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21 Apr 2011, 10:33 am
IDontGetIt wrote:
I like the idea that gay people are only doing it to annoy god. "Ooh, my ass hurts, but did you see the look on his enraged omnipotent face?". 
But seriously, the only sin regarding gay people is commited by those who persecute them for doing nothing more than seeking happiness.
But seriously, the only sin regarding gay people is commited by those who persecute them for doing nothing more than seeking happiness.
epic win
21 Apr 2011, 1:18 pm
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21 Apr 2011, 2:58 pm
Descartes wrote:
All the responses to this thread have pretty much covered all my opinions on the topic at hand.
However, there is still something I would like to say. As a gay individual who is very happy with his life, I see no reason at all why I should attempt to redirect my sexual inclinations just to appease a god that I don't believe in or people I likely will never meet or whose opinions really do not matter to me.
However, there is still something I would like to say. As a gay individual who is very happy with his life, I see no reason at all why I should attempt to redirect my sexual inclinations just to appease a god that I don't believe in or people I likely will never meet or whose opinions really do not matter to me.
Incense and Peppermints topic
I like the lines in your signature from that 60's song by Strawberry Alarm Clock (band)
A real yardstick for lunatics!
(sorry to interrupt here!)
21 Apr 2011, 3:05 pm
21 Apr 2011, 3:20 pm
sartresue wrote:
Descartes wrote:
All the responses to this thread have pretty much covered all my opinions on the topic at hand.
However, there is still something I would like to say. As a gay individual who is very happy with his life, I see no reason at all why I should attempt to redirect my sexual inclinations just to appease a god that I don't believe in or people I likely will never meet or whose opinions really do not matter to me.
However, there is still something I would like to say. As a gay individual who is very happy with his life, I see no reason at all why I should attempt to redirect my sexual inclinations just to appease a god that I don't believe in or people I likely will never meet or whose opinions really do not matter to me.
Incense and Peppermints topic
I like the lines in your signature from that 60's song by Strawberry Alarm Clock (band)
A real yardstick for lunatics!
(sorry to interrupt here!)Thank you. I've recently developed a penchant for the 1960s, and that particular line from the song stood out to me.
"A yardstick for lunatics" is quite fitting for this thread. Thanks for bringing that up.
22 Apr 2011, 1:17 pm
Sex is a big defect. It's only cure is some form of activity.
22 Apr 2011, 1:24 pm
22 Apr 2011, 1:33 pm
Inuyasha wrote:
Bethie wrote:
Ragtime wrote:
We are all born with a sin nature, but no one is born committing a sin. We're all born such that we are lying and stealing by the age of three. But later, many of us learn to curb those impulses significantly. That covers sin nature.
People can, of course, be born with a neurological impediment – it happens all the time. And they can surely be born with an impediment that, as it happens, can serve to present its possessor with a specific choice later in life: that between the homosexual and heterosexual mindsets and lifestyles. The neurological defect is, of course, not sin. Neither does it cause sin.
Rather, it serves to present such individuals with a decision as to whether they wish to give into their predilection, or to choose to resist it. One of those two options is forbidden by God, according to Romans 1:26.
And that is the hard-to-see way in which homosexuality and sin are connected.
(The easy-to-see way is when a person “turns gay” after a lifetime of genuine heterosexual disposition.)
People can, of course, be born with a neurological impediment – it happens all the time. And they can surely be born with an impediment that, as it happens, can serve to present its possessor with a specific choice later in life: that between the homosexual and heterosexual mindsets and lifestyles. The neurological defect is, of course, not sin. Neither does it cause sin.
Rather, it serves to present such individuals with a decision as to whether they wish to give into their predilection, or to choose to resist it. One of those two options is forbidden by God, according to Romans 1:26.
And that is the hard-to-see way in which homosexuality and sin are connected.
(The easy-to-see way is when a person “turns gay” after a lifetime of genuine heterosexual disposition.)
No one gives a flying f*ck what bigoted things your homophobic, sexist, genocidal, sadistic, jealous little diva god says about gay people.
As for "resisting" one's orientation, or neurology, you're off the deep end.
I think you are way out of line.
I'm not actually surprised by your foulness, however I am going to point out that liberals are supposed to be the tolerant ones (which as we both know is a falsehood).
whatever, nobody cares what you think on this matter. I already know you consider homosexuality equivalent to a male dog asserting dominance over another male dog. That disqualifies you from any attempt at appearing tolerant. Badmouthing Bethie for her hatred of Ragtime's stupid, stupid intolerant views just makes you look like an idiot. And obviously it was conservatives fighting for equal rights all this time. Yep, that's exactly how history has gone down.
