I mean that I tend to be very old-fashioned in my views (I don't agree with various New-Agey type things that seem to be creeping into Christianity, I don't agree with sex before marriage, I don't agree with things being okay just because they're 'natural' or 'they aren't hurting anyone else', I bend my views to match what I percieve as God's will, not the other way around, etc), but I don't have a problem being friends with people who have opposing views.
Conservatism and intolerance do not need one another to exist. I know many liberal people who are extremely intolerant of others (I had to live with one this past summer...ugh. It sucked.).
I'm actually United Methodist, with some Lutheran and Catholic leanings. Mostly adopting the Lutheran stuff because that's pretty much what you find out here in South Dakota. And the Luthern Campus Ministries people here are awesome :}. But that's another topic.
You wouldn't believe how many people I've met who get all in a huff because 'omg headvoices and Otherkinism can't possibly fit with Christianity!1' But I've yet to find solid proof that it can't. :}
I think what you're thinking of in terms of the music thing is more of a Fundementalist Christianity than conservative. I have run into many fundementalists, though, and that's definitely not the faith I follow. And generally, I'm not in the habit of talking about Otherkinism and headvoices with random people IRL. It's just not something I feel should influence my interactions with other people. For myself, anyway (obviously, for other people, it's a huge deal, and if that's how they want to live, that's fine with me :}).
As far as the computer goes...the only thing that's worked lately was having the hard drive wiped and reinstalling Windows. But that was a last-ditch measure, and only done with the help of a computer science friend of mine :D;.
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Re: Conservative How?
Date: 2005-10-26 10:52 pm (UTC)Conservatism and intolerance do not need one another to exist. I know many liberal people who are extremely intolerant of others (I had to live with one this past summer...ugh. It sucked.).
I'm actually United Methodist, with some Lutheran and Catholic leanings. Mostly adopting the Lutheran stuff because that's pretty much what you find out here in South Dakota. And the Luthern Campus Ministries people here are awesome :}. But that's another topic.
You wouldn't believe how many people I've met who get all in a huff because 'omg headvoices and Otherkinism can't possibly fit with Christianity!1' But I've yet to find solid proof that it can't. :}
I think what you're thinking of in terms of the music thing is more of a Fundementalist Christianity than conservative. I have run into many fundementalists, though, and that's definitely not the faith I follow.
And generally, I'm not in the habit of talking about Otherkinism and headvoices with random people IRL. It's just not something I feel should influence my interactions with other people. For myself, anyway (obviously, for other people, it's a huge deal, and if that's how they want to live, that's fine with me :}).
As far as the computer goes...the only thing that's worked lately was having the hard drive wiped and reinstalling Windows. But that was a last-ditch measure, and only done with the help of a computer science friend of mine :D;.