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If you could flip a switch and erase all religion would you?
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12 Oct 2008, 2:50 am

Never having been religious in any way I really do not understand what this "spirituality" is. In distinction to a number of people I do not nor find the need to have a "soul" whatever that might be. I am conscious and kind to helpless things and try to help animals and people that need help and do this without any "spirit" or "soul" whatsoever. What is this all about?



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12 Oct 2008, 2:53 am

Bigotry. And how bigotry is not just against homosexuals.

Homosexuals of WP, get real.



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12 Oct 2008, 3:02 am

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And what about other forms of bigotry? Like bigotry against religious folk?

I hate religion because I feel it is incorrect and I have evidence to back up my claims. It's not bigotry if you have a logical reason for hating it. You can't say homosexuality is incorrect necessarily, it's not that type of subject. And before you launch off, I never said I hated religious people once, I said I hate religion.



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12 Oct 2008, 3:24 am

z0rp wrote:
slowmutant wrote:
And what about other forms of bigotry? Like bigotry against religious folk?

I hate religion because I feel it is incorrect and I have evidence to back up my claims. It's not bigotry if you have a logical reason for hating it. You can't say homosexuality is incorrect necessarily, it's not that type of subject. And before you launch off, I never said I hated religious people once, I said I hate religion.


You hate religion not religious people? So its the act and not the person, then.

Hypocrasy! :x



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12 Oct 2008, 3:30 am

I wonder if god is gay, I mean he does not have a wife, neither did his son and Mary Magdalene pretty much threw herself at him! we know that homosexuality has a genetic link 8O

A gay god would make things really interesting 8)


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12 Oct 2008, 3:36 am

You have nothing to complain about. Being gay is now actually more politically correct than being straight. The PC patrol works quickly.

And as a straight man, I object to this persecution on account of whom I choose to love.



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12 Oct 2008, 10:19 am

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You have nothing to complain about. Being gay is now actually more politically correct than being straight. The PC patrol works quickly.


It really depends on where you are. Political correctness is not nearly as powerful as many people think it is.


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12 Oct 2008, 11:32 am

Sand wrote:
Never having been religious in any way I really do not understand what this "spirituality" is. In distinction to a number of people I do not nor find the need to have a "soul" whatever that might be. I am conscious and kind to helpless things and try to help animals and people that need help and do this without any "spirit" or "soul" whatsoever. What is this all about?


From my perspective, a person who aspires, could be said to be spiritual. Consider related terms to approximate a meaning. Aspire, despire, expire, aspiration, despiration(desperation), respiration, spiral, spirit, spire. When I think of the word "soul", I think of the word "Sol", which is a name for our sun. This brings to mind other terms such as, sole, solidarity, soldier, solid, solace, solder, solute, solvent, salt, etc. When I think of the word soul, I "feel" that it means "one" as in a combined aggregate of parts. Spirit seems to be more of an action oriented word, though someone who seems to do little could also be a spiritual person as in they aspire toward inward endeavors. The inner and outer are reflections of one another. Their is another topic within which the supposed etymology is referenced and associates spiritualism with breath. This can relate to the feedback loop within society as in what we put out inevitably produces fruit of some form or other.


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12 Oct 2008, 11:36 am

slowmutant wrote:
You have nothing to complain about. Being gay is now actually more politically correct than being straight. The PC patrol works quickly.

And as a straight man, I object to this persecution on account of whom I choose to love.



you sure you're not gay? you're being quite the drama queen.


last i checked, there's still gays at my office who are closeted at work. haven't really seen any closeted straights....ever.



now, please, rejoin reality and quit listening to the fantasy world of false horrors that whoever is feeding you.


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12 Oct 2008, 11:38 am

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Their is another topic within which the supposed etymology is referenced and associates spiritualism with breath.


The Hebrew word that more or less means 'soul', 'nephesh', is related to breath, as is Greek 'anima'. Also, the modern German word 'atmen', 'to breathe', is related to much older Indo-European words that refer to both the breath and the spirit (e.g, 'Atman').


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12 Oct 2008, 11:41 am

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haven't really seen any closeted straights....ever.


Well if being closeted means you don't admit to being gay openly, then I think there are also straight people who don't openly talk about being straight, I think that counts as closeted too. We just assume people are straight. Is that right? :?



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12 Oct 2008, 12:00 pm

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haven't really seen any closeted straights....ever.


Well if being closeted means you don't admit to being gay openly, then I think there are also straight people who don't openly talk about being straight, I think that counts as closeted too. We just assume people are straight. Is that right? :?



no, i mean a straight person who is afraid to admit to everyone that he or she is straight. a straight person in the closet.


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12 Oct 2008, 12:28 pm

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Kaleido wrote:
skafather84 wrote:
haven't really seen any closeted straights....ever.


Well if being closeted means you don't admit to being gay openly, then I think there are also straight people who don't openly talk about being straight, I think that counts as closeted too. We just assume people are straight. Is that right? :?


no, i mean a straight person who is afraid to admit to everyone that he or she is straight. a straight person in the closet.


Ah yes, I get it. I think you must be right then, I have never heard anyone be afraid to say they were straight, but maybe they wouldn't be accepted in gay company, they might say they were bi or something then.

Sorry, I think we are off topic a bit now.



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12 Oct 2008, 12:31 pm

Kaleido wrote:
skafather84 wrote:
Kaleido wrote:
skafather84 wrote:
haven't really seen any closeted straights....ever.


Well if being closeted means you don't admit to being gay openly, then I think there are also straight people who don't openly talk about being straight, I think that counts as closeted too. We just assume people are straight. Is that right? :?


no, i mean a straight person who is afraid to admit to everyone that he or she is straight. a straight person in the closet.


Ah yes, I get it. I think you must be right then, I have never heard anyone be afraid to say they were straight, but maybe they wouldn't be accepted in gay company, they might say they were bi or something then.

Sorry, I think we are off topic a bit now.



a smidge but regardless of the bigotry and hatred it inspires, i wouldn't want to erase religion from all of existence.


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12 Oct 2008, 1:52 pm

slowmutant wrote:
z0rp wrote:
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And what about other forms of bigotry? Like bigotry against religious folk?

I hate religion because I feel it is incorrect and I have evidence to back up my claims. It's not bigotry if you have a logical reason for hating it. You can't say homosexuality is incorrect necessarily, it's not that type of subject. And before you launch off, I never said I hated religious people once, I said I hate religion.


You hate religion not religious people? So its the act and not the person, then.

Hypocrasy! :x

Hypocrisy? I'm saying I hate your beliefs but I don't hate you. I can still like someone who happens to have a religion and have a good time with that person yet I don't like what that person believes. How is that Hypocrisy? Really.



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12 Oct 2008, 7:53 pm

Funny, most religion bashers tend to target LCD illiterate Bible thumpers rather than real religious traditions. Are you sure you don't, deep down, actually hate the religious people?


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