Senate Homosexuality: the Thread

Nah. Fish though. Many times. So I got a shot with at least two. Doubling my chances.

 

I'd guess millions of years, considering it's found so often in nature.

 

Nuh-uh, the Earth was created only 6000 years ago. A storybook told me so.

 

I'm relatively sure Beezer know the difference. Contrary to popular belief, Republicans know full well how full of **** they are.

 

I think you're giving too much credit to a group of people that have shown very little self-awareness of why they're so despised. Maybe the corporate lackeys know they're full of it, but from my own experiences, the true believers think they're being the good guys by 'sticking it to the libs' or any other group that's 'against' them.

 

It also sets a limit on how far the religious, private sphere extends - you don't get to opt out of taxes because God says you don't have to pay. In effect that means accepting civic rules.

 

Was he running the Pay-Per-Prayer-Salvation?

 

There is nothing about the comments in this forum that distinguishes between the different tenets of Christianity. When someone calls the Bible a "storybook" or refers to "Jeebus" (and other such immature, hateful bigotry) they are using vernacular that is insulting to the entire religion. There is no differentiation in their words among the differing denominations.

As an analogy: Anyone being honest (which I know is virtually no one in this thread) would admit that there are people in here pissing on the entire religion but trying to claim they're only aiming for the extremists and that it's just raining for all the rest of the folks.

 

There's certainly a loud, vocal minority of a dyspeptic atheists. You'll find, though, that most people don't agree with them or use their language. Most people haven't commented on the particulars of Christianity at all. They just said they thought the law was motivated by bigotry.

 

No religion is exempt from criticism, Beezer. I can and I will mock Christianity all I want. And a book that has talking snakes, talking donkeys, and all sorts of mythical and magical creatures is most definitely a storybook. That's not an insult. That's a fact.

 

Oh, you have the right to be as bigoted and hateful as you choose to be. No one is saying you can't. It's a free country (and this forum's rules certainly allow bigoted, hateful statements attacking religion to be posted).

I was just responding to someone who is lamely trying to state that comments like yours are really only directed at the fundamentalists and the extremists.

You might have a point if the comment was made about the Old Testament, but since the comment is directed towards the "Bible" in general, you point fails.

 

Not what I said. I pointed out that timmo's comments are timmos. Most people fall much closer to the sort of stuff AG Obama said. You know, in the post directly before yours.

 

I haven't said anything that is even remotely bigoted or hateful. If you interpret it that way, that's your problem, not mine.

 

I disagree. Most comments are painting all of religion (esp. Christianity) with one broad stroke.

If I spoke about or generalized homosexuals the way you (and many others in here) speak about religion, I would be banned in a heartbeat and my comments would be labelled hate-speech. But, as I said before, it's a free country and you have a right to live in your frightened, hate-filled little world.

 

You actually think that insulting homosexuals is the same as insulting a religion? Wow. That only proves that the right-wing Christian mindset is so far from reality that you interpret any criticism as hatred, persecution or bigotry. Grow up.

 

Translation: Some types of bigotry are perfectly fine. The left has absolutely no problem whatsoever with bigoted, hateful statements - so long as they are directed towards the right people.

Like I said (and you keep proving): If I spoke about or generalized homosexuals the way you (and many others in here) speak about religion, I would be banned in a heartbeat and my comments would be labelled hate-speech. But, as I said before, it's a free country and you have a right to live in your frightened, hate-filled little world.

 

A religion is an idea and generally your choice after the age of reason. Homosexuality isn't a choice. It's tricky, but you'll get the difference some day.

 

generally theoretically.
In practice ones religious choices are often quite limited by peer pressure, the threat of being ostracised, or even murdered in some cases.

Beezer - you wouldn't deny that your holy book contains considerably bigoted and hateful statements though, would you? I mean, you wouldn't be arguing that religious forms of bigotry are perfectly fine, that would be ridiculously hypocritical. Also, who is this 'left' of which you speak?

 

V-2 I was being generous, but you're right—especially if you're a Mormon or a Scientologist.

 

I have zero hate in my world, Beezer. It's a shame that you have to make up lies in order to make your own argument seem stronger. But hey, the entire Christian religion is based on a lie, so maybe you can't tell the difference.

 

Timmo, stop making everything so personal. Be the bigger non-heteronormative-undefined-gender.

 

I've reaffirmed my beliefs into something that I can agree/work with.