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coffee_addict
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Message 6 of 63 (188730)
02-26-2005 3:15 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Angeldust
02-24-2005 9:59 PM


And what's new here?
Churches used to burn people alive for heresy. Churches used to condemn the equal treatment of people other than white christian white men. Churches used to condemn the equal treatment of interracial couples. Heck, churches used to say that it was good to enslave other human beings so they could bring them closer to god.
The truth is every generation world churches will always find somebody to point fingers at and say "they're the enemy." It is now my belief that the true nature of religion is evil. Without doing something evil of some sort, somehow they feel insecured about their placement in heaven.
It's like "dude, we have to do something evil or god won't let us into heaven. We can start by burning witches. If they stop letting us do that, we can start enslaving other human beings. When people won't let us do that, we can start treating people of other races like crap. If they stop letting us do that, we can start condemning interracial marriages. If society moves on from there, we can always pick on the fags. As long as we do something evil, god will surely let us into heaven!"
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I'm willing to bet that the churches are secretly desperately trying to find extraterrestrial life, just in case society stop allowing them to pick on fags. Their plan is when that happens they can start saying "look, the aliens were created by the devil! Let us have another crusade and kill them all!!!" And what happens if people begin to think that aliens aren't the devil's children? Well, churches of the world will start building interdimensional ships so they can start mistreating beings that live in other dimensions.
So, in a way, we have the churches to thank for for our exploration. They are constantly in search of new people to bully.
This message has been edited by Resurrected Hector, 02-26-2005 15:35 AM

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coffee_addict
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Message 32 of 63 (189513)
03-01-2005 4:50 PM
Reply to: Message 31 by Loudmouth
03-01-2005 4:30 PM


Here is something for people who thinks the will of the majority should be regarded as the will of the almighty. It is in everybody's best interest to give rights to minority groups. This is because everybody belong to some sort of minority group. The fact that I am a guy puts me into a minority group.

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coffee_addict
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Message 34 of 63 (189522)
03-01-2005 6:12 PM
Reply to: Message 33 by LinearAq
03-01-2005 5:52 PM


Re: Democracy Rules?
Linear writes:
What part of your or the church's rights are violated by allowing them to be married?
This is like asking a white southerner in the 50's and 60's what rights of the white southerners the gov would violate by ending segregation. The answer should be obvious to thinking people by now, but I guess it will take a while for people to get out of the bigotted mindset.
By the way, I encourage you to get into this discussion with riVeRaT, one of our more famous anti-gay marriage amendments proponents. He will give an answer that will give you a unique perspective into the mindset of a very convinced bigot. I must admit that his answers to a lot of these questions are very original.

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coffee_addict
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Message 37 of 63 (189547)
03-01-2005 8:10 PM
Reply to: Message 36 by Vercingetorix
03-01-2005 6:40 PM


Re: WTF?
Ver writes:
what are you implying?
You are reading too much into my words.
WOW when i did something like this the admins came out and said
from the guidelines: Respect for others is the rule here. Argue the position, not the person. and then they gave me a link to the rules page. BTW that is rule number 3.
Um... there's nothing wrong saying someone is a bigot. I'm a bigot myself. Everybody is a bigot of some sort.
In the context of "bigot" that I was using, I was referring to the type of bigotry against homosexuals.
I seem to recall that he once admitted to being one. Can't insult someone if that person admits to being something.
You are reading too much into my words. Just take my words at their face value and nothing more.

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coffee_addict
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Posts: 3645
From: Indianapolis, IN
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Message 50 of 63 (189724)
03-02-2005 11:14 PM
Reply to: Message 38 by Vercingetorix
03-02-2005 9:08 AM


Re: WTF?
Ver writes:
so basically im a nigger, and everyone is a nigger of some sort, i mean we all evolved from niggers in africa, right?
Forgive me if I have been mistaken, but I thought you were a creo. If this is the case, shouldn't it have been "god breathed life into a nigger..."?

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