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Is being gay a sin according to your religion?

Daemon Sophic

Daemon Sophic

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AlphaAlex115 said:
I don't have a religion and being gay is fine by me. What about you guys??
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As to the OP AlphaAlex115....my respones is the same as yours. No religion, and no problem.



But now there's how far this thread has strayed off topic....
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AA115 - several points that you should consider.....
The credibility of that study looks fine.
as does this http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7971593
and this. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15956875
In fact peer reviewed research seems to completely agree with those you are now trying (erroneously and unsuccessfully) to debate. Parent sexual orientation seems to have no ill effects upon the children.

Next, cloning and "artificial insemination" are not the same.
Also your abhorrence of the latter, claiming that it somehow makes the offspring "not fully alive" is obviously as ignorant as claiming that any other technique for insemination would result in a "not fully alive" child. So based upon your theory, we should perhaps ban an assortment of heterosexual coitus positions?...as some of them are clearly "unnatural".
 
Rick O'Shez

Rick O'Shez

Irishman bouncing off walls
lostwanderingsoul said:
As far as all religions being invented by someone, some people believe there is a God and He gave us rules to live by. It is only natural for those without the knowledge of these God given rules to make up their own rules.
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A more mature approach would be to take personal responsibility for what we say and do, including the harm that we do when we promote prejudice. How would you like to be called an abomination? Homophobia is not a victimless crime.

There is nothing spiritual about discriminating against people based on their race, gender or sexual orientation. If your God disapproved of black people, would you also be a racist?
 
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JoStories

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lostwanderingsoul said:
Buddhism usually traces its beginnings to a man named Siddhartha Gotama who lived 2500 years ago and was trying to find a solution to the world's suffering. He wrote down his ideas and that led to the Buddhist religion. Sounds to me like something he invented.
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Incorrect. The Buddha never wrote down a word. One of his disciples did, a man by the name of Ananda. And The Buddha's name was Shakyamuni Siddhārtha Gautama, which is Sanskrit. The Buddha did not invent anything. Just like your Jesus, someone else wrote it all down and The Buddha spoke from the position of enlightenment.
 
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JoStories

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Spiny Norman said:
The people who have a problem with gays in this thread basically seem to be Abrahamic monotheists who make selective use of Bible quotes to justify their prejudice.
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I agree and its something that has always troubled me. Either you believe in the Bible completely or you don't and furthermore, you don't cherry pick that which fits your agenda. Plus, most are much more vested in Paulian dogma than what Christ actually taught. If one were to follow just what Christ taught, they would very likely be nothing like we see here at all.
 
Rick O'Shez

Rick O'Shez

Irishman bouncing off walls
JoStories said:
Incorrect. The Buddha never wrote down a word. One of his disciples did, a man by the name of Ananda. And The Buddha's name was Shakyamuni Siddhārtha Gautama, which is Sanskrit. The Buddha did not invent anything. Just like your Jesus, someone else wrote it all down and The Buddha spoke from the position of enlightenment.
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I think what we're seeing here is a lame attempt to pretend that the Bible is the only valid religious text, which is of course a ridiculous claim, utter nonsense. In my view the Bible is crude and muddled, and as a wisdom teaching is near the bottom in the league table of ancient spiritual texts.
 
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Rick O'Shez

Rick O'Shez

Irishman bouncing off walls
JoStories said:
If one were to follow just what Christ taught, they would very likely be nothing like we see here at all.
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Indeed. "Do unto others as you would have them do to you", "Don't judge or you will be judged", "Love your neighbours as yourself", and so on.

It saddens me that people who claim to be Christian promote prejudice and discrimination, it's entirely contrary to Christ's teaching.

And by the way: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/22/what-jesus-says-about-homosexuality-_n_4489452.html

Or maybe there's a reference to homosexuality in the 10 commandments? Well no, there isn't.
 
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Ingledsva

Ingledsva

HEATHEN ALASKAN
ben d said:
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How about Romans 1:26-27....no mention of a woman's bed..... For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature: 27 and likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another, men with men working unseemliness, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was due.
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Romans 1 specifically tells us this is sex in religious worship.

Thus it is Sacred Sex/Prostitution, - and NOT homosexuality.

Rom 1:23 And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and serpents.

Rom 1:24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves

Rom 1:25 WHO changed the truth of Deity into a lie, and worship and render religious homage to the "Act of Creation" more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

~~ ~ NOTE: the people in 24 that dishonor their bodies, are the people WHO worship the Act of Creation in 25! Religious Sexuality! ~~~

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Ingledsva

Ingledsva

HEATHEN ALASKAN
DJ_sXe said:
However, the Civil Rights and the Abolitionist Movements both started (at least, in the US and Britain) with devout Christians, people who were just as justified, if not much more so, in their course of action as dictated by their beliefs.
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What is your point here?

As has already been shown - Christians also used the Bible - to claim a godly Bible given right to own slaves.

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Ben Dhyan

Ben Dhyan

Veteran Member
Ingledsva said:
Romans 1 specifically tells us this is sex in religious worship.

Thus it is Sacred Sex/Prostitution, - and NOT homosexuality.

Rom 1:23 And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and serpents.

Rom 1:24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves

Rom 1:25 WHO changed the truth of Deity into a lie, and worship and render religious homage to the "Act of Creation" more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

~~ ~ NOTE: the people in 24 that dishonor their bodies, are the people WHO worship the Act of Creation in 25! Religious Sexuality! ~~~

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You can say what you want.....it is referring to homosexuality....this....Romans 1:26-27
 
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Sundance

Sundance

pursuing the Divine Beloved
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Ingledsva said:
What is your point here?

As has already been shown - Christians also used the Bible - to claim a godly Bible given right to own slaves.

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Yeah, that's true. But it was also used in inspiring the abolition of slavery in the US and Britain, so what are you saying again?
 
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