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2012/04/17 13:02:05
Subject: High School Mural Deemed Offensive (but not really)
mattyrm wrote:Its not, its their Religion that causes this hatred, they are following what they perceive to be the rules of their precious faith, and its one of the great many reasons I have such loathing for organised Religion.
I know of no religion that explictly tells its followers to hate people due to their sexual tendancies. You are completely right when you use the word 'percieve'. It is not the religion telling people to be homophobic, it is down to those who read it who take it to mean that they should be homophobic, and therefore you could argue that they would be a homophobe anyway if that is the first thing that springs to their minds. So why loath religion if it is the fault of those who misinterpret what it is saying that are causing the problem?
The bible specifically states that homosexuals will not get into heaven. Denying a group of people an eternal afterlife of peace, love, harmony and fluffy white clouds, actually, that seems pretty gay to me.. Anyway, how is that not hateful? It does not explictly state as you said, but it does tell people that homosexuals are not worthy of the 'greatest' reward of heaven. Besides, I am reasonably confident someone more learned in the bible and church policies would find those explicit statements. Fred Phelps maybe, was that his name?
Btw, slippery slopes ftw.
Do not lecture me on my own beliefs, especially when half of your post is incorrect.
Angelic_Scars wrote:but it does tell people that homosexuals are not worthy of the 'greatest' reward of heaven
It says nothing of the sort. Everyone is worthy of heaven, all we need to do is ask for forgiveness. How is this hateful in any way? The door is always open but we also have the choice to ignore it if we want to. Nobody is being denied anything.
Also, if Fred Phelps was so learned of the Bible he wouldn't be doing half of the things that he does.
Well it is hard to keep track of all the christian beliefs. there are 38,000 to 42,000 different christian churches and none of them seem to agree with each other. Some christians are ok with recognizing gay marriages, others like phelps are not. both claim their beliefs are supported by the bible, and the teachings of jesus. Then people like phelps(not necessarily him in particular) create bigoted organizations like NOM (national organization for marriage) and terrorists groups like pro lifers.
NOM is backed by many churches including catholic churches, maybe even yours, and their goal is to play race games and put Blacks and Hispanics against people wanting equal rights to marry.
Pro life groups are terrorists, If your group blows up buildings and kill innocent people trying to get a policy changed, then you are a terrorist.
While you might not agree with Phelps and say he's not acting like a christian, He would probably say the same thing about your beliefs. If you have two people claiming to be christians and both saying completely opposite things based on the same book, which one is right? Who can really say what jesus meant other than jesus himself, or god, and neither of them have had much to say about anything in 2000 years.
2012/04/17 15:19:27
Subject: High School Mural Deemed Offensive (but not really)
I am one religous thread away from packing my things, claiming a small island, living alone or with people who actually make sense, and not have to worry about society's petty, insignificant little problems. Anyone care to join me?
2012/04/17 15:24:41
Subject: High School Mural Deemed Offensive (but not really)
Private_Joker wrote:I am one religous thread away from packing my things, claiming a small island, living alone or with people who actually make sense, and not have to worry about society's petty, insignificant little problems. Anyone care to join me?
Private_Joker wrote:I am one religous thread away from packing my things, claiming a small island, living alone or with people who actually make sense, and not have to worry about society's petty, insignificant little problems. Anyone care to join me?
Wait aren't you on an island already?
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
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2012/04/17 15:43:45
Subject: High School Mural Deemed Offensive (but not really)
Private_Joker wrote:I am one religous thread away from packing my things, claiming a small island, living alone or with people who actually make sense, and not have to worry about society's petty, insignificant little problems. Anyone care to join me?
I shall sit on my island spending the days playing x-box, browsing the interweb and watchin' TV. Like a baws. With the occasional nap. No trespassers allowed
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2012/04/17 16:01:59
Subject: High School Mural Deemed Offensive (but not really)
Private_Joker wrote:I am one religous thread away from packing my things, claiming a small island, living alone or with people who actually make sense, and not have to worry about society's petty, insignificant little problems. Anyone care to join me?
Will there be "gay sex" on the island?
What about pie?
Sure.... their are probably dolphins swimming around having gay sex all the time.
