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Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
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Originally posted by Bill the Cat View PostAt least it isn't another "Gay Mormon girl comes out to her congregation" story they love to fill their feeds with..."Yes. President Trump is a huge embarrassment. And it’s an embarrassment to evangelical Christianity that there appear to be so many who will celebrate precisely the aspects that I see Biblically as most lamentable and embarrassing." Southern Baptist leader Albert Mohler Jr.
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Originally posted by Charles View PostWhatever your opinion she surely is a brave person. I know people who have lived half their life in shame before doing what she did. I believe we could learn quite a lot by her testimony. Anyone interested can read it here: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/19/us...rnd/index.htmlAtheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by Sparko View Postseems kinda early to decide you are gay. When I was 12 I thought girls all had cooties but that didn't make me gay. I didn't think about sex at all at that age that I recall.A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
George Bernard Shaw
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Originally posted by Sparko View Postseems kinda early to decide you are gay. When I was 12 I thought girls all had cooties but that didn't make me gay. I didn't think about sex at all at that age that I recall.Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by Sparko View Postseems kinda early to decide you are gay.
Gay Men – 25% realized they were gay when they were less than 10 years old, 50% by 13 years old, and 75% by 18 years old.
Lesbian women – 25% realized by 12 years old, 50% at 15 years old, and 75% by 20/21 years old.
Although I think it's an awkward sort of thing to try and measure because a lot of kids firstly notice that they find some people of the same sex attractive and thus realize that they are "bi or gay" and its only some years later after meeting a much larger sample of people who are the opposite sex and not finding any of them attractive that they become sure they are "gay" and not "bi", and adopt that label for themselves. A lot of kids these days like to say "I don't put labels on it" which generally equates to "I know I'm somewhere on the spectrum of bisexuality, but I'm not sure where yet, and I'm not closing my mind to the possibility of learning more about what I like." So if you want to ask the kids/adults "at what point did you realize your sexuality?" you've got to either be really clear and specific about what you are asking with your phrasing of the question (e.g. "at what age did you first notice a sexual attraction to someone of the same sex?"), or understand that for many it will have been a gradual process that took years.
Originally posted by seer View PostWhat is really brave is to control your sexual appetites and do the moral thing."I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
"Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
"[Capitalism] as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evils. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy" - Albert Einstein
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Originally posted by Starlight View PostWhat a silly statement. There's no bravery involved in making such a decision. It's not like it's scary to do nothing. People make all sorts of life decisions based on religion all the time. I can see why you might call a suicide bomber "brave" because obviously that is a scary act they are undertaking on behalf of their religion. But since when is not dating someone or not having sex a "brave" act?Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by Starlight View PostAccording to a study last year:
Gay Men – 25% realized they were gay when they were less than 10 years old, 50% by 13 years old, and 75% by 18 years old.
Lesbian women – 25% realized by 12 years old, 50% at 15 years old, and 75% by 20/21 years old.
Although I think it's an awkward sort of thing to try and measure because a lot of kids firstly notice that they find some people of the same sex attractive and thus realize that they are "bi or gay" and its only some years later after meeting a much larger sample of people who are the opposite sex and not finding any of them attractive that they become sure they are "gay" and not "bi", and adopt that label for themselves. A lot of kids these days like to say "I don't put labels on it" which generally equates to "I know I'm somewhere on the spectrum of bisexuality, but I'm not sure where yet, and I'm not closing my mind to the possibility of learning more about what I like." So if you want to ask the kids/adults "at what point did you realize your sexuality?" you've got to either be really clear and specific about what you are asking with your phrasing of the question (e.g. "at what age did you first notice a sexual attraction to someone of the same sex?"), or understand that for many it will have been a gradual process that took years.
What a silly statement. There's no bravery involved in making such a decision. It's not like it's scary to do nothing. People make all sorts of life decisions based on religion all the time. I can see why you might call a suicide bomber "brave" because obviously that is a scary act they are undertaking on behalf of their religion. But since when is not dating someone or not having sex a "brave" act?
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Originally posted by Cerebrum123 View PostGiven that calling someone a virgin is an insult in a lot of places, I'd say it's a bit more brave than you're trying to portray."I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
"Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
"[Capitalism] as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evils. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy" - Albert Einstein
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Originally posted by seer View PostNor is it brave to give in to your immoral desires
Obviously sex and sexuality aren't immoral, and a choice to refrain or not from it has nothing to do with "bravery". Though obviously talking about your own actions and opinions to a probably-hostile audience like the 12 year old girl did in her Mormon church, takes bravery."I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
"Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
"[Capitalism] as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evils. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy" - Albert Einstein
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Originally posted by seer View PostNor is it brave to give in to your immoral desires, which is what I was responding to in Charles' post. And it certainly it is much more difficult to control ones passions.
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