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Statikk HDM 06-16-2003 04:06 PM

Gene Robinson:The First Gay(well, openly gay) Bishop
 
Gene Robinson was recently sworn in as an Episcopalian Bishop. Normally this wouldn't bother me, but it turns out that Gene is openly homosexual. What I think is VERY ODD about this was that Mr. Robinson had a divorce while he had two children so he could live with his partner, Mark Andrew. Also, the Episcopalians might let women hold authority over men as priests and are a more "liberal" than WELS(Pretty hardline in my opinion.) I would have never thought they would allow a gay in their church, much less let him become a bishop. The Episcopalian Church has said numerous times that homosexuality is an evil sin and incompatible with the Scriptures so why such a dramatic turn of events?

paramiteabe 06-16-2003 04:38 PM

Because people in the church are too being influenced by sin. But homosexuality is a sin aganst God. It is something Man has created for his own personal pleasure. That is all I will say:D

Jacob 06-16-2003 06:09 PM

I dont think its the case of the act of homosexuality being a sin, i've watched many programmes were they discuss this and one of the main points the Church bring up is the fact that homosexuals cannot be married and are thus dancing in sin. But then that makes me ponder, if they were allowed to get married then would it be less frowned upon?

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The Episcopalian Church has said numerous times that homosexuality is an evil sin and incompatible with the Scriptures so why such a dramatic turn of events?
I wouldn't call it 'dramatic'. Many of the "badness" that the scripture had previously stated have been overlooked. I dont see why homosexuality should be any different...

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It is something Man has created for his own personal pleasure.
It would have been cleverer to say that Nature has created it to stop over-population...

Finally a decent topic, lets hope that people will contribute with substantial, thought out arguments and not be intimidated by my b*stardization...

Statikk HDM 06-16-2003 07:10 PM

First of all, you can't use Intelligent design lingo to describe what you would concede to be a random act. Nature isn't something that can create, it doesn't exsist. Replace Nature with Gaea or drop that talk. This reminds me of the cliche "Yesterday's heresy is tomorrow's dogma."
I really object to the fact that the man was married and had a divorce, essentially deserting his wife and two daughters. Imagine what school must have been like! I can't imagine the savage tauntings and gossip that they must have endured.
And whether you think homosexuality is evil or not has no effect on what the Bible says about. It frequently lists it is a sin and even goes so far as to ban practicing homosexuals or lesbians from entering Heaven.

Jacob 06-16-2003 08:44 PM

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Nature isn't something that can create
Nature created Chickens [and many others] through evolution. Its reasonable to believe that nature also created homosexuality to stop the ever growing population from using up all resources and such. Otherwise what would be the point in gay animals...? If people are going to say its a choice and such then they're going to have to say why animals "choose" to be gay.

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I really object to the fact that the man was married and had a divorce
If the world didn't have such nasty bitter people who dislike homosexuals to the extent that they would fire them, beat them up and call them names then maybe he would have accepted what he was ages ago without fear of persecution and thus not get married, causing himself and others a great deal of stress...

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essentially deserting his wife and two daughters.
I haven't heard of the story but if he hasn't left them and does want a relationship with them of some sort then its not "deserting". I would have presumed that his wife would have deserted him and not want to see him again, which is cruelness towards him...

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Imagine what school must have been like! I can't imagine the savage tauntings and gossip that they must have endured.
The tauntings and the like are all down to homophobics. In the end its your kinds fault for invoking such spiteful behaviour that can hurt not only decent homosexuals but also the children of these people. In the end if they loved their father they wouldn't care what he was and they would defend him. In a perfect world the other children wouldn't have no qualms with it, i know i wouldn't...then again, i've chosen my own path and not the ones my family layed out for me...

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And whether you think homosexuality is evil or not has no effect on what the Bible says about.
The Bible being a highly flawed book. If your going to obey one rule then why not obey them all?

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It frequently lists it is a sin and even goes so far as to ban practicing homosexuals or lesbians from entering Heaven.
It lists many things as sins. And besides, i'm sure they would get into "Heaven" since "God" accepts and forgives everyone. Regardless of the shtuffs they've done/haven't done...

paramiteabe 06-17-2003 02:35 AM

Its a sin because God created a Man and a Woman. And that Man and Woman are suppose to mate or have sex and produce offspring to continue the human species. God did not put a human on earth to mate with his own sex thats not natural. In my opinion homosexuality is a lust. Some human being in one time period just started doing that and it has become a fetish among those whome do. What I am saying is you will see when it comes time just wait. Homosexuality does not regulate population there is something that comes natural that does that and its called death. Death is what regulates our population. Your born and then you die. In batween is life. When the population is overly crowded then poof goodby population. Thats when extinction occures. And beleave it or not we are due for another Ice age! Scary:eek:

Now this is all I will say about that:D

Abeguy 06-17-2003 03:01 AM

ya know what i saw that is "conserving resources"
a farmer running from a lovestruck donky cause the farmers pants where down and soon the donkey was on top of him
now that is gross!!!!! eeeeeeeeeewwwwww!!!!

and a known anti-homosexuality saying :God created adam a eve!, not adam and steve!

Joshy 06-17-2003 03:44 AM

The world is getting weirder and weirder....

Abeguy 06-17-2003 03:45 AM

amen brother, amen

Facsimile 06-17-2003 03:53 AM

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Originally posted by Statikk HDM
Replace Nature with Gaea or drop that talk.
I'm sorry I'm not schooled up on boring crap but isn't this "Gaea" something out of the Final Fantasy movie?

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God created a Man and a Woman.
Okay. A little off topic but here is a question that has plagued me for some time:
Was either "Adam" or "Eve" black? If not then how do black people exist?
While on the topic of "Adam and Eve" I remembered another:
Is inbreeding a sin? Think about it.

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Death is what regulates our population.
Then why is there starvation in countries because of overpopulation?

Joshy 06-17-2003 07:20 AM

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Originally posted by Facsimile
Okay. A little off topic but here is a question that has plagued me for some time:
Was either "Adam" or "Eve" black? If not then how do black people exist?
While on the topic of "Adam and Eve" I remembered another:
Is inbreeding a sin? Think about it.



Sun tanned to black, evolution...
Inbreeding no sin i think.. there are several cases in bible in which there was inbreeding...

paramiteabe 06-17-2003 11:06 AM

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Originally posted by Facsimile
I'm sorry I'm not schooled up on boring crap but isn't this "Gaea" something out of the Final Fantasy movie?


Okay. A little off topic but here is a question that has plagued me for some time:
Was either "Adam" or "Eve" black? If not then how do black people exist?
While on the topic of "Adam and Eve" I remembered another:
Is inbreeding a sin? Think about it.


Then why is there starvation in countries because of overpopulation?

We don't know if Adam or Eve were Black but the Cradel of civilisation is the Middle East. Therefore the First Man and Woman were probabaly Middle East origen that is more brown like. The only explanation on how we got different colors is a natural occurence that probabaly happened almost a million years ago. At one time. Adam and Eve were the first Man and Woman but then obviously they had children and they had children and somewhere down the line when the Human race was becoming really big it split into different races. I guess you can say it just happened. My theory is that it was our movement or nomadic movement across the world where we got our colors. For instance Middle East people look as if they are sort of a neutral color. I bet at one time these people decided split up from each other and some would go North where as others would go South, and then some would go east and others would go west. So we did and as time went on the colors just naturally grew in us. All we know is that God works in mysterious ways. We don't understand how he did it and we will understand when we die. Till then we can only theory or speculate.

Inbreeding? I don't know but ask yourself this question "Is inbreeding something that is natural and I mean something that came from nature? Or is it something artificial that we created for are own wants or needs?


And for the third one you've answered your question. Starvation is a form of death or mass death. It too is regulateing the Human race. Its unfortunate yes but its the enevitable none the less. In overpopulated areas resources are used up which then causes starvation. And the Governments are not helping the situation they are makeing it worse.
Overpopulation could result in the extinction of the Human race.

The means of death is through war, famine, Starvation, natural disaster, and many more. We are seeing it happen right in front of our eyes. This is more or less a slow process until something big happens and the whole world is effected.

And lastly a sin is a sin. True you go steight to Hell when you sin but thats when God is not part of your life. but when you ask God for forgivness and ask him to be in your heart and that you accepted him then you are guaranteed eternal life even when you sin you are still guaranteed eternal life. Think of a gift you recieve at Christmas. You can't return a gift after you accepted it.

God knows we are imperfect and helps us live right when we accept him and he knows we will fall again even after we accept him. But when we ask him he will pick us up and send us down the right path in life. But we will sin and keep on commiting sin its only our imperfectness. He will keep on streightening us out. But when you accept God in your heart you already have the gift of eternal life wether you sin or not you still have that gift. Any Christian knows that. There is no turning back. Earth is pretty much a lesson to be learned created by God more or less.

Wil 06-17-2003 04:17 PM

Oh, I wish Pinky was still here. She was so funny. Now...

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I'm sorry I'm not schooled up on boring crap but isn't this "Gaea" something out of the Final Fantasy movie?
I wouldn't know about that, but Gaea is esentially the believe that the world is self-regulating. We can see examples of this on the small scale - when we're cold, we shiver, when we're hot, we sweat. We can regulate ourselves. We spelled it 'Guia' when we were studying it. We didn't study it much, so what I'm thinking is that maybe it's the belief that Guia is a sentient force behind nature. I'm not sure, but I'm not interested really. Try Google.

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My theory is that it was our movement or nomadic movement across the world where we got our colors. For instance Middle East people look as if they are sort of a neutral color. I bet at one time these people decided split up from each other and some would go North where as others would go South, and then some would go east and others would go west. So we did and as time went on the colors just naturally grew in us.
Basically, yeah. Wherever humans originated, their skin would have been suited to that environment, so if that was in Africa where the oldest human remains have been found, the apes that evolved into humans would have had dark skin to begin with. As humankind expanded into new territories, their skin would have adapted, become more pigmented to cope with a harsher sun, less pigmented if there was no need for it. Of course I've based my idea on science, which is what I believe in.

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Starvation is a form of death or mass death.
True, but you've missed the point. If death actully did regulate the population, there would be no overpopulation in the first place.

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And beleave it or not we are due for another Ice age!
Due? Ice ages aren't moments on the pendulum of time, you can't predict them in the same way you can predict a sequence of numbers. I'd be very surprised if there was another ice age coming, because believe it or not, Earth is coming out of a minor ice age right now. That's why the Earth is heating up, not because of all this global warming rubbish.

Now, I've just heard on the radio about another gay piece of news in Christianity, although the details I can give you are sketchy because I was only half listening. Apparently some guy has written a book of prayers specifically for gays. Which is nice.

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Its a sin because God created a Man and a Woman. And that Man and Woman are suppose to mate or have sex and produce offspring to continue the human species. God did not put a human on earth to mate with his own sex thats not natural.
Not to try and reign over your beliefs, but doesn't creating a man and a woman simply mean that God's done the bare minimum of work needed to create more humans and nothing more? Obviously he couldn't simply create a same-sex couple, because they wouldn't be able to reproduce.

paramiteabe 06-17-2003 05:06 PM

Thats why death is the deturant when the population is or has become over populated through the form of starvation or something else to reduce the the size and numbers. So what I said was true from a certain point of view.

I am not saying that the population grows. It most certainly grows but when it gets out of hand thats when things get bad.

Jacob 06-17-2003 05:30 PM

Tiddly-Peeps...!!
 
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And that Man and Woman are suppose to mate or have sex and produce offspring to continue the human species.
Adam and Eve weren't married either [from what i recall]. So doesn't that mean they're going to Hell?

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In my opinion homosexuality is a lust.
Thats all very well, but why would somebody put themselves in a category, were they will most definatly be ridiculed by some social sludge and be persecuted against, and be open about that choice just to fulfil a lust? You don't see paedophiles being overly open about their sexual habits do you? So why would somebody choosing to be gay etc put themselves in a position to be persecuted just for a mere bit of lust? I dont know if any of that made sense...

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Some human being in one time period just started doing that and it has become a fetish among those whome do


Hehe, thats what i used to say when i was all closetted "I'M NOT GAY...i just have a penis fetish."

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What I am saying is you will see when it comes time just wait.
I love it when y'all say that, cos it makes me want to see all y'all faces when/if you're proved wrong...

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Homosexuality does not regulate population
I believe that it would do if it wasn't seen as such a "bad, sick thing". I'd go as far to say that 20-30% of the world is gay or has unfulfilled gay desires. If we embraced those feelings then that would be a mass of people not having children thus more resources available and such...

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When the population is overly crowded then poof goodby population.
No, when the population is overly crowded it moves on to other areas to accomodate its growingness...

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God created adam a eve!, not adam and steve!
"God" also made incest. He marked Cain for death and he exiled Eve [i believe it was her, could have been Adam] from Eden, seperating her from her true and only love. Just because he does something doesn't mean he's correct. Besides, if it wasn't for Lucifer and Sin then the world would be screwed anyway, because when Lucifer and Sin conceived, the give life to Death. And Death, as PA stated, is keeping everything in check...

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"Is inbreeding something that is natural and I mean something that came from nature? Or is it something artificial that we created for are own wants or needs?
Well, animals mate with their siblings so i'm thinking nature created it. But then again, humans have the power of reason and are capable of differentiating between good and bad...and giving Birth to mutant, defected sludge due to incest is not exactly sinless is it?

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True you go steight to Hell when you sin but thats when God is not part of your life.
You can't live life without sinning, so why did "God" create a world were we can't live un-sinfully...?

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but when you ask God for forgivness and ask him to be in your heart and that you accepted him then you are guaranteed eternal life
Over 90% of the population are going straight to Hell then, how thooper...

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You can't return a gift after you accepted it.
Lol, yes you can...

I thought that Gaia, or however its spelt, was the Earths soul. I dont know if it has anything to do with Wiccan, but i know that apparently once you die you go back into Gaia, can someone please tell me if the above is based on a game or something because i cant help wonder if the person telling me this was taking the piss, lol.

In the past "God" showed us that he existed, beit through balls of fire from the sky or other random occurances, why is he not doing it now? Wouldn't all that shtuffs help his cause now...? In a time of mass sinness...

On another note, i think its good to have faith. But having your life ruled by a book is abit out there...and, potentially, dangerous. Having it as a guide book is fine...anything more is dangerous.

Statikk HDM 06-17-2003 05:58 PM

There is no population explosion. In fact, many countries such as America and Russia are not producing enough babies to keep the populations constant. The average age of a person in this world is rising dramatically and it doesn't look like it will stop. What this means is that the young kids today will be absolutely screwed when they grow up since the yhave to pay for ridiculous government programs to help the geezers. I shudder to think what kind of Hellish planet our generation's children will be in for!
I really object to Gene Robinson ordination as a bishop for 2 reasons
He divorced a faithful wife and abandoned 2 children to have a homosexual affair.
He is a homosexual bishop. That ain't right. I know that certain segments of the population accept homosexuals but THE CHURCH? The Episcopalians do a lot of things I object to like spreading false teachings about Holy Communion and ordaining women as priest but homosexuality! It's absurd! To even allow him in the congregation is a discrace much less hire him as a bishop!

Jacob 06-17-2003 07:31 PM

Do you have proof that he "abandoned" them? I mean really, just because the guys a fag doesn't mean he's abandoning his children does it? I know many people...well...ok, maybe not many...just people who have homosexual fathers/mothers. They still stay with their daughters/sons.

I'm presuming your Christian and thus theres no point in argueing with you over a gay Bishop, although i don't see why its such a problem. If he has experience or is qualified enough then i dont see what his private life has to do with anything...

Statikk HDM 06-17-2003 09:31 PM

Well, people in the Episcopalian Church could be corrupted(Yeah, I know you could care less, but think about it) They will think "Hey, Robinson's a fag and he gets to be a church leader! Why can't I be gay?" It's like what Jesus said, that little bit of yeast can leaven a whole lot of bread! Also, if they church bans something I should think they wouldn't let someone who does what is banned be such an important and prominent leader, or even in the church! It is tantamount to letting a drunkard or a womanizer be a leader.

Jacob 06-18-2003 12:24 AM

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Well, people in the Episcopalian Church could be corrupted
What do you mean by corrupted? I'm presuming you dont mean they will suddenly become gay...because that is really a laughable argument...

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They will think "Hey, Robinson's a fag and he gets to be a church leader! Why can't I be gay?"
Well, if they're heterosexual then thats why they cant be gay...

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It's like what Jesus said, that little bit of yeast can leaven a whole lot of bread!
Yes, "Jesus" also stated man should do what he desires so long as it doesn't hurt anyone. Or something along those lines. And last time i checked Homosexuality doesn't hurt anybody to the extent of going to the Abyss for practicing it...

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Also, if they church bans something I should think they wouldn't let someone who does what is banned be such an important and prominent leader, or even in the church!
Well, they can quite happily un-ban them cant they if thats the attitude. PA was going on about sinning and how you can be forgiven if you let God into your life. The Church will merrily accept paedophiles, rapists and murderers into the Church but as soon as it comes down to homosexuals or transgendereds they ban them. In other words condemning them to Hell...which is thus stopping people from going and loving "God"...which is then condemning themselves to Hell. So in the end we're all gonna be getting rather nice tans, whether y'all like it or not. If a gay or a trans wants to worship "God" i dont see why any person can stop them...although this above paragraph is a kind of digression, it still brings up some naughty Christianness....you baaad people...

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Just thought i'd add this bit, dunno why...i think i said somewhere about Lucifer misleading Eve, which, if this is to be taken into account, is wrong as it was Gader'el...

'Gader'el - "he who showed the children of the people all the blows of death, who misled Eve, who showed the children of the people (how to make) the instruments of death (such as) the shield, the breastplate, and the sword for warfare, and all (the other) instruments of death to the children of the people"'

Facsimile 06-18-2003 03:02 AM

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Originally posted by paramiteabe
Or is it something artificial that we created for are own wants or needs?
I really don't think anyone wants inbreeding. Not to mention needing it.

A lot more points I could make but the more I read the more I forgot.

Statikk HDM 06-18-2003 03:47 PM

Jesus Christ wasn't an Abba Father guy and his main message certainly wasn't "Hey, kids, do whatever you want as long as it doesn't piss people off!" He was a firebrand who railed against the leaders hypocrisy and preached a revolutionary philoshpy that would free the enslaved masses and bring them to God and reality. Like Neo but without the bullet time.
When I said corrupted I didn't mean everyone will spontaneously become gay. I meant that they will become desensitized to sin and GRADUALLY fall away as a result of this man's impious sacreligious behavior.

Jacob 06-18-2003 04:12 PM

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He was a firebrand who railed against the leaders hypocrisy and preached a revolutionary philoshpy that would free the enslaved masses and bring them to God and reality. Like Neo but without the bullet time.
Precisely my point. And dictating how people should live isn't being free. I understand that we all need rules but when you say "Dont do...blah-blah" and 'blah-blah' is something that doesn't hurt anyone at all and doesn't affect anyone then it becomes borderline tyranny...

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desensitized to sin
So long as they keep everything in perspective i dont see the problem. The Church is already falling what with the clergy dabbling in paedophilia so i find it abit hypocritical that, when they're doing something dastardly wrong and outrageous, for them to turn to somebody who is gay and say;

"You can't do that, you're a sinner. Get out of the Church, your kind isn't wanted here..."

Fourth Concept 06-23-2003 01:04 AM

The bible is not the book of god, and I would therefore happily burn it knowing that I wasn't disrespecting anything other than a bunch of publishers making money off of religion.

The mere fact that during certain times religion was such a figure of power leads me to beleive that the bible was manipulated to make people beleive whatever the kings and queens of the time wanted them to. Because people feared God. But we have since learned that in the Christian faith, God is not a figure to fear. Jesus himself teaches forgiveness to readers of the bible, of a prostitute, who wept at Jesus's feet begging forgiveness. But in the bible, it marks prostitution as an act of unforgiveable sin. Also, at the time the bible was compiled, Gays were seen in society with ignorance, but times have changed.

I think the main thing is, that Gays are not Gay because thats what gives them sinful pleasure, its because they see males as the object of their desires.
Gay men and women love other Gay people of their same sex. And its LOVE that the bible teaches, that and forgiveness. Whatever makes the world a better place. So ask yourself this, do you really beleive that banning gays from the same rights as hetrosexuals, and treating them as sinners will make the world a better place? Personally I don't think so, I think it will just mean that there will be one more thing to hate and despise.

4ourth.

PinkHaired Mudokon CWR 07-11-2003 04:08 PM

Jacob, if you want to comment on what the bible says, please have biblical evidence. Also, some of your evidence is invalid. "God created incest?" No, he didn't, mankind created that mess.

But I love the quote "God created Adam and Eve, and not Adam and Steve!" (ROFL)

I have nothing against gays but tell me, what's so tasty about two men licking each others hairy butts?

And 4ourth...What?! Were did you get that information from?

Hobo 07-11-2003 04:43 PM

4ourth, have to say that is one of the most offensive things i'ce ever read. I mean just because i'm not a Muslim doesn't mean i have to tell people to burn the Qu'ran. If that's your view, and you knew it would offend others you just shouldn't have said it that's all.........

Jacob 07-11-2003 07:50 PM

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No, he didn't, mankind created that mess.
Forgive me for believing that Adam and Eve were brother and sister. But even if they weren't "God" placed the children of Adam and Eve in a position were they would ultimatly be forced to breed with each other to start life...

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But I love the quote "God created Adam and Eve, and not Adam and Steve!" (ROFL)
I don't see whats so funny about that? Really, i don't. For someone who stated i have alot of growing up to do, it's abit hypocritical for you to laugh at something so immature and pathetic.

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what's so tasty about two men licking each others hairy butts?
Don't be sexist. Whats so tasty about two women performing Cunnilingus? Anyway, to answer your question whats so wrong with it? If a man does anal with a woman, he's considered "macho". If he does it with a guy, he's mocked and called 'shit stabber'. Why? There's no difference between a man and a womans anus. Besides, whats so "tasty" about a man performing oral on a woman?? And Pinky, when you meet people, be them gay or straight, you're not supposed to ponder what their bedroom activities are.

Hobo, i believe 4orths point was a very valid one. The Bible is not the book of God, but published by chosen Apostles of that time. So, basically they could have implemented all views they had in the Bible and basically said it was Gods word. Which means the Bible has much religious value as 'The KKK's guide to religion'

MrBoj 07-11-2003 11:51 PM

wow. there is so much here I don't even know where to start.

ok, gays int he church. As Bob Dylan once said, the times they are a changin. The world is a very different place than 2000 years ago. Sure, the same beliefs and morals may be held, but with the population busrt in the last 200 years or so, we ahve to come to grips with each other. The church, the Catholic church is an institution has political and social power of people all over the world. The various sects that branch off practice sermons and all that basic church stuff the same way practically, but they don't follow the pope, or they allow priests to marry, etc. If being gay, indulging in your personal desires is a sin, then genocide is is jsut as worse....much worse. If you don;t know hwat I am talking about, read about the Aztecs, the Incas, the Trail of Tears, and all those tribes who were annihilated withint a week on the islands of the Carribean.

Someone said that the Cradle of Civilization was int he Middle East. Actually, it is in Africa. The Bushmen of Africa are considered one of the oldest peoples to some social anthropologists. Humans migrated out of Africa int opthe MIddle East, and then into Australia, Europe and Asia, eventually coming down to the Americas.

Science tries to answer the same questions as religion does. Where we came form? How did we come to be the dominant species we are today? What is our future as humans? if God was the first mover, then He caused the Big Bang and created the universe especially for humans. Maybe. We do not know. Evolution is a well proven theory; adaptaion can be witnessed by the eye in places like the Galapagos Islands. God provides species of animals a chance to develop anatomically better. I mean, no one knows how evolution completely works, or why it works. What causes it to work? Him?

Getting back to the Christianity....it is a very holy belief that anyone should practice. Howeve,r there are fanatics, jsut like in any mass religion who take the teachings of a creed to an unnecessary level and use it to their own needs mostly. LIek these televangelists. They are evil. They use the Bible to make money. You can be saved for a small fee, just sign your name and give up your credit card number. It is ridiculous how these people are really robbing others in the name of God.


It is too hot to type any further. Thank you and have a good night.

Jacob 07-12-2003 12:56 AM

*Dances around to 'No one knows' by Queens of the Stoneage*

PinkHaired Mudokon CWR 07-12-2003 01:59 AM

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I don't see whats so funny about that? Really, i don't. For someone who stated i have alot of growing up to do, it's abit hypocritical for you to laugh at something so immature and pathetic.
It's funny cause it's true.

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Don't be sexist. Whats so tasty about two women performing Cunnilingus? Anyway, to answer your question whats so wrong with it? If a man does anal with a woman, he's considered "macho". If he does it with a guy, he's mocked and called 'shit stabber'. Why? There's no difference between a man and a womans anus. Besides, whats so "tasty" about a man performing oral on a woman?? And Pinky, when you meet people, be them gay or straight, you're not supposed to ponder what their bedroom activities are.
Same scenario with two females. I mean, what's the joy of having sex with the same sex? It's like sexing yourself. If a man and a women do it, that's different when lesbians or homosexuals do it.

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4ourth, have to say that is one of the most offensive things i'ce ever read. I mean just because i'm not a Muslim doesn't mean i have to tell people to burn the Qu'ran. If that's your view, and you knew it would offend others you just shouldn't have said it that's all.........
I agree, that was not fair 4ourth.

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Hobo, i believe 4orths point was a very valid one. The Bible is not the book of God, but published by chosen Apostles of that time. So, basically they could have implemented all views they had in the Bible and basically said it was Gods word. Which means the Bible has much religious value as 'The KKK's guide to religion'
No offense, but what 4ourth said was pure blasphemy. The bible is a book of God. God told the apostles what to write. The apostles were not there when God created teh heavens and the earth I mean c'mon. Also, how can you remember everything that happen to you 10 years ago in exact order? Can you Jacob and 4ourth? I can't.:rolleyes:

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Adam and Eve weren't married either [from what i recall]. So doesn't that mean they're going to Hell?
Oh yes they were married.

Jacob 07-12-2003 09:09 AM

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It's funny cause it's true.
No, evolution is true...not some imaginary friend that all the religious people have. And besides, that's one of the oldest, most unoriginal things that has ever been uttered by narrow-minded people. Please make up something new...at least we don't support incest because of a book...

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It's like sexing yourself.
lol @ 'sexing'. My bro says that...he's 7. Anyway, no its not. Having intercourse with your twin is like 'sexing' yourself...having intercourse with someone of the same sex is not...do you see?

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If a man and a women do it, that's different when lesbians or homosexuals do it.
I'm assuming thats in reply to my anal argument. In which case...how is it?

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that was not fair 4ourth.
It was a good point, don't start going on about fairness...your kind aren't exactly the right people to complain.

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No offense, but what 4ourth said was pure blasphemy.
No it wasn't. It was an immensly good point.

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The bible is a book of God.
No, the Bible is said to be the book of God. How do you all know it is? You all skip along stating that but how can you be so sure? The only thing that states it is the book of God is the Bible itself...thats like 'The KKK's guide to religion' stating 'We are the TRUE guide to religion'

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God told the apostles what to write.
Yes...ok...how do you know?

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Oh yes they were married.
I'm assuming they left that part out of the Bible? Besides...it still means God created incest.

And another thing, back in the day, God was all "GRAAARRR" and wrathful...if somebody didn't believe in him he rained fire down upon them etc. Or he would prove that he was real. Why doesn't he do that now? Surely in a world were over 90% of the population are sinners (and that figure is going to inevitably grow) he would do something to get some more people to believe in him.

By the by, it would make more sense that God was a female...females being the bearer of life and all...and God apparently doing such that.

PinkHaired Mudokon CWR 07-13-2003 02:02 AM

What Jacob? What? LOL
 
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No, evolution is true...not some imaginary friend that all the religious people have. And besides, that's one of the oldest, most unoriginal things that has ever been uttered by narrow-minded people. Please make up something new...at least we don't support incest because of a book...
No, evolution is not true and this is why...imagine yourself walking in the forest one day, and a clock all of a sudden just fell from the ground. How can you say that clock was made from nothing? It fell from the sky that way? That's false how evolution is. Earth The did not appear out of no where without a producer, just like the clock cannot be make without an inventor. Atleast the bible has order and steps on how the Earth was created. Did Darwin? Nope.

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lol @ 'sexing'. My bro says that...he's 7. Anyway, no its not. Having intercourse with your twin is like 'sexing' yourself...having intercourse with someone of the same sex is not...do you see?
Shows how much you know, because people as old as water use that word. It is like having sex with yourself, better yet Jacob, why don't you tonight, try to have sex with yourself. What do you think about that?

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It was a good point, don't start going on about fairness...your kind aren't exactly the right people to complain.
It is not a good point because he's saying all of this information which is not in the bible. How can you argue with someone who knows the bible? It's like arguing with a doctor who knows everything about heart disease, and you tell him that heart disease is caused from watching television, and it's not.

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No it wasn't. It was an immensly good point.
Yes it was, like I said, all that stuff he said was not in the bible.

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No, the Bible is said to be the book of God. How do you all know it is? You all skip along stating that but how can you be so sure? The only thing that states it is the book of God is the Bible itself...thats like 'The KKK's guide to religion' stating 'We are the TRUE guide to religion'
Nope, that's wrong. I explained to you before and I'm not going to explain it again, so please, stroll up a couple of post. It's not 'The KKK's guide to religion' if God saids to not have rage or rascist against anyone and to have love for one another.

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Yes...ok...how do you know?
Read the bible for once and you will know instead of being closed-minded.

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I'm assuming they left that part out of the Bible? Besides...it still means God created incest.
No it doesn't and it was not left out in the bible. How can you say that if you just stated that you never read the bible? You sound crazy. Do you know what incest means? Eve is not Adam's sister, aunt, or any other relative before they were created so it's not incest.

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And another thing, back in the day, God was all "GRAAARRR" and wrathful...if somebody didn't believe in him he rained fire down upon them etc. Or he would prove that he was real. Why doesn't he do that now? Surely in a world were over 90% of the population are sinners (and that figure is going to inevitably grow) he would do something to get some more people to believe in him.
That's because, God did not understand why the human spirit is weak. Back in the day, if you were to sin, you will get killed, if you didn't give a burnt offering to God. God's not at our level and he didn't understand why humans were corrupted. When he sent his son in the new testament, Jesus Christ, he became our redeemer because he lived with us humans and learned that we are corrupted due to peer pressure, desires, temptation, etc. God's a spirit and he's perfect. Us as humans are not and that's why Jesus lived with us, to explain to his father that we are not perfect. Jesus was the ultimate sacrefice, and he died for the sins of everyone, so we don't have to make burnt offerings anymore. God does not strike anyone down anymore. You see, if you don't read the bible, then your never going to understand anything about God...never.

Also, it's not 90% sinners, it's 100% because everyone on this earth has sinned. Were not perfect.

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By the by, it would make more sense that God was a female...females being the bearer of life and all...and God apparently doing such that.
Sounds reasonable, but people in the old testament had to hear his voice. Like the burning bush in the Moses story, which he had a man voice. Also, Jesus said my father so we think he's a guy.

Gluk Schmuck 07-13-2003 02:03 PM

"Or is it something artificial that we created for are own wants or needs?"

It occurrs in nature too. You know if you get a brother and a sister rabbit they do it. It may be risky for the health of the offspring but any disability the offspring may suffer will be better than not being born. For the genes at least.

Hello Pinky. Long time no see.

I'd think better of posting here but I'm stoned and bored - a DEADLY combination.

"God created Adam and Eve, and not Adam and Steve"
Did he not? My Bible's been lying to me...

Edit: Oh look it's Amelie.

MrBoj 07-13-2003 04:35 PM

hmmmm, this thread proves to me that nothing has changed on these forums. Nothing indeed.

PinkHaired Mudokon CWR 07-13-2003 08:44 PM

Hello Gluk!

What Happen to Glass Asylum?

SeaRex 07-13-2003 09:03 PM

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Originally posted by PinkHaired Mudokon CWR
What Happen to Glass Asylum?
It got sent to Hell. I'm guessing about the sixth layer.

I don't really have anything original to say, but I will say this: if the bible says without a shadow of a doubt that homosexuality is bad, then this Gene guy shouldn't be a bishop. Oh sure, it may be evil and wrong, but it's like the old saying goes... practice what you preach.

PinkHaired Mudokon CWR 07-13-2003 09:25 PM

Yeah, the old saying "practice what you preach" pretty much sums up everything.

SeaRex, on your banner, is that you??

Facsimile 07-14-2003 08:37 AM

Okay, first things first: If the Glass Asylum is gone, does that mean the chaos that I have heard of happening before my time will return?

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No, evolution is not true and this is why...imagine yourself walking in the forest one day, and a clock all of a sudden just fell from the ground. How can you say that clock was made from nothing?
Isn't god making things pretty much things coming from nothing?

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Shows how much you know, because people as old as water use that word.
No, children use it before they learn to say 'had sex with'.

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why don't you tonight, try to have sex with yourself. What do you think about that?
Masturbating sure is fun. :p

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Nope, that's wrong. I explained to you before and I'm not going to explain it again, so please, stroll up a couple of post.
What Jacob is trying to say is how do you know what you read in the Bible is real? It says it is real. But if someone is trying to make you believe something of course they will tell you it is true. Hard to explain.

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Do you know what incest means? Eve is not Adam's sister, aunt, or any other relative before they were created so it's not incest.
Jacob has already said that he means the children. Adam and Eve's children are going to either have to mate with each other, or their parents.
And I thought I heard somewhere that Eve was made from one of Adam's organs. That may be wrong, but if it's not, isn't that 'sexing yourself'?

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God's not at our level and he didn't understand why humans were corrupted.
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God's a spirit and he's perfect.
If he's perfect why doesn't he know everything? If he's perfect he wouldn't make the mistake of killing us before he understood.

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If a man does anal with a woman, he's considered "macho". If he does it with a guy, he's mocked and called 'shit stabber'.
I can't actually see why heteros do that. I don't think it's macho at all. I think it means they want a man.

Jacob 07-14-2003 09:30 AM

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because people as old as water use that word.
Dead people use that word?? Besides, you live in America...which, explains everything really...

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imagine yourself walking in the forest one day, and a clock all of a sudden just fell from the ground.
Well, the first thing i would ponder would be "Whoa...whats going on here then!?! Clocks...falling...FROM THE GROUND!?! Wackyness!!"

Pinky, i do nae know anything about the beginning of life, except its theories that we happened due to another planet exploding or something and bacterium from that planet travelled and hit Earth...were it then adapted and the like to amazingness that is me...yes.

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better yet Jacob, why don't you tonight, try to have sex with yourself. What do you think about that?
lol @ 'what do you think about that?'. Well, what i think is that penetration of the penis kind cannot happen with the average male...and thus...homosexual naughtyness is not like penetrating yourself...

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It is like having sex with yourself
No...its like having sex with the same sex...not with yourself...

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How can you argue with someone who knows the bible?
The Bible being the book which tells people its the book of God...Thats like me saying "Hey, i'm God!!" and people saying "No your not...who says??" and me going "I DO...COS I AM GOD...away...banish...fireball...Rarrr!!"

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It's like arguing with a doctor who knows everything about heart disease, and you tell him that heart disease is caused from watching television, and it's not.
A Doctor has hard evidence and training. The Bible just tells people that it, itself is the book of God...see above.

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Read the bible
And it all comes back to the Bible...

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That's because, God did not understand why the human spirit is weak.
He created them. He gave them freewill and he did all the powerful shtuffs...and is supposed to be all knowing and shtuffs...yet...does not know why humans are weak.

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Also, it's not 90% sinners
I was missing out the 10% that were newborn babies in wedlock...

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Like the burning bush in the Moses story, which he had a man voice. Also, Jesus said my father so we think he's a guy.
The Bush could have been Metatron. And how do you know Jesus said my father...hmm, lemme take a guess...did you read it in the Bible, Pinky?

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Yeah, the old saying "practice what you preach" pretty much sums up everything.
Not when the Bible doesn't clearly state homosexuality is bad. I really cannae wait when the religious people die and realise we just pass onto the spirit realm and not into Heaven...then we'll see...oh aye...we shall see!!

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SeaRex, on your banner, is that you??
Indeed it is him, how thexaaay he lookth.

Luke, how about me and you thex ourthelveth tonight, eh? You thooperliciouth piethe 'o' meat...

Points that i didn't touch on were touched on my Fax...well done you!!

PinkHaired Mudokon CWR 07-14-2003 11:43 AM

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A Doctor has hard evidence and training. The Bible just tells people that it, itself is the book of God...see above.
PAstors and archeologist have hard evidence also.

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He created them. He gave them freewill and he did all the powerful shtuffs...and is supposed to be all knowing and shtuffs...yet...does not know why humans are weak.
Yes, when God created mankind, they were perfect in the beginning. When Adam and Eve sinned by eating the forbidden fruit, that's when everything went wrong. It's like, you created a being, and you created it how you wanted to create it. Then all of a sudden, it malfunctions or has something wrong with you that you just can't explain.

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Dead people use that word?? Besides, you live in America...which, explains everything really...
LOL, your gullable. It's a simile, a comparison Jacob.

Well JAcob, if you think evolution is right, why aren't you saying anything about it? Where did the particles which made the explosion come from? How come humans have a greater complexity than animals? How did water, dirt, trees, and such just appear out of know where? How do you know the skulls the scientist found, was a skull that belonged to a person who had a bone disease or was used as a ritual?

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And how do you know Jesus said my father...hmm, lemme take a guess...did you read it in the Bible, Pinky?
Jesus had people who followed him and wrote everything down and it was passed down to generation, to generation, to generation. It's like your great-grandparent telling you about the holocaust or something and how it was like, what Hitler stated at the time, and you pass what you say to your children, then your children will pass it down to their children because it was part of your history. You get it?

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Isn't god making things pretty much things coming from nothing?
Is it the same for evolution? The particle which made the big bang come from nothing? Please explain where they came from

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I was missing out the 10% that were newborn babies in wedlock...
Oh okay, I thought you meant non-babies ;).

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Okay, first things first: If the Glass Asylum is gone, does that mean the chaos that I have heard of happening before my time will return?
Were you a member at TGA? Sydney coming back?

Jacob 07-14-2003 02:55 PM

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PAstors and archeologist have hard evidence also.
Hard evidence of God being real and the Bible being real and shtuffs?

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Yes, when God created mankind, they were perfect in the beginning. When Adam and Eve sinned by eating the forbidden fruit, that's when everything went wrong. It's like, you created a being, and you created it how you wanted to create it. Then all of a sudden, it malfunctions or has something wrong with you that you just can't explain.
Ok, i understand that part. But it still means that God is not all knowing...and thus, going by the phrase 'Power is knowledge and knowledge is power' it means he isn't all powerful.

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LOL, your gullable. It's a simile, a comparison Jacob.
I was being snide...

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Well JAcob, if you think evolution is right, why aren't you saying anything about it?
Because i don't read about it, it just makes more sense than God. If you're going to go on about who created what etc, then who created God? To be honest i don't want to fry my brain by thinking of "Who created the universe? What is the universe?" etc. etc.

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Jesus had people who followed him and wrote everything down and it was passed down to generation, to generation, to generation.
Yes. But over time the story would change, a simple way of showing this is Chinese whispers. For example one person could state -

"And Jesus swam across the small lake to the otherside of the river."

and over time, after countless people stating about it, it would change to -

"And Jesus crossed the vast roaring river, and with a sweep of his hand, caused the crashing waves to calm like that of a sleeping Kitten..."

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It's like your great-grandparent telling you about the holocaust
Yeh, but then you have the power of retrospect. It has to be said that you, yourself, stated that mankind are sinners and they will sin. And since mankind wrote the Bible, what makes you think they were being honest? They could have changed random parts to suit themselves or suit the times.

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You get it?
Yes, although using that reasoning i will be teaching my children that Hitler and Stalin did what they did for the best of their country...sure, they may have gone on about it the wrong way (especially Stalin, since he was corrupted by power) but in the end, they cared about their country so much they did such a thing. Same goes for religion, i will tell my kids the story of God and the like but merely as a bedtime fairytale and state to them that some people believe that. Of course, mine will be changed slightly and i will ask them if they want to hear the good story or bad. The bad being the story of Lucifer being thrown out of Heaven. The good being that Lucifer, being so selfless and brave, took it upon himself to fly from Gods light and rule Hell, even though he loved God with all his Heart. What i don't get is Lucifer's name means 'Bringer of light'...yet Lucifuge means 'Shunner of light'...so, shouldn't Lucifer be Lucifuge??

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Please explain where they came from
Other planets?

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Sydney coming back?
The chances of that happening are the same as me growing a third penis...*Coughs*...erm, i mean second...second penis...yes...second...*Walks away whistling*