; when we are slandered, we answer kindly. Up to this moment, we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world." -1 Corinthians 4:9-13 (NIV) Come to think of it, his description of his life as an apostle sounds an awful lot like what many boylovers go through, so perhaps you were right all along. "Brutally treated, cursed, persecuted, slandered" -- does that sound like anything you've seen directed towards Christians on this board? Dirk |
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