I came to this board for the first time today to get some information & questions answered so I read through many many posts and have decided to never come back here again due to one person- DANIEL HAWKENBERRY. who is this "person" and why is he so awful?? I haven't read one response from him that was an actual answer to a question, just judgements and criticism and meanness. He seriously needs to talk to a priest and hopefully rid himself of whatever haunts him to make him so miserable. I will seek my information from a more peaceful place.

-- sarah louise (sfonvacation@hotmail.com), August 06, 2003

Answers

sarah,

i certainly can see where you dont like the postings of daniel, hes not exactly kosher with all of us here either... but i would like to invite you to ask whatever questions you have here.

best wishes,

-- paul (dontsendmemail@notanaddress.com), August 06, 2003.

sarah,

your judgement is poor.

-- Daniel Hawkenberry (dlm@catholic.org), August 06, 2003.

I find many people who answer questions on this forum to be very judgemental and critical. I feel when I read here that if something is against their beliefs, they treat you like you live in a gutter on the side of the road, and just don't want to know you. I have never been so upset with the Catholic Church until I started reading some of the things on this forum.

Steve

-- Steve (spirrottina@hotmail.com), August 06, 2003.

Oh my. No surprise really it was only a matter of time before some unfortunate soul stumbled into bigotsville, this place is overun with bigots. Nice work Daniel. Take a bow.

-- Kiwi (csisherwood@hotmail.com), August 07, 2003.

Kiwi,

Thank you.

-- Daniel Hawkenberry (dlm@catholic.org), August 07, 2003.

Hi Sarah,

Hang in there! Don't be turned off by what you read and percieve. One thing which I think a number of members lack is the idea of "Freedom of Speech",

We aren't sheep and we should all question and not get so upset if somebody has a different view to our own. I haven't read Daniel's comments so I can't really comment on him, I comment form my own personal experience.

James

-- James Xwing (james_xwing@hotmail.com), August 07, 2003.

lets face a simple fact... there are opinionated people out there in the world.

deal with it. one of the nice things about an online forum is that people dont feel like they need to go about not offending anyone. part of the purpose of this forum is to provide spiritual growth... a growth which sometimes comes through debate.

as much as i disagree with daniels ravings, i find them necessary. why? because im a middle of the road kinda guy, and there are lots of left side people out there. i need daniel there to be the radical conservative that balances out the liberals. its a balance really. without one side then the middle ground slips towards the other.

but in the meantime, lets stop the name calling of people. why call people bigots and small minded for stating their opinion. heres what im tired of: someone states a logical arguement, and everyperson who disagrees shouts bigot. GROW UP and use a little logic in your arguements. EVERYONE has their opinions and yours are just as offensive to the 'bigot' as theirs is to you. suck it up. youre not always right, and the only way to learn is by hearing the opposing viewpoint and analyzing to see if it is right.

-- paul (dontsendmemail@notanaddress.com), August 07, 2003.