I have not been convinced there would be a god by any acceptable evidence.
Depending on what the attributes of the god in question are, I find it is often additionally a philosophical question. Concerning the Abrahamic god, I would for instance not be able to cope with the contradictory...
What is your point? Are you suggesting that homosexuals are more likely to be child molesters?
How is this even related to the topic?
Nazis sought out, persecuted and killed homosexuals, they are not "stories" or "rumors".
What do you suppose is the harm homosexuals have brought upon...
Forgiving a religion for what it has gotten people to do is like forgiving the Nazi ideology for the Holocaust. It doesn't make sense. Religion has an inherent capacity to allow people to do hideously anti-humanist things because of its 'absolute truth'-factor and the lack of a reality-check...
I like this approach to your faith, but I think in current circumstances it is to be expected that the 'tribe' fights back against the rising tide of other-religions and secularism. And a tribe that fights back is more likely to take those parts of the Bible to heart which reflect fitting...
I think a culture is predominantly the result of a groups history, and we have quite a history. Much of what I would consider to be 'gay culture' is slang, references and recurring events, like pride. There are a lot of cliques in every group which the general public ascribes the same group...
I think that one of the problems Christianity has is that its foundation, the Bible, has been opened up for interpretation. There is no absolute authority anymore, at least none which actually answers - considering Elohim is such an absolute authority, though chronically unresponsive. That's the...
It's fun how that works, considering sleep deprivation is an effective therapy against depression. I do know that asleep is my favourite state of being and I have spent far too much time not being awake - fortunately I can keep my rhythm better now.
Depression is a very good word to describe...
Hey all, I've been here before but it's been a LONG time and I don't expect anyone to remember me - I hardly remember anyone from here. I've been out doing other Internet-things on other forums and eventually lost track of this little gem. But I never lost my eagerness to learn about and discuss...