tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4457462934916022222.comments2023-05-27T00:06:43.961+09:00The Preacher and the SkepticDoug DeLonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11885710324806794921noreply@blogger.comBlogger335125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4457462934916022222.post-9425410305871246382014-07-31T16:23:06.913+09:002014-07-31T16:23:06.913+09:00To continue:
I'm also appalled at the stateme...To continue:<br /><br />I'm also appalled at the statement referencing how it's not our place to step in to Uganda and that those people should just stop acting on it or leave the country. Wow. Just wow. I don't recall how the statement exactly goes, but I'll phrase it in my own words "when they came to take the (insert group of people), I didn't speak out because I wasn't (those people). When they came to take the (insert another group of people), I didn't speak out because I wasn't (those people). And when they came to take me, I looked around for someone to speak out, but there was no one left." The point is, doing nothing to stop injustice because it doesn't pertain to you is unjust. A good question was raised .. if it were Christians being imprisoned or killed, would you still turn away? <br /><br />Why is it such a hard concept to just love and accept everyone? To not give the usual "I don't hate the sinner, I hate the sin." I call total BS. That's just a line gay people are so incredibly sick of hearing. Because for one, you are morally judging the person, labeling their behavior as a sin. And two, because the next sentence is usually about how the act is perverted, etc. That feels very much like judgment. My favorite of all, though, however, is when they say "I don't hate them, I just don't agree with their lifestyle." First, I'm not living a "lifestyle." Well, no more than a straight person is living a lifestyle. And second, excuse me, but who the hell are you? You don't AGREE with MY life? What makes you think you get to have a say in aggreeance over MY life? What makes you think you get to agree or disagree about anything I do? That's such a self-centered thing to say. It kills me. You don't agree with my life. Please. Get over yourself. That's insulting. <br /><br />I don't believe in god, and I don't agree with the people who choose to live that lifestyle (sorry, couldn't help myself). But you don't see me telling you to suppress your Christian beliefs. Live and let live, darn it. Live and let live. Oh, and stand up for injustices in the world. Because one day, those people might just be the ones to stand up for you.<br /><br />PS: if the only reason you try to be a good person is because you think there's some ultimate reward at the end for it, that actually just makes you an asshole. I treat all people with love and respect, regardless of age, sex, race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation, simply because it's the right thing to do. Not because I'm afraid of some punishment at the end. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4457462934916022222.post-14671436830496170492014-07-31T16:19:59.923+09:002014-07-31T16:19:59.923+09:00To Tina, from many years ago who will most likely ...To Tina, from many years ago who will most likely never read this; you're actually excited for the day you believe you get to witness peoples suffering?? How sadistic and evil-sounding. That's rather disturbing .. but not surprising.<br /><br />What is this nonsense about using the word gay? That as long as you are suppressing your sexual urges, you aren't actually gay? The exodus international people; aka "pray the gay away" people, have even admitted that it DOESN'T work. And even the founder admitted to struggling with homosexual thoughts and urges after all these years. Go figure. Want to know why? Because he's GAY. Even if he's married to a woman and forcing himself to have horrible sex with her, that still doesn't make him straight. It's what's in your heart that matters. It would be exactly the same thing as a straight guy trying to force himself to stop desiring women and to either become asexual or force himself to become attracted to men. If you forced yourself to have sex with men, as a straight man, would you feel then that you were actually gay? Or more like you were straight but forcing yourself to be gay? And can you just imagine how uncomfortable and awkward that would feel for you? That's the kind of stuff you force gay people to attempt to do all the time. Gay people can't just become straight in the same way straight people can't just become gay. It doesn't work like that. And to try to encourage someone to do so is just plain ridiculous. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4457462934916022222.post-64480054290139073462014-01-05T08:15:57.306+09:002014-01-05T08:15:57.306+09:00Weskara Ross, thanks for your post. You point that...Weskara Ross, thanks for your post. You point that a certain part of your brain is enlarged that makes you gay lacks any conclusive medical or scientific evidence. It isn't a case of flipping a switch. It a case of identity: Who are you? Who determines how you should act and think (yourself or your Creator)? These are good questions to ask oneself.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12163876007786334757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4457462934916022222.post-35984020045250820242014-01-04T13:13:34.278+09:002014-01-04T13:13:34.278+09:00I don't really thing they get it. It's lit...I don't really thing they get it. It's literally not a choice. I actually happens because a certain part of our brain is enlarged. Whatever religion you are, being either gay or lesbian isn't a choice. We can't just simply "flip a switch" in out heads and turn it off. I apologize if you can't accept that, but it's the truth.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04382133902560384646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4457462934916022222.post-40869062948007679142014-01-04T13:13:03.997+09:002014-01-04T13:13:03.997+09:00I don't really thing they get it. It's lit...I don't really thing they get it. It's literally not a choice. I actually happens because a certain part of our brain is enlarged. Whatever religion you are, being either gay or lesbian isn't a choice. We can't just simply "flip a switch" in out heads and turn it off. I apologize if you can't accept that, but it's the truth.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04382133902560384646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4457462934916022222.post-47692295655288206492013-08-14T06:23:07.879+09:002013-08-14T06:23:07.879+09:00With only 5% of the worlds population being homose...With only 5% of the worlds population being homosexual, I'd say your not looking hard enough...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4457462934916022222.post-67697657313031971302013-08-09T12:01:22.548+09:002013-08-09T12:01:22.548+09:00well lets just say that the lesbians are making it...well lets just say that the lesbians are making it much harder for us straight guys that are looking for a good woman to share our life with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4457462934916022222.post-10093353887657487682013-06-24T07:10:32.813+09:002013-06-24T07:10:32.813+09:00After reading a good chunk of comments, all I have...After reading a good chunk of comments, all I have to say is read the Bible in the KJV. 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However, his probelem is that he assumes much about the past that he can't prove. Assuming that paganism predated God's first revelations to mankind is a big leap in the dark. Jay starts out with a naturalistic starting point that sees Christianity as a progression in human religious expression starting with "paganism" evolving to more "developed" forms of religious expression and culminating in,of all things, his own personal view of reality. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12163876007786334757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4457462934916022222.post-56874448737253430662013-05-05T21:39:56.052+09:002013-05-05T21:39:56.052+09:00There are 2 very easy ways to prove christianity d...There are 2 very easy ways to prove christianity did the copying of paganism,not the other way around.Justin Martyr in 150 A.D.in his apology to Trypho the pagan stated plainly that the pagans first had dying and resurrecting from the dead Savior sun gods,virgin born,crucified,ascended to heaven e.t.c.christian apologetics like to twist what he said,but below is a copy paste of what early church father Justin said.<br />PASTE:This one is rather self-explanatory. Justin Martyr simply states that the virgin birth of Jesus, without sexual union, as well as his crucifixion, death, and resurrection were nothing different from the mythology surrounding Jupiter (In Greece, Zeus).<br /><br />Ch. 21<br /><br />And when we say also that the Word, who is the first-birth of God, was produced without sexual union, and that He, Jesus Christ, our Teacher, was crucified and died, and rose again, and ascended into heaven, we propound nothing different from what you believe regarding those whom you esteem sons of Jupiter.<br /><br /><br /><br />Similar to above, Justin Martyr compares the birth of Jesus and his status as the "Word of God' to that of Mercury, who was also born in a similar way and who was also the "Word of God." He goes on to compare the crucifixion with the lives of the sons of Jupiter, which were on par according to him. 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