Why do Christians like to fixate so much on homosexuality?

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I thank you for your understanding there. While making that last post, my vision was actually "going whiteout" or whatever until the sugar from the orange had began kicking in ...

Much better now!

No, no, no! The objectivity was predetermined elsewhere ... and the remainder of that statement is getting awfully close to flaming.


Sure, but so is "fight or flight" and any result that might follow. Therefore, at least some of us *do* need to be told, "Be angry, and sin not."

The line is that thin? I thought attacking the argument was permitted and not the person? I didn't say 91 was ret*d. I don't think the dude is ret*d since ret*d would mean you lack a normal mental capacity. But time and time again he has shown gaping flaws in his arguments. Does that mean he's mentally incapable of understanding that? No, it has more to do with cognitive distortion than cognitive incapability.

You know what gets on my nerves? How quick people are to call someone "stupid" when it has more to do with short-sightedness, cognitive distortion, a dysfunctional way of thinking, willful ignorance, etc than it has to do with mental capacity. Even fundamental flaws in thinking have to do with stagnant development rather than incapability.

Well the difference is one is a biological mechanism, and the other is some arbitrary rule laid out by a book.

The Bible only prohibits two men from having coitus together. The Bible doesn't have an issue with two women getting it on. Nor should anyone who claims to follow the Bible.



Hating anyone, regardless of circumstances, is prohibited under Christian doctrine. Even if you're being tortured and crucified.

If you wish, post a poll:

>> I didn't say (name removed) was ret*d.
>> more to do with cognitive distortion

Better safe than sorry, I would suggest.

But who among us can GUARANTEE we are free from cognitive distortion? How could we tell?

We can to a degree [assuming a pile of bases] measure compatibility with a norm, but who can vouch for the degree of distortion of the norm?

I will grant that ignorant, misled, and obstinate might be more polite than either ret*d or distorted of cognition.

The point here is this: It is only the weakest argument or position that requires mention of the opposition (at an opponent's expense) as a distraction from itself.

What the hell is your game? Why are you talking about gender differences on a thread about homosexuality, if not to comment about homosexuality?

Because the OP also said a lot more than that. You can't pick out one sentence and say, 'that's the entire point of the thread, and anyone addressing the other parts of the OP is going off-topic and seeing subtext that isn't there.' Because that IS what you are saying, here.

Ok, fine, you're a private saint.

I think I made it perfectly clear that I am willing to grant that many Christians are not homophobes, but what I want to know is, 'why do the non-homophobic Christians only declare their lack of bigotry when non-Christians attack the visible, loud bigotry of those who claim to represent Christianity?
If you sit back and let them speak for you, you should not be surprised when you are included in their flock by people on the outside.

*snort*
Well, then, since this is a thread about homosexuality, our conversation is over.

Meh I'm not even gonna bother. Unless it's a direct personal attack or an insinuation, the line might be thin but it hasn't been crossed. I will call people out on their arguments but I don't necessarily attack people (though I am guilty of having made insinuations in the past which I will definitely tone down).

Hey guys and / or gals -


Just for the record:


I am sorry I stupidly assumede words still have meanings whch LKL assures me is not true in this Deconstructionist age, but, for the record

Up till 1986 I was an atheist.

After July of 1986 I was a Christian

That is all that changed.

I did NOT change my attitudes nor my behavior toward:

science

education

governmental structure

politicians

liberals

conservatives

Muslims

Jews

Christians

UnChristian so-called Christians

atheists

homosexuals

heterosexuals

idiots

fakes

Asians

AfroAmericans

Amerinds

Hispanics

Persons of Polish descent

abortion

vivisection

physical education.

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If my beliefs in any of these or many other areas need to change because I I am a Christian, God has failed to notify me.

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If tonight I realize that new data convince me of the validity of atheism, none of those attitudes will change.

I was just thinking--why is God allegedly so dead set against male homosexuality? Maybe it has something to do with him being omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent. He sits there in Heaven, looking at absolutely everyone at the same time, all the time. He doesn't want to look at male-on-male. But he may get off on male-on-female and female-on-female.

I was just thinking about myself, and what I look at on the internet. I may have just exactly the same tastes as God. Male-on-male I delete or navigate away immediately. Anything involving women --especially if she has a nice ass-- Great!

In fact, both God and I may actually be Lesbians, trapped inside a man's body.

The same one?

Possibly. It is getting crowded in here.