Marlon Bundo

[Starlight]

Respectfully, I think you have no basis for identifying the high ground, let alone keeping it.

On the contrary I would say Carpedm has consistently impressed me with his moral qualities. I have seen him display more love, kindness, concern for the well-being of others, etc in a single post than I've seen out of all conservative posters here combined in the ~10 years I've been posting here.

[Starlight]

But...what role did the Russians play in Pence's book?

The bunny is secretly a Russian agent.

(Cue scary music)

[Mountain Man]

If the God depicted in the bible were judge-able by human courts...

Yes, fallen man would love more than anything to drag a perfect God down to his imperfect level and pass judgment on his Creator. But I'm afraid it's not going to work that way. You'll find this out, eventually, but as the late Keith Green once said, "You're going to find out that he's the way, no matter which way you choose, but I pray that you find out by his love for you."

[Starlight]

Yes, fallen man would love more than anything to drag a perfect God down to his imperfect level and pass judgment on his Creator.

What motivates you to make up such arbitrary psychological claims?

[Mountain Man]

What motivates you to make up such arbitrary psychological claims?

For instance, your oft-repeated fantasy to judge a perfect God by imperfect human standards.

[TheWall]

Paul Copan.

[seer]

As a background, Marlon Bundo is the pet rabbit of the Pence family. Charlotte (his daughter) wrote a children's book about "a day in the life of the VP." It was illustrated by Mrs. Pence. Last Sunday night, John Oliver's "feature" segment was all about Mike Pence, his political history, and his stance on several social issues, including homosexuality. As a form of protest against that stance, Oliver assembled a team that quickly wrote a competing children's book, which is all about the desire of Marlon Bundo to marry another male bunny called Wesley, and how he overcame the opposition of a remarkably Pence-like stink bug who decreed "boys don't marry boys." An audio book was quickly created, which engages the talents of some big-name gay actors.

Right and once again the degenerate sodomites had to pollute something innocent...

[Terraceth]

How political/apolitical was the original book? Has anyone actually read it who can weigh in on that subject? I've seen discussion on that here but it all looked like speculation rather than the result of reading it.

[carpedm9587]

This becomes a question of standards. High-ground compared to what? Compared to who? Surely not Yahweh, a standard against which your acts of righteousness are like a pile of filthy rags.

Well - compared to what Seer just shared of "Yahweh's standards," I'd say yes... compared to that. But generally speaking, no one sees the moral code of another as superior to their own. If they did, they would adopt the elements of the other moral code they consider superior, by definition.

[carpedm9587]

Respectfully, I think you have no basis for identifying the high ground, let alone keeping it. Promoting this deliberately offensive book is indicative of that.

Actually - I was not expecting people here to approve or agree, OBP. But I thought I would provide both links so people could support whichever charity they see fit. And a book about homosexuality is deliberate - but only offensive to those who choose to be offended. It is, after all, just about two critters who love each other wanting to be together.

[carpedm9587]

But...what role did the Russians play in Pence's book?

Look carefully at the bottom of the inside of the back book cover...

[carpedm9587]

Right and once again the degenerate sodomites had to pollute something innocent...

At this point...I find myself more feeling sorry for you and people who think, feel, and speak as you do than I do feeling angry. As time moves on, this POV will continue to die out, until there will be about as many people who say and think such things as there are people who still feel that a white woman has no place with a black man.

[seer]

At this point...I find myself more feeling sorry for you and people who think, feel, and speak as you do than I do feeling angry. As time moves on, this POV will continue to die out, until there will be about as many people who say and think such things as there are people who still feel that a white woman has no place with a black man.

Really? Like there is something wrong with my moral view. One that you would probably have held except for the timing and place of birth. So your objection is rather silly and superficial. And don't be so sure that these kind of views will die out any time soon, in case you haven't noticed Islam is on the rise world wide.

[carpedm9587]

Really? Like there is something wrong with my moral view.

Yes.

One that you would probably have held except for the timing and place of birth.

I don't do "what if's" like this one. They're a waste of time. You cannot establish that it is true, and I cannot establish that it is not.

So your objection is rather silly and superficial. And don't be so sure that these kind of views will die out any time soon, in case you haven't noticed Islam is on the rise world wide.

Birth rates are currently making Islam the fastest growing religion in the world, but Islam has essentially the same relationship to homosexuality that Christianity has: conservative Islamic groups speak as you do; more liberal Islamic groups are like more liberal Christian groups: they are turning away from that kind of bigotry. Islamic countries tend to be more conservative, so they fall in the latter group - and they can be extreme about it - even killing homosexuals. Fortunately most Christian groups have at least moved away from THAT practice.

But the shift to accept the LGBTQ community is happening worldwide, though more in developed countries than religious and developing ones. Africa is way behind. The Middle East is way behind. Some parts of the far east are behind. South America has wide variation. North America, Europe, and Australia are well advanced, and the overall trend worldwide is encouraging.

[Mountain Man]

At this point...I find myself more feeling sorry for you and people who think, feel, and speak as you do than I do feeling angry. As time moves on, this POV will continue to die out, until there will be about as many people who say and think such things as there are people who still feel that a white woman has no place with a black man.

Save your pity for yourself.

"The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness."

"Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!"