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markholmes · Joined: 21 Jun 2004 Posts: 661 Location: Wengehua

Nice avatar. Very soothing.

henryhu · Joined: 24 May 2006 Posts: 12 Location: east coast

Oh for marxsakes...

Serousfun: Really no need to apologize. It is difficult not to bring up Christianity when talking about homophobia. What the Christian posted was tantamount to saying that homosexualiy is of the same ilk of sins as murder, sex with underage plant life, and claiming that Bush knew about 911. Foreignertobe brings up good hermeneutic points that a lot of stuff in the Old Test. was written beacuse at the time it was simply called for. Don't touch pig skin? Yeah... they were dying of trichonosis. Don't let men lie with men (or women with women, even tho they dont really 'spill seed')? Yeah... there was a population crunch.

I know I know... all the Bible scholars here on Dave's will be quick to point out that in the New Testament--the changing of rules, so to speak--there is still mention that gay stuff is bad. I would say to them, however, that nowhere in the Bible does Christ say gay folks should be denied marriage rights and should be relegated to jobs in restaurants and the theater. In fact, He says nothing about it at all. The only one to do so was Paul in his letter to the Romans. But... I swear... if you lean really close to the Bible while reading Paul's vitriol and apparent self loathing... you can totally smell a little CK One coming up off the man's tunic.

That said, let me also say that there is a lot of good in Christianity and that I understand why the Christian defended his cult. For the most part, it keeps its followers from killing people and taking drugs. And there are good Christians too. My grandma for one... She makes an amazing pie, pinches your cheeks, loves Jesus, and hopes for the best for everyone. Still tho, one has to also factor in to this naivete (sorry gramma) that no other religion has started more wars or oppressed more people than the Christians. Except for maybe the current one the Christians are battling...

Who wants to drink a glass of wine and eat some pie while the extremists have it out??

(see Christian guy... gay folks can be nice too. We have our place darn it. Just keep your plant life and pig skin away from us...)

And to address f.t.b.'s question regarding why the Christians send missionaries to the 2nd and 3rd world and not to Mensa meetings: Simple. The Christians know that Mensa members are too busy solving logic problems to take on the importance of seeing the true path of God's love through the Jello squares served at church outings and shockingly at PTA meetings as well. Or, they realize that Christians are, as my Jewish friend calls them, "religious lightweights" where thought and question are not welcome and the only requirement to join is simple belief. That and a gun of course.

henryhu · Joined: 24 May 2006 Posts: 12 Location: east coast

Another note to seriousfun: I am sorry. you wanted to kill this thread, but i prattled on. And i think you are great for trying to bring peace to the board. However, I get riled sometimes... And bored. So thanks for the inadvertant new direction... even if you were just pointing out a humorous possible misinterpretation of a previous post. Don't worry. You will stil go to heaven...

Taylor · Joined: 24 Oct 2003 Posts: 384 Location: Texas/Taiwan

Anyone want to scoff at this lady's accomplishments????

http://www.answers.com/topic/mother-teresa

Taylor
Kaohsiung

foreignertobe · Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Posts: 24

As Christians would say about others: "The Devil works in mysterious ways."

jibbs · Joined: 02 Feb 2003 Posts: 452

canadian03, you wrote these things in 2 of your posts:

"Being young and female..."

"I'm not going to lie; I love gay boys,..."

Am I missing some joke here or something?

Ah, I assume you like gay girls too.

canadian03 · Joined: 04 Sep 2006 Posts: 9