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Fortinbras Armstrong

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2. Saying "I wish you were dead" is not exactly compassionate, nor is "You'd be better off dead"

Reply to 47of74 (Original post)

Thu Oct 31, 2013, 08:43 AM

Oct 2013

And what's the big deal about being a virgin?

Actually, the pastor is saying "It's better for women not to have sex." I wonder if he felt that way about men as well. St. Jerome felt that way, saying that the only good thing about intercourse is that it produces virgins.

I agree with the last sentence of the article, in which Mr. Shore says to the pastor, "you better hope upon hope that God has mercy on your stupid, arrogant soul."

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A response to a pastor who said: "He should have killed you. At least you’d have died a virgin." [View all] 47of74 Oct 2013 OP

I suspect this pastor Thav Oct 2013 #1

Saying "I wish you were dead" is not exactly compassionate, nor is "You'd be better off dead" Fortinbras Armstrong Oct 2013 #2