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Apple CEO Tim Cook Publicly Comes Out as Gay in Letter Declaring Support for Equality
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Not really my experience, but I should clarify not all of my experience with "atheists" are bad, quite the opposite in fact. We usdually end up laughing at each other.
Now that you say, I have to admit that I cannot go by not judging Bruins fans.
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The Republicans made it an issue by demanding a solution to a non-existing problem.
The Vatican made it an issue by refusing changes to accommodate the LGBT community.
The Republicans made it an issue by critisizing all LGBT rights.
"Where's the tolerance now? Why is it ok to bash on religion but not sexual orientation"
Easy, Sexual Orientation is not a choice you can make.
Being part of a religion and putting your faith in a god is a choice.
That is, bashing religion is the same as bashing someone smashing their heads with a hammer. A reaction to (and future bashing of) their choice, not on their nature.
Easy, Sexual Orientation is not a choice you can make.
Being part of a religion and putting your faith in a god is a choice.
That is, bashing religion is the same as bashing someone smashing their heads with a hammer. A reaction to (and future bashing of) their choice, not on their nature.
So what would you say if I told you other animals engage in homosexual sexuality behaviors?
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animals_displaying_homosexual_behavior
So how is it not natural then?
I understand that in he bible it says it's wrong but it also says that you should not pierce or tatto yourself? I can't remeber there been so much fus kicked off because someone had a tattoo or a new piecing! So why do it to the LGBT community?
I'm not having a go at anyone here Im interested in why people disagree with parts of the bible!
but in fairness, if we are a people of equality and peace, we shouldn't bash anyone for their religious beliefs either. We should be open and accepting.
I have my own personal belief structure. It impacts nobody else. Therefore I have no right to judge someone elses personal belief structure if it too impacts nobody else.
if you want to believe in jesus and that he will give you salvation. And that gives you that little bit of happiness to make it through life happy. All the power to you. Again, as long as you don't impose it on me in any way.
I don't respect their opinion. It's one thing to acknowledge someone's opinion, but it's certainly not an opinion that deserves respect.
You said, "John Lennon called from the grave, he wants his hippy view back."
Answer = Very ironic that you used this. Although John was an atheist, much of his music was inspired by what he learned in Scripture.
You said, "Love does not put food on the table and a roof over one's head."
Answer = Believe me, sometimes it is my decision to love my family that keeps me at my job in order to provide these things.
You said, "You don't need love to want to protect someone else, being a good person and not wanting to see someone else hurt is more then enough but that doesn't equate to being love."
Answer = I think we may be confused in our terms. Love, by definition, is protects. It is selfless. What you are describing is loving behavior, although I will give you that if you, for example, saved a girl from a sinking ship just so you could rape her once you got to a deserted island, then saving her in the first place had very unloving motives.
I find the rest of your first paragraph difficult to follow so I'll go on to the next.
You said, "The way you posted comes off that you can't be a good person who can stay off drugs unless you have god and that's simply just not true ... [People] can have the same drive to do good for their fellow man, stay away from drugs and be pretty much exactly like you without faith, god and ultimate love. People can be good for the simple reason of just wanting to be good.
Answer = I am not saying that people who don't believe in God can't do good, loving things. They most certainly can. My observation has been that without a Judeo-Christian moral framework, people tend to find more ways of rationalizing selfish behavior. The teaching of the Scripture don't let you get away with that. It is hard as nails.
That just isn't true though. First of all, plenty of people in the western world - especially America - are way, way behind on LGB tolerance, let alone supporting of LGB rights. Plus, we live in a big, big world where LGB people aren't just not-tolerated, they're actively punished and prosecuted for not being straight.
We absolutely are not past the point of coming out mattering, especially when it's someone who is in such a highly prized position.
And yet religion was the justification for some of mankind's greatest atrocities.
The moderators have the means to lock and clean up topics. They have done this before on topics that were not in PRSI. Once the clean up was done, the topic re-opened for posting. So what you said is just an excuse. The moderators can deal with a topic's posts without relegating the topic to PRSI.
So were the LGBT community!!!!
They umh massacred... umh... stuff and they destroyed umh... things.
Right?
And some of mankind's greatest advancements.
Glass half full/empty proposition.
As Tim said, being gay is one of God's greatest gifts to him.
2014:
"Note: Due to the controversial nature of the discussion regarding this topic, the discussion thread is located in our Politics, Religion, Social Issues forum. All forum members and site visitors are welcome to read and follow the thread, but posting is limited to forum members with at least 100 posts."
One day, hopefully not too far in the future:
'Note: Due to the completely uncontroversial nature of the discussion regarding this topic, the discussion thread is located in whatever forum you like. All forum members and site visitors are welcome to read and follow the thread, and posting is open to all forum members regardless of how many posts they have made, now we're all sensible human beings'
"Note: Due to the controversial nature of the discussion regarding this topic, the discussion thread is located in our Politics, Religion, Social Issues forum. All forum members and site visitors are welcome to read and follow the thread, but posting is limited to forum members with at least 100 posts."
One day, hopefully not too far in the future:
'Note: Due to the completely uncontroversial nature of the discussion regarding this topic, the discussion thread is located in whatever forum you like. All forum members and site visitors are welcome to read and follow the thread, and posting is open to all forum members regardless of how many posts they have made, now we're all sensible human beings'
The story of humanity: no good thing has been left unabused by sinful man.
By the way, I presume you are referring to the Christian religion. Are you aware that everyone has a religion. The definition of religion is "the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods." A lot of people worship themselves, acting as if they were the controlling power.
No, just a nice, banana shaped turd. It was beautifull I googled upper decker and that is GROSS!
I googled upper decker and that is GROSS!
I like the ones that breach the surface of the water. So it looks like a nice little island in the middle of the ocean.
I am not condoning hatred and I am not sure what you mean or why you would think that.
The sowjet union was based on atheism (the self proclaimed "it's not a religion"- religion) and over 20 million christians and other religious people were tortured and murdered because they did not renounce their faith. So anit-religion has killed millions, too in very recent times. atrocities in the name of christianity happened centuries ago.
I agree. This is what i always say. everyone has a religion, atheists are just in denial about it.
You can't look at the tenants of liberalism and come to any other conclusion.
I'm not a 'bible-thumper' but I am a Christian. Jesus taught us to love one another; not to judge or hate. So I'm trying to be a decent person despite my many faults.
Please don't lump all the people who follow the bible into one shallow category. There's good and bad among all of us, as with any other group.
Thanks.
This. Communism killed millions in the 20th century. Muslims are killing thousands now. Christians are being butchered now around the world. They keep kicking the 700 year old dead horse but ignore what is happening in modern times because it doesn't support their view.
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