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Apple Celebrates Pride in San Francisco Parade
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jonblatho
macrumors 68030
I don’t just poke around the App Store for no reason, so I never saw it. I assume, at worst, it was a couple sharing a kiss. God forbid a child sees two people kissing! It might just be too complex for their little minds.
(As if kissing isn’t shown on Nickelodeon and Disney Channel and kids’ movies on a fairly regular basis. Spare me.)
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jonblatho
macrumors 68030
June is the month when pride events are usually held in different locations, usually spanning one day or a weekend at most. Not hard to understand.
Then your argument is invalid since you can't speak about others ways of educating or life plans, as it's not your concern. Next....
Is it still three knocks, a cough and whistling thee bars of 'Dixie" to get in? I've not been for a while and I keep forgetting the super secret signal.
This is just silly. About 5-7% of the population identifies as gay. That hasn't changed much since Kinsey started doing anonymous studies back in the 60s (estimating "10%") and that lack of change is despite wider acceptance and tolerance. It is unlikely to change any time soon.
I can guarantee it's not a choice for 99% of gay people. Girls are more flexible and more prone to "experiment" (and millennial women are slightly more likely to identify as gay - about 7%) but the numbers really don't change much. If your sister's kids are identifying as gay, then they probably always were and always will be, no matter where they grew up or if they ever "came out". If her kids are girls they're statistically more likely to be 'experimenting' than if they're boys. And if that's the case they'll figure it out eventually and she should just relax.
Glockworkorange
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What in the world are you talking about?
"Invalid argument." Lol, whatever that means.
If you don't understand your own flawed arguments then there's no point in contining this discussion with you or whatever that means.
Why shouldn't they? Because Shaun, UK said so?
DoctorTech
macrumors 6502a
Who lit your fuse? I'll buy whatever I freaking want as I don't need you to pick out my computer hardware for me.
I didn't even express an opinion on the LGBT aspect of the story. All I said was that there is a big difference between "private companies" and publicly traded companies in response to someone who erroneously claimed that Apple was a private company. If Apple were a private company, you would not be a shareholder period.
There is a new support group for people like you who are so "woke" that nobody can even carry on a conversation around you without you jumping down their throats. https://twitter.com/bbccomedy/status/1010189882503950336/video/1
oldmacs
macrumors 603
I am religious and gay. I try and live a godly life.
God also called a million other things a sin in the old testament. Do you eat Pork? Do you wear clothes of two different types of fabric? Do you eat shellfish?
Why would being gay be a sin? Do you believe God makes gay people just to torment them and send them to hell?
Kids see couples kiss and show affection in kids tv shows and films ALL THE TIME. It is normal to understand as a 9 year old that people can romantically love each other. I don't see the problem of them knowing that same sex couples also love each other. Nothing sexual about that.
Oh they've changed it again? I thought it was the chorus of "Believe" by Cher 😉
When one runs the most valuable in the world publicly trading company and makes marching in an LGBTQ parade a company policy, this is forcing the LGBTQ agenda down the throats of those who do not subscribe to the LGBTQ agenda. Like I said before, Tim Cook should march in these parades as a private citizen instead of making this an Apple corporate policy.
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This insult was addressed to me, and I'm not a baby boomer.
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According to this article called "The Rainbow Ate My Daughter," 52% of 13-20 year-olds identify themselves as LGBTQ. In the UK, 54% of 18-24 year-olds identify themselves as LGBTQ. I hope you are happy as to the effectiveness of the LGBTQ propaganda. Tim Cook is not wasting time or money on his social agenda; LGBTQ community is very effective in converting the youth to the LGBTQ lifestyle.
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Well, you won't understand until or unless you have a child.
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Actually, in an ideal world, Christmas should be celebrated at home, and companies should not be involved in any religious or political activity whatsoever. As a non-Christian, I would rather live in a society whose public holidays were not based on any particular religious holidays. Let employees decide for which religious holidays they want to take time off.
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I am not a Christian, but I know very well that there's nothing in the Christian bible about homosexuality. But, the Jewish Bible clearly condemns homosexuality, and it is not a matter of translation. It is written there in Hebrew. Having said that, Christianity has been practicing the "replacement theology" for two millennia now. This doctrine rejects the Hebrew bible (aka Old Testament) and claims that Jesus has canceled all the laws and replaced them with just a couple. So, it is completely natural for a Christian to claim that Jesus did not condemn homosexuality because, in fact, there is nothing in the Christian bible (aka New Testament) mentioned about this topic. Homosexuality is not condoned or condemned in the New Testament.
All of this aside, it should not be a business of ours, the mere mortals, to pass a judgment on homosexuals. God has all the power He needs to make His own judgment. This is a refreshing thought because it relieves us of the necessity to juxtapose the Bible with Civil Rights. As decent humans, we should support equality even for those with whom we disagree.
However, it is still my right to guard my child from the homosexual lifestyle, especially, because I firmly believe that a person can either be born a homosexual or be indoctrinated into homosexuality. My strong belief is that an exposure to homosexual behavior or propaganda at an early age can screw with a child's psyche and could very well set a child on a homosexual lifestyle track. So, please, dear LGBTQ people, go get married and live happily thereafter - I fully support your rights and I do not want to discriminate against your anywhere. However, please stay the hell away from my child.
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There is scientific proof that Moses has never existed? Would you care to share a few? And, by the way, the story of Sodom and Gomorrah happened in the days of Abraham, who argued and pleaded with God to save the people and not to destroy them, but both cities were nevertheless destroyed. This was about 500 years before Moses received the Torah on Mount Sinai. You are quite an erudite and a biblical scholar, as I can see.
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doelcm82
macrumors 68040
Someone already answered "what about Christianity." To which you insisted you were talking about OTHER religions and nationalities. So I excluded Christianity from my list. I wouldn't have, if you hadn't set that condition.
So what about it?
Oh dear, that is not an “article”, it’s a personal essay from a website that encourages any random person to post their random opinions. It offers no citations, only vaguely mentioning “polls” that may or may not exist and certainly weren’t scientific. It’s hysteria.
Here’s a real article with real citations to real (CDC) information 🙂
https://www.google.com/amp/s/qz.com...king-kids-about-their-sexual-orientation/amp/
TLDR: about 8%
I don’t think the poll mentioned in that hysterical personal essay you linked to actually exists. But if it does, it’s very vague about what was actually asked. It sounds like maybe they asked kids whether they’re “100% straight”, and (since scientific opinion since Kinsey holds that sexuality is a spectrum), many — and probably a larger percentage of girls — answered “no.”
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bopajuice
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You really didn't give any examples. If you are going to generalize I'd say Christianity is in accord with "Control".
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I'd beiieve random opinions over an "article" any day. Scientific opinion is based on a controlled scenario. In other words you can extract whatever opinion you are trying to convey if you control the parameters.
Maybe that 9 year old should be having a childhood in the real world rather than fixed to a screen - but then he/she might see two people holding hands!
And yes, Apple does feature straight dating apps.
Kulfon
macrumors 6502a
Here is a New Testament for you. Being religious does’t mean living a godly life.
“For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error. And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper, being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful; and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.”
Romans 1:25-32
“The LORD God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. The man said, "This is now bone of my bones, And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man." For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.”
Genesis 2:22-25
Problem is people did not want to glorify God and live by His word:
“For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error. And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper, being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful; and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.”
Romans 1:26-32
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“For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error. And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper, being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful; and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.”
Romans 1:25-32
[doublepost=1529991143][/doublepost]Ok, just eanted to share this text from the Bible. Remember, God is the creator of the family, not government. Good govermnents would follow God, but we live in a corrupted world. I am not spreading hate or anything like that. I have gay friend and like him, respect him as a person, but still openly saying he lives a sinful life. Family is only a union between man and woman. No certificates will changed in God’s mind. He said it.
“The LORD God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. The man said, "This is now bone of my bones, And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man." For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.”
Genesis 2:22-25
Problem is people did not want to glorify God and live by His word:
“For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error. And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper, being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful; and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.”
Romans 1:26-32
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Sure, but it doesn’t change the truth of the Bible🙂
[doublepost=1529991268][/doublepost]I do not leave in US🙂
I, like the other two thirds of people around the globe, am not Christian so your words mean no more to me than they do to a Buddhist, Sikh, Hindu etc - or to all other atheists like me.
Kulfon
macrumors 6502a
Sure, I do understand. People might choose not to believe in gravity, but it doesn’t mean it is not there.
Who would not believe in gravity? Hell of a lot more evidence for that than your god.