I know the real-estate agent William Oosterman quite well; he frequently comes and sits at the bar where i work. We've had many, many discussions about life and various topics. I can tell you quite unequivically that i like William Oosterman as a person, but his religious opinions about homosexuality, religion, and life place him in the lunatic fringe so far right that it borders on lunacy and fanaticism. he interprets the Bible "literally," and every word in the bible as god's own word. For him, there's no such thing as metaphors in the bible. The Bible is god's word, Period! William claims to have spoken to God personally (I've got the email). He's so far right that he's no longer in this universe or galaxy. Still, i like talking to him...makes the time go by faster.
Again, i like William Oosterman; but honestly, i'll talk to anyone who comes and sits at the bar, but i've never met a person in my entire life that took a "literal" translation/interpretation of every single word in the bible and then used it to explain everything from a carrot cake to sexual intercourse. It can be quite funny and entertaining to talk to him: he is animated, eccentric, heavily opinionated, rogue, facinating, scary, frightening in his beliefs, and an absurd character... he reminds me of a character in the Twilight Zone episode "Four O'Clock" (1961), and yet, we'll probably sit at the bar tonight and argue about whether or not God made the Presidente Beer that he's drinking.
Frank
Life is crazy.