Gayness is a disease, it's a corruption of the soul. It's a lack of morality. People who are gay are spoiled. I found a pattern with gay people, all the gay people I knew turned out to also be atheists, what a coincidence. Gee, who would've guessed satanism and gayness were correlated?
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Gayness is a disease, it's a corruption of the soul. It's a lack of morality.
It's a sexual orientation. That's all, peabrain. And most of the gay people I know are quite moral, thank you. Moreso than any of the idiots like you who get posted on this website.
all the gay people I knew turned out to also be atheists, what a coincidence.
It couldn't possibly have anything to do with the intolerance and hatred spewed by "true believers" now could it? You can't really blame them for not wanting to be associated with jerkoffs like you, now can you? It has nothing to do with Satanism either. Satan is a myth. I'd say it's more to do with common sense.
Actually, I've always been gay, as far back as I remember. I was also a christian, until I met a few too many people like you.
Gayness doesn't create atheism, Christians do.
Gayness doesn't create atheism, Christians do.
No, logic is the basis for atheism. :D
Gayness is a disease,
No, as a matter of fact it is not a disease.
it's a corruption of the soul.
Even if there was such a thing as a 'soul' I doubt that it would be corrupted by having sex with other consenting adults. I'd suggest, on the contrary, that actively denying one's true sexual orientation would be more harmful to a 'soul' than by accepting it.
It's a lack of morality.
No. Immorality would be a lack of morality. The idea that homosexuality is immoral, while a popular view, is nonsensical when you consider that the choice to engage in sex with a person of the same gender affects them and only them. It's completely illogical to force your particular ideals of morality on others when, clearly, it is none of yours (or anybody else's) business.
People who are gay are spoiled.
People who are gay contribute in all manner of ways to society; in addition to being law abiding and tax paying civil citizens, they do pretty much the same things as anyone else.
I found a pattern with gay people, all the gay people I knew turned out to also be atheists, what a coincidence.
Is it any surprise that many homosexuals choose to reject organised religion when the vast majority of religious people in America seem to demonize and marginalize them purely for their sexual predilections? You can't exactly blame a gay person for opting out of a narrow world view that casts them as scum.
Gee, who would've guessed satanism and gayness were correlated?
Here is where your argument really makes my head spin. You're suggesting a correlation between homosexuality and the worship of Satan, despite the fact that in prior sentences you were arguing that gays are atheists. Since atheism rules out any belief in the supernatural (including satan) your argument isn't just bigoted and hateful, it's also completely at odds with the basic precepts of atheism.
In summary: kill yourself now
Quite a "leap" there, Damian.
Damian, hmmm. You must be an expert on the Satanic. Actually, having re-read your post, I take that back. The only thing I would think you were an expert at is wanking in the dark.
Fundamentalists are the most bitter, resentful, and hateful people I’ve ever encountered. They can't stand themselves, and try to project the blame onto other people, especially members of the gay community, Jews, any non-fundamentalist Christian, liberals, scientists, etc. They are so touchy about touching. It's quite something to see: adults babbling nonsense then claiming they are “speaking in tongues”, flailing about like imbeciles, apparently unconcerned about the spectacle they make of themselves. It’s embarrassing for the normal members of society, who don't say much, since the “fundies” will just launch into even more extreme histrionics and possibly hurt themselves or others. Who can put up with such nonsense? And conservatives think this behaviour is normal? It shows how selective they are when hurling their accusations of improper behaviour and interpretations of religious dogma. Etc. Etc. Etc.
Jehane --
It is my understanding that "Christian doctrine" consists largely of loving one's neighbor and loving God. True, there are old testament verses that one can use to claim that homosexuality is a sin. But anger, hatred, selfishness, lust, and many other things are also explicitly listed as sins (heck, Jesus even mentions those explicitly, whereas nowhere in the new testament is he recorded as speaking a word on the subject of homosexuality). Most Christians I know will openly welcome someone who has issues with anger, or lust, and never question the sincerity of their Christianity. However if someone is a homosexual, they are subject to this kind of bigotry and hatred. Seems like a double standard to me, and besides, doesn't "love your neighbor" apply even to those who are different from you? Isn't that what the Good Samaritan parable was all about?
Also, I (and many others, most likely) would dispute your claim that no homosexual can be a true Christian -- you'll find that debate fallacies are looked upon poorly here; just a friendly note.
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P.S. Before you start, yes, I am a Christian, and no, I'm not gay. I just have sympathy for a decent group of people who get treated far worse than they deserve.
Damian, dear son of the Devil according to a movie, think carefully. If being gay is a disease, can´t be corruption of the soul or lack of morality. You have to choose between one of the options. Second, there are many gays in the world and yes, some are atheist and many of them not particularly religious, know why?, because they have been rejected in religious grounds for no good reason. You can´t claim that "gays are bad because they´ve turned atheist" because it´s the other way round, they´ve turned atheist for the constant attack towards their persona on behalf of religious people. And satanism and being gay are not correlated because Atheism is not Satanism. I wonder if what happens is that you all fundies live in a world where atheist, liberal and Satanist(and occasionally muslim and Catholic) equals people who don´t share your mind.
im sure if christians were more accepting of gays, they wouldnt join us atheist, but im not complaining, more people who realise christianity for what it is
D'you know Jehane?, Jesus NEVER spoke about homosexuality. So don´t go saying that the Bible forbids homosexuality because it´s not true. Yes, OT but let me tell you something, do you know that it also forbids eating lobster?. I´ll tell you why. Because it´s a book designed for people living more than 5000 years ago so that the rules were adapted to the time and place. So, rules which for us are menial and ridiculous(working on Sabbath, eating lobster and so)for them were very important and rules which for us are utterly immoral(killing non virgin brides, selling girls into slavery)for them were usual.
@Jehane
Jesus was very clear that not one letter or penstroke of the Law would change, and that includes the Law against homosexual behaviour. there are numerous other examples where He condemns all such abominations. i recommend you not attempt to instruct me in what you yourself do not understand.
Right [Matthew 5:17], I love that verse. And are you aware of all other facets of Levitican Law that Jesus didn't want changed?
For instance are you aware Jesus rebuked some people who hadn't stoned their insolent children to death?
Are you aware that if you sleep with a menstruating woman you are to be an outcast from society for an entire week? (Frankly I'd love that as an excuse not to come into work, I can't see that washing in society today though, can you?)
Let's talk about shellfish shall we? Eating shellfish is an abomination under Levitican law - please discuss this point at length, I'd like your feedback before talking about who Jesus said gets to go to hell.
...Lesson to be continued you dumbass!...
(oh and... Jesus did NOT comment on homosexuality in the bible, barring his reference to Levitican Law. In fact in the narration of Jesus' life in the four gospels, Jesus healed a gay centurion's servant and lauded their relationship!)
Julian wrote:
"Are you aware that if you sleep with a menstruating woman you are to be an outcast from society for an entire week? (Frankly I'd love that as an excuse not to come into work, I can't see that wasshing in society today though, can you?)"
I can just imagine Jehane protesting in the feminine hygiene aisle of his local supermarket, screeching bible verses at passing women and ordering them to "GET TO THE VILLAGE! UNCLEAN WHORES!"
Then, after getting chased from the aisle by a group of angry teenage girls, I can see him hiding in the fitting rooms of the clothing department, attempting to stone to death (with the decorative pebbles he pinched from the gift aisle) any shopper cuaght wearing clothes made from two kinds of cloth.
The store supervisor would then approach him and say "Can I help you sir?"
I can then picture him finally being escorted from the store in a straight jacket, by armed police, after attempting to bludgeon the store supervisor to death with a grden spade.
The supervisor's crime? He's working on the Sabbath! And that's on SATURDAY not on SUNDAY!
Damian's thoughts on women:
I can't hook up with them because I don't even waste my time on it............Just because they're inferior doesn't mean we should treat them like crap, it's the opposite, we should look out for them, and treat them nice.
And that's not quote-mining, check the original thread.
"Fundieness is a disease, it's a corruption of the brain. It's a lack of intelligence. People who are fundie are stupid. I found a pattern with fundie people, all the fundie people I knew turned out to also be idiots, what a coincidence. Gee, who would've guessed stupidity and fundieness were correlated?"
Fixed.
Jehane, gay people are not ashamed of themselves. The only reason they ever have of keeping themselves in the closet is because their parents might throw them out of the house, or people close to them will disown them. You fail to understand what it's actually LIKE to be a homosexual. The only reason a gay person might feel even the SLIGHTEST bit ashamed is because of hateful people like you.
Go ahead and have fun pretending you're more important than other people, and the only "true" Christian, (which every Christian seems to believe of themselves these days) but it won’t do anything for you except make you miserable, since you seem pretty obsessed with homosexuality for someone who is supposedly against it.
He should at least get his terminology straight. An illness of the mind is not called a "disease", it's called a "disorder ".
As for lack of morality, spoiled, atheists, satanists, it's all unproven fundamentalist drivel and deserves no response.
Christian doctrine forbids homosexualism; it is an abomination. There are no 'gay' Christians
The Bible calls a whole bunch of things "abominations", including eating shellfish and being born out of wedlock. There are, by some counts, over 400 things listed as forbidden. If breaking biblical prohibitions makes someone not a Christian, then it's unlikely that any Christians actually exist.
they are arrogant, selfish, and spoiled, as has already been well established.
You can always recognize a self-invented bullshit argument when it has the words "well-established", "everyone knows", etc.
Dear ( and I use the term loosely) Jihad #180934
Congratulations, you have managed to use almost every stereotype about gay men in one paragraph, you forgot recruiting and child molesting though. As usual you left us lesbians out, so I'll give you some help. We wear jeans and flannel, or business suits or evening gowns. We're cops, construction workers, nurses, truck drivers, teachers, hair dressers,accountants, you name it. We're not just doing this until the right man comes along, and we wouldn't become straight after having great sex with a man. That's your monumental ego at work.
On a different note, what the fuck is a fascist liberal? Is it anything like a jumbo shrimp or freezer burn or a well informed fundie?
Jehane,
It depends on which gospel you're reading. Matthew was possibly a teacher writing to Jews who followed Jesus who were forced out of their synagogues and away from their families. Mark and Luke, on the other hand, were more influenced by the Gentile cultures around them and several times mentioned laxity on some of the laws or enhancing the spirit rather than the letter of the law. Mark even says that Jesus said there are no impure foods. Matthew was written later and responds literarily that yes, you're still supposed to follow Torah.
You study your Bible. And know the context of the writers of Gospel and their audience. Basically, it depends on whether the author of the letters or accounts in the New Testament are focusing on Gentiles or Jews who follow Jesus.
i wondered how long it would be before some heretic started harping on how Jesus never specifically mentioned homosexualism, it's one of the falsehoods they try to fob off on us ...
If it's a falsehood, then exactly where does Jesus "specifically mention homosexualism" (sic)? If he's referring to Matthew 5:18, I don't see anything "specific" about homosexuals in that - it applies equally well to eating shellfish, working on the Sabbath, having sex with your mother-in-law, selling holy oil to non-believers, etc.
Well, gee: I'm gay, and I'm a Christian -- so that blows your whole thesis, doesn't it, Damian?
Ever consider the possibility that the truly crappy treatment so many gays and lesbians receive from Christians might have something to do with why so many gays and lesbians want nothing to do with Christanity?
And the Church is going to be held accountable for the way it has treated them (and the other people the Church condemned as "undesirable").
Jehane (#180934)
So -- anybody here want to be like Jehane/pseudo-Tempus?
I sure don't.
In fact, given the choice of a bigoted christofascist like Jehane/pseudo-Tempus or any of the atheists on this board, I'd go with the atheists ANY time.
At least the atheists have a basic sense of human decency and morality which Jehane/pseudo-Tempus and his ilk seem to be sorely lacking.
(I'm using "pseudo-Tempus" to address the person posting right-wing, homophobic rants under Tempus' name.)
When I saw this comment, I immediatly thought of ted haggard and catholic priests who have molested boys. Immoral, yes. Atheists, NO.
Gee, who would've guessed satanism and gayness were correlated?
Since everyone else has responded to this better than I succinctly could, I'll just add this:
Gee, who would've guessed that fundamentalism and religion were correlated?
Well, well, Damian, aren't you just an ugly human being? So full of the xian fundy brand of love it's sickening.
Jehane at least deserves credit for daring to march right onto this board to advocate his feelings. I mean it. That takes some bravery.
Having said that, though, I disagree completely with everything I have read so far from him on homosexuality.
however, of all sexual assaults on children, a third of them were committed by homosexuals.
Where is he getting this crap? There was only one study (out of many) that showed any significant number of sexual assaults by "homosexuals" (and it was nowhere near a third). It was found that the study decided whether the pedophile was gay simply by examining the sex of the victim. This methodology is bullshit, and completely at odds with studies that examined the sexual orientation of the pedophile directly. Many men who molest boys are exclusively heterosexual with adults and are not the least attracted to adult men. The largest number of pedophiles are what psychologists call "fixated" - they have no adult sexual orientation; that is, they are not sexually attracted to adults of either sex, but are exclusively attracted to children. It's a completely separate sexual orientation distinct from either straight or gay. Boys tend to be victims because their parents tend not to watch them as carefully. It's a crime of opportunity.
Damian, I'm an atheist and I'm bisexual. How does that fit into your thesis that atheism = gayness?
And I admit that I'm spoiled, but I blame my boyfriend for that :D
I think christians like Damian make people atheist, whether they're straight or gay or anything in between.
@Damian
Gee, who would've guessed satanism and gayness were correlated?
Anyone with at least 3 brain cells could fiqure out that satanism and homosexuality are not related.
I have an ex-boyfriend who is homosexual and a friend who is bisexual. Both of them are Christian and are in no fear of losing their faith.
Here's what I think he MEANT to say...(with some correction to grammar)
Fundamentalism is a desease; it's a corruption of the soul. It's a lack of morality. People who are fundamentalist are spoiled. I found a pattern with fundies; all fundies I know turn out to be stupid. What a coincidence. Gee, who would've guessed stupidity and fundamentalism were correlated?
There, it's all better now.
1. It's not a disease.
2. It's not a lack of morality
3. Maybe because atheism tolerates homosexuality?
4. Atheism != Satanism != Devil Worship.
Gee...you guys stomp all over us, and you wonder why we don't stay with the flock...particularly when faced with the hypocrisy of "Jesus loves all his children, and forgives them. The liars, the whores, the drunkards, all of them. Oh, except the gays."
"I found a pattern with gay people, all the gay people I knew turned out to also be atheists, what a coincidence. Gee, who would've guessed satanism and gayness were correlated?"
Gee because you really welcome them with open arms don't you? Calling them sodomites and perverts.
...all the gay people I knew turned out to also be atheists, what a coincidence.
Gee, with the love and compassion you show, I wonder why they don't remain with the flock...
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