Inzl Kett #fundie

Inzl Kett #fundie theologyonline.com

There is a subculture out there is that just as sick and twisted as this--they call themselves 'furries'. I met one on another message board. He started a thread promoting his lifestyle. My question is for Wizard of Oz, AB and Fool, would you let a furry, style your hair, change the oil of your car or roof your house?

Homosexuality is not any better than the sick lifestyle of the furry.

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old comment by dionysus

would you let a furry, style your hair, change the oil of your car or roof your house?

How would you even know? It's not like they wear their costume everywhere they go. And it's weird to ask every person that cuts your hair or changes your oil "Hey, are you a furry?". But given that you'd probably get punched I'd love to see you try it. But, if I DID know somehow, then yes, I would let them do all of those things. Just as I'd let a homosexual, transsexual, BDSMer, a public nudity fan (as long as that's not the state in which they are performing those tasks), a teratophile, someone with a urine fetish, a crushing fetishinst, or even the lowly Christian fundamentalist. As long as they do their job I don't care if they use their spare time to pee on other people or talk to invisible men.

old comment by Doubting Thomas

He started a thread promoting his lifestyle.

Fundiespeak translation: He just happened to mention in passing that he was a furry but I think that he's throwing his perversion in my face.

would you let a furry, style your hair, change the oil of your car or roof your house?

I change my own oil, so no. And my wife cuts my hair. But if I ever need my house re-roofed, I'm not going to ask the roofer particulars about his and his employee's sex lives. The fact that you fundies are always so concerned with what others do in the bedroom is telling.

Homosexuality is not any better than the sick lifestyle of the furry.

Nor is it any worse. I'm not gay and I'm not into the furry thing, but if that's what two consenting adults want to do in private, who am I to say it's wrong?

old comment by Dr. Razark

I don't get the furry thing either.

I also don't get the brony thing, the anime thing, the sports fan thing, the fundamentalist thing, or a thousand other fandoms/subcultures that exist.

But I'm not going to tell them what they can and can't do. If someone wants to dress up as an animal, whatever. If a friend wants to watch a foreign cartoon, that's his thing. If my neighbor wants to scream and yell and blow an air horn while grilling in a jersey and a stupid hat, that's his business. As long as they respect my option to not get involved, I'm fine with it.

In fact, the only group I've seen that demands that everyone should follow their way would be the fundamentalists.

I've never seen a "Furry Brothers' Car Care", or a "Brony Dry Cleaners", or an "Anime Coffee Shop". I have, however, seen a christian version of each.

old comment by Philbert McAdamia

Would you let a fundie bag your fries? How would you know? It would be a subject I would not want to get somebody wound up on. I don't know if I've ever met any furries. I've probably met more gay people than I know of. I have definitely met fundies. The bastards just can't STFU about their JEEEEEEzus.
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@ Dr. Razark
I've never seen a "Furry Brothers' Car Care", or a "Brony Dry Cleaners", or an "Anime Coffee Shop". I have, however, seen a christian version of each.

Around here there is a Maranatha Pest Control, and I've seen septic tank trucks with fish symbols on them. Killing God's creatures and shoveling shit for Jesus.
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@ Vermicious Knid
Otherwise it's shameful and dirty because Jesus.

Ha ha ha -- "because Jesus" - LOL

old comment by Felis >:3

@Bollox: I know! Even worse are those ones that wear those bloody uniforms while at work. They should be locked up, those bloody perverts - sneaking around my fucking car and getting a sick, sexual thrill from slapping tickets onto its windscreen... Oh, wait, that's actually real traffic wardens. Still, it's just as true all the same!

And yes, I would let a furry do those things because what he does behind closed doors is completely harmless and therefore irrelevant. I do not let my personal opinions encroach on something like that. I don't care. It does not make them 'sick' or 'disgusting' people.

Even if it is a bloody disgusting thing, itself, that someone fancies Krystal from Star Fox.

old comment by TheReasonator

What's threatening about people role-playing in animal costumes?

These people are scared of everything!

Lighten up fundies!

@Nowonmai,

It's no more a choice than the food you enjoy, but for that fact it is a choice, just a hard one to change. Any sensation and the value/(positivity/negativity) associated with it can be slowly modified with the mind. Sometimes people even go through desensitization or sensitization therapy because their senses are getting in the way of everyday life.

Sexual orientation doesn't get in the way of everyday life unless you know someone with a personality that is just right but their gender isn't. That's the only case I'd recommend conversion therapy(and even then not in the kind of setup that religious whackos use).

old comment by John

would you let a furry, style your hair, change the oil of your car or roof your house?

Hell no!!! Before I let someone do these things, I give them a questionnaire:

>Are you a Trekkie?
>Have you ever owned a toy light sabre?
>Whom do you identify most with: Frodo, Tom Bombadil, Gandalf or Aragorn?
>Have you ever painted your face before a football game, worn one of those enormous foam fingers on your hand or worn a model of a wedge of Swiss cheese on your head?
>Do you own a sports uniform shirt with the name and number of a famous football, basketball or baseball player on the back?
>Do you have one of those fishes (with or without the word "Jesus") on the back of your car?
>Do you know how to do the "hook 'em horns" hand signal?

If I get wrong answers, I take my business elsewhere!!!

old comment by SpukiKitty

Yes, I would let one style my hair & be my pal!

I have NOTHING against furries & I think all the hate hurled at them is ridiculous! I you don't like it, so what? Mind your own beeswax! Some dig Animanga! Some dig Country music! Some dig bowling! Some dig Monty Python! Some might even enjoy "The Gong Show" & "Pink Lady & Jeff"!

So, someone's a Furry...BIG WHOOP DE DO!!!

Even if it involves a sex fetish, SO WHAT?! You're not forced to WATCH are you?

I don't care what people do, even if it's revolting, like Scat, as long as it's 100% consentual, they're fine.

So if a person like human-animal weirdness in either a sexual or nonsexual fashion, WHO CARES?!!!

The only people who should be hated and badmouthed are Bigots, Sadists, Sociopaths, Murderers, Rapists, Robbers, Bullies, Con Artists, Corrupt Politicians or CEOs, Dictators, Terrorists, Abusers...slimy people that are hateful & hurt others, evil people!

I know it's human nature to hate something & have an "us vs. them" mentality....but why don't they ever focus on folks & things that deserve it? Why do they focus on subcultures, generes, ethicities, creeds, colors, genders, sexual orientations, etc?

*hmph*...people!

old comment by CanadianBroad

Okay, ya know what? I was married to a furrie for a long time.

I concede that most of them are a little ... odd. They also (the dozens I've met, anyways) tend to be shy and swkward around people when not in their "fursona".

But honestly, they come from all walks of life and you'd never know if they were furry or not unless they were in costume (or had tell-tale art pinned up all over).

I do much more than let them roof my house or change my oil: I trust them with my 12 year old son. He knows that it's just play-acting, he doesn't give a damn because they're nice to him, include him, and are totally protective of him when it comes to the sexual side of things. They make sure that if there is any "weirdness" going on that he is kept far away from it.

They're just people. Mostly better and certainly no worse than most.

Here where I live the main "group" have registered as a non-profit, and they have projects on the go at both the cancer clinic and the children's hospital.

Which is more than any stupid church does.

old comment by LadyJafaria

@Serial Typist: the chances of any furry actually wearing the fursuit to do any of those example jobs and many others are so miniscule as to be a non-issue, as they're difficult to see out of and walk around in. And if you saw them in another context showing signs of furriness and then didn't let them serve you when they were dressed acceptably, that's kind of a dick move. You're within your rights, but I know I'd be sad and more than a little upset if someone did the same thing to me based on my fandoms.

Some furries DO have a persecution complex nearly matching the Christians', but some people really do take disliking furries to unnecessary and impractical lengths as well.

Inzl Kett #fundie theologyonline.com

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