let's talk about ******Follow

Alright, I have nothing against homosexuals and I am a 100% devout Christian.

If you've just read that and went "ugh, another religo, skip, next post" then that clearly in itself tells what kind of person YOU are. Seriously, let's stop the religion bashing, and I wont name names. But for those of you who have said things like, "stop with your religious blah blah blah, it means nothing to me" and "religion makes no sense", w/e w/e

Give it a break. You're acting just like the ppl who actually DO harm to homosexuals. i.e. jerks.

Now, I wont deny that religion, esp Christianity, HAVE abused homosexuals in the past. However, what you fail to realize, is that a greater portion of the religious community now are either:

1)Supportive of homosexuals in that, as shadowrelm has said, we realize no one is perfect and we would like ALL of God's creatures to be able to witness him/her.

2)Indifferent. Some of us just don't care what you or your homosexual buddies/gals do in the privacy of your homes. As quoted in our religous books over and over again, we are NOT on this Earth to judge anyone; that task is meant for God and God alone. To attempt to do so, in any way or form, would be to insinuate that we are on par with God...which we're not.

SO! Think before you start to stereotype all religious people, which, as many of you have suggested, stereotyping is bad.

Again, I'm Christian, I don't mind gays, I have a few gay friends I hang out with regularly. But I don't like it when gay people are marching down my street shouting like they want to be liberated from slavery or something, because it just makes me go, "wtf are they doing?"

And for those of you going, "yeah but you're what, 1 in a thousand Christians?" ...no, I'm not. I suppose you wouldn't know since "religion makes no sense to you and you'd rather not even hear anything about it", but we are smart, logical people too. Only difference is that we have faith. Trust me, there are a much greater percentage of ppl like me than not.

What you may want to consider is that, contrary to your beliefs, we don't let that faith blind us. Actually talk to a Christian once in a while, without going in with that stigma. The kind of christian you're thinking of is so...a century ago.

Cheers.

SOOOO can you tell me why the Gitslayer is so glorious? Surely it is because of his/her smart-assedness?

You say that bashing Christianity is like bashing homosexuals. You are telling homosexuals to shut up and keep it to themselves. I am telling YOU to shut up and keep your religious nonsense to yourself.

And, just to be clear: Christianity is not something I do not understand. It is just simple nonsense and it offends my personal devotion to logic and reason.

So take your Christianity and put it back in the closet and quit marching around like a Christian Soldier making yourself look ridiculous.

Edited, Dec 29th 2006 2:48pm by bloodywilliam

Edited, Dec 29th 2006 2:50pm by bloodywilliam

Make your own thread about religious bashing. This thread is about ******

Really?


Hmm...

I didn't ask you to leave. Hell I've been rating you up for having some balls.


I'm just being an *******.

I think you're a bit out of touch with a large portion of the country.

this forum is not a microcosm,

even though we are all quite different, we still share a common bond of being internet geeks.

That;s not most of the couhtnry.

SO you would say taht gayness is NOT a Choice? but instead rather is something that God bestowes on people for some cosmic reason?

Homosexuality is a cosmic joke, and I'm part of the punchline. I still believe it's not a choice, there is something physiological or psychological, or a combination of the two, that causes it.

I see...

Well yes, unfortunately there will always be ignorant people. And no, marriage isn't strictly for a man and woman. The Bible, believe it or not, allows for first cousins to be married, so long as they have no intentions of breeding. If a man loves another man far more than he could love a woman, it's the love that matters the most. Plus it's less likely the marriage will fail because of that love.

Anyhoo, to answer your question kelv, and remember i'm not some authority, just my opinions, I don't believe God intentionally created homosexuality. God allowed sex for the sole purpose of procreation. Why it exists? Some christians may state the obvious devil and sin origin. And hey, it may be the cause, who's to say?

Some say it's a brain disease. Only because the natural, animalistic reason for sex is procreation. That is, the person's brain is damaged in that it is attracted to the same sex, thus not allowing it to procreate, thus not allowing the species to further. Fortunately, I suppose, not all of us have that "brain disease".

As for me, I dunno. This topic is up there with the meaning of life. There's some reasoning behind it, but I bloody don't know what it is. So I just go with the flow, because as far as I'm concerned, gays can believe in God too. Jesus DID die for ALL of our sins afterall.