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rgb Inactive Member |
riverrat rights
quote:I'm sorry to hear you have decided to start supporting same sex marriage in the government. As a nation, we must fight to keep same sex marriage out of churches and public institutions. We must protect our right not to have same sex marriage in this nation. And as a nation, we will be judged.
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rgb Inactive Member |
If the Francais comes in and want you to change the definition of the word "email" into both electronic mail and oral sex, wouldn't you fight to keep "email" the way it is?
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rgb Inactive Member |
riverrat writes
quote:Nothing I have said is original. As a matter of fact, I plagarized some of it from your posts.
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rgb Inactive Member |
riverrat writes
quote:That bit is from your buddie Faith (and a little bit from iano). quote:Take a deep breath and go back and look at the past gay marriage threads. Because of my upbringing, I had been a racist, sexist, homophobe, anti-semantic, and just about every other type of hateful person. I don't deny that shameful part of me, and I remember exactly all my "arguments" I had for why all "those people" were bad people.
quote:Have you ever heard of the term "preach of contract"? Riverrat, I see that in the past when you were against publicgay marriage you were uncomfortable with people who disagreed with you. And now that you have changed your mind, you are uncomfortable with people who disagree with you. Perhaps it's time you try to see this from the side of the debate you used to dislike?
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rgb Inactive Member |
Jazzns writes
quote: Matthew 5:17-19 "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. 19Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 15:19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. Jesus never mentioned about specific sexual acts, but he did repeatedly referred to the sexual immoralities that were mentioned in the OT.
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rgb Inactive Member |
riverrat writes
quote:The fact that you have decided to stop pushing your view onto the world is a change itself. quote:Forgive me, but I simply disagree. quote:While you might be embracing this freedom now, you did not embrace it in the past. quote:Who said I was playing devil's advocate? quote:The all seeing eyes of the rat talking?
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rgb Inactive Member |
Jazzns writes
quote:In Animal Farm, the law isn't really about sleeping on human beds. It's about sleeping on human beds with sheets. In just about everything that has ever been written, if you really wanted to you can nitpick it to a a point where the assertion supports your own view. Edited by rgb, : No reason given.
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rgb Inactive Member |
Jazzns writes
quote:Christians don't see it as denying anyone any right he hasn't already has. They see it as not giving a priviledge to anyone. Everyone has the right to marry a person of the opposite sex. Everyone, including gay people, have such right.
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rgb Inactive Member |
Jazzns writes
quote:When I converse with someone on here, I read everything they write. I try to respond to each point accordingly. However, sometimes I ignore (or seem to ignore) certain points people make because (1) I can't counter, (2) it's over my head, (3) I haven't made up my mind on the issue yet, (4) I agree with it, (5) I want to procrastinate on getting to it and hoping that I'd forget about it later, or (6) these points don't wag my tail. quote:I can't speak for all christians. I can only speak for the ones I know. quote:As has been repeatedly pointed out by some people, all sins are..... Anyway, the reason this issue seems to be hyped up so much over the others is because for some reason or other people are more interested in it. Try to go to those philosophical debates regularly held on college campuses. You'd notice that whenever the topic has anything to do with sex the room is always packed.
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rgb Inactive Member |
riverrat writes
quote:I suppose the feeling you get when you see same sex couples is somewhat like the feeling I get when I see people with big fat thighs eating big macs, KFC, super duper double layered whoppers, etc. This feeling comes from the fact that I am a health freak who watches everything that I eat and pay regular visits to the gym. You could actually make the comparason between me getting a panick attack when I gained a few pounds back in college and you finding yourself be aroused a little bit by a person of the same sex as you. If anything, this sort of feeling is present in everyone because noone is a perfect person. My weakness seems to be about a healthy lifestyle and yours seems to be about sexual arousal.
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rgb Inactive Member |
Mike the wiz writes
quote:I'm just a little curious. What do you think about genetically engineered foods? How about selectively bred dogs? The scripture mentions plenty on the treatment of your animal and which ones are fine to eat and which ones are dirty, but as far as I know there is no mention of genetic engineering or selective breeding anywhere. Perhaps you could enlighten me?
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rgb Inactive Member |
riverrat writes
quote:For every child you want to produce, there are a million more waiting for you to adopt. Perhaps you'd like to consider adopting rather than using your "god-given" ability to pump out children? quote:Yes, so perhaps you'd like to adopt at least one of them? quote:Which church are you referring to?
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rgb Inactive Member |
2ice writes
quote:People (especially women) who have been in abusive relationships would disagree with you. quote:I'm a bit curious about you. Would you consider a law to suppose to represent the majority rule or protect minority rights?
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rgb Inactive Member |
riverrat writes
quote:To answer your question, no I have never considered having children. I'm ugly, unintelligent, short-tempered, etc. In other words, I carry a lot of bad traits. The last thing this world needs is another one of me around.
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rgb Inactive Member |
riverrat writes
quote:Actually, studies have repeatedly shown that beauty is in fact not in the eye of the beholder. quote:Never use a double negative, my teachers used to say. quote:Not really. Your temper depends mostly on your upbringing. Just like your brainwave patterns, it can never be changed except after some kind of a dramatic experience, like dying. quote:Yes, it does! This is why I am part of the POTCP. But back to subject, my previous post was only in good humor. The real answer is once upon a time I wanted to have children of my own. It was also the time when I thought that people of other races were inferior to me, that women should stay home to cook and make babies, that the holocaust didn't happen and if it did the Jews deserved it, and that gays should all be shot. But after Apollo spoke to me and Zeus struck me with his lightning rod, I realized that my future resources could be better spent on the kids that really need help and not to create more kids. The urge to have your flesh and blood as your children is primal, one that any moral person with a free will ought to be able to overcome.
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