Pulled this from Neal Boortz's website
I've said this many times before ... so why not go ahead and say it again. In my 37 years of experience in doing talk radio shows there is nothing --- not one thing --- that I have seen or experienced that can compare to the viciousness of letters and emails that come from people who hold themselves up to be Christians when they think I've done something to question their religious beliefs. Death threats, nasty comments about my family, threats of hellfire and damnation --- it's all there in those emails I've received from these devout, and apparently very frightened, people. Well ... yesterday I mentioned that I am reading The DaVinci Code. You would have thought that I had said that Jesus Christ was a con man ... the email erupted instantly. I am truly sorry that I didn't save it to post here, but I was reading it on the air --- and they are automatically deleted as I scroll through. One did escape the purge however, and I share it with you here. Believe me, Charles Hendrix was milder than most:
I finally turned you off after you repeatedly attacked Christ, the Bible, and Christianity in general. It will be a long, long time before I'll bother to listen to you again. You are obviously a very confused person. Charles Hendrix
I also saved one from Robert Kincl:
I truly enjoy your perspectives concerning American and other cultures. Today, you spoke of the Da Vinci Code. I did not appreciate your unwarranted attack upon the Catholic Church. You really seem to have an anti-Catholic attitude. Robert Kincl
Oh ... so now I'm "anti-Catholic" because I'm reading the DaVinci Code? Seems like some nerves are a little frayed out there. If anything will make me "anti-Catholic," as Mr. Kincl charges, it will be The Vatican taking up the cause espoused by some Cardinals that Dan Brown, the publisher of the book, and the producers of the movie ought to be sued. When the Catholic Church starts attacking freedom of speech and expression I will indeed become anti-Catholic.
There were several emails like this one:
I've only two words to say about the DaVinci Code (and yes, I've read it) - It's FICTION! Beth Taylor
Well ... there's a nice little dodge around the issue. Sure, the main characters are fictional, and the narrative is a fictional one, but dismissing The DaVinci Code by simply stating that "it's fiction" is like trying to disclaim World War II and the actions of the Third Reich by saying that Hogan's Heroes is fiction.
Get a grip, folks. Why do you have to go so far out of your way to prove how intolerant and, yes, ignorant you are every time you hear me say something that causes you a bit of unease?
I finally turned you off after you repeatedly attacked Christ, the Bible, and Christianity in general. It will be a long, long time before I'll bother to listen to you again. You are obviously a very confused person. Charles Hendrix
I also saved one from Robert Kincl:
I truly enjoy your perspectives concerning American and other cultures. Today, you spoke of the Da Vinci Code. I did not appreciate your unwarranted attack upon the Catholic Church. You really seem to have an anti-Catholic attitude. Robert Kincl
Oh ... so now I'm "anti-Catholic" because I'm reading the DaVinci Code? Seems like some nerves are a little frayed out there. If anything will make me "anti-Catholic," as Mr. Kincl charges, it will be The Vatican taking up the cause espoused by some Cardinals that Dan Brown, the publisher of the book, and the producers of the movie ought to be sued. When the Catholic Church starts attacking freedom of speech and expression I will indeed become anti-Catholic.
There were several emails like this one:
I've only two words to say about the DaVinci Code (and yes, I've read it) - It's FICTION! Beth Taylor
Well ... there's a nice little dodge around the issue. Sure, the main characters are fictional, and the narrative is a fictional one, but dismissing The DaVinci Code by simply stating that "it's fiction" is like trying to disclaim World War II and the actions of the Third Reich by saying that Hogan's Heroes is fiction.
Get a grip, folks. Why do you have to go so far out of your way to prove how intolerant and, yes, ignorant you are every time you hear me say something that causes you a bit of unease?