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| Altzan wrote on Wed, 09 June 2010 22:57 |
| Starbuzzz wrote on Sun, 06 June 2010 21:10 |
| Altzan wrote on Sun, 06 June 2010 21:10 |
But it also is not comepletely DEVOID of belief.
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so what beliefs does it have?
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Either a belief that no higher power exists, or a very skeptical view of the idea of a higher power.
I suppose you could also define atheism as being open-minded and unresolved, maybe, but my impression of an atheist usually incoporates someone who has clearly decided his belief on whether or not any higher power exists.
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once again, it's theism that's being rejected, not merely deism. religious people don't just say that they think there's likely to be a 'god'... they claim to know quite a lot of details.
there's nothing closed-minded about the position that nobody's come up with the slightest shred of convincing evidence, or even a decent logical argument, that there's a god at all LET ALONE that they know the details (i.e. what religions claim)
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| Starbuzzz wrote on Sun, 06 June 2010 21:10 |
According to their dogma, if they accept their jesus and stay away from sin, and live the life, they are either going to heaven or hell.
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Many details that denominations pick over deal with matters that are sins if done improperly. Baptists, for example, do not believe that baptism is necessary to be saved - if they're wrong, then there's a big problem...
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i'll repeat what i said earlier...
if your god is going to torture people for ever and ever if they don't get this question right, isn't he a COLOSSAL prick for not making it very clear to begin with? isn't it a huge indictment of His incompetence as well as His cruelty?
i don't normally use capital letters for that, but we hear so often of His love and His mercy etc
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| Starbuzzz wrote on Sun, 06 June 2010 21:10 |
| Altzan wrote on Sun, 06 June 2010 21:10 |
That's not absolute, you know. Homosexuality can hurt people in several ways.
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have any reasoning behind this?
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One example is health - homosexuality can be physically unhealthy.
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You're just seeing homosexuality as a form of sex. It's not just a form of sex, it's a form of love too (maybe the bigger part of the two is the love part, not that I am in a position to know).
love can hurt heterosexual people too, can't it?
as to the part you seem to be getting at... are you referring to AIDS and other STDs? well, homosexual women are much, much less likely to get and pass around STDs than heterosexual couples are. that'll do as a counterargument for starters. i'd also be willing to wager that rape is far more common in a heterosexual context, i.e. a male perpetrator and a female victim, other than in prisons.
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| Spoony wrote on Mon, 07 June 2010 10:07 |
i've never met an atheist who advocates telling kids that there's no such thing as god. that there's no evidence that there is one, let alone that anyone has discovered the details, sure. that faith is always a bad thing, sure. kids should be taught those.
but are you suggesting that, for example, teaching a kid that 2+2=4 in a maths class is "brainwashing"?
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Conceded.
It's not brainwashing if it's fact. It's difficult, however, to explain to a child the evidences against a religion while avoiding drawing conclusions for him or her.
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so far so good.
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| Spoony wrote on Mon, 07 June 2010 10:07 |
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Let me try again - while hell is most assuredly worse than a verbal attack, it does not make a verbal attack insignificant.
Understand now?
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a "verbal attack" (i'd love to hear specifics) absolutely is insignificant compared to the two thousand years of hell threats.
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But not so insignifigant that it should be ignored.
It's ridiclous to vindicate any abuse over an idea by comparing it to another.
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i'm just waiting to hear specifics
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| Spoony wrote on Mon, 07 June 2010 10:07 |
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Either you or Spoony believes it can be impossible for an individual to believe in Christianity.
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eh?
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Here:
Spoony: what i can't do is flick a switch and make myself believe any of this, it's not the way the mind works, or at least not the way my mind works.
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ah.
how do you define "believe in"? if it's just a matter of acknowledging something's factual correctness, then it would be possible for me to "believe in" Christianity just so long as sufficient evidence was provided.
if instead "believe in" means worshipping, then someone would just have to answer my many moral objections against Christianity, and nobody's done that either.
but my point was a repetition of something i'd said earlier, because you kept referring to belief as though it was a choice. evidently my mind works very differently to yours. i can't choose to believe something. i can, by evidence and logical argument, be persuaded that something is correct when i previously doubted it, but i can't choose to believe it as a matter of policy.
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| Spoony wrote on Mon, 07 June 2010 10:07 |
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| Starbuzzz wrote on Thu, 03 June 2010 17:06 |
4) I, a complete outsider, is interefering with someone else's sex life.
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Same as above... you, a complete outsider, are interfering with my beliefs, and I, a complete outsider, am interfering with your ideas.
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define "interfering with your beliefs", please, and explain how it is possibly comparable to interfering with someone's love life.
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It's quite plain to see that challenging my ideas and beliefs is "interference". Not negative, but interference nonetheless.
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odd way to look at it
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I don't know what you mean by a comparison to their love life - it's just another debate over a different topic, that one being homosexuality. Challenging their ideas on it and calling that "interfering with their love life" is the same as challenging a religious person's ideas and calling that "interfering with their religious life".
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if only religious people were content JUST to verbally challenge homosexuality. what a better world that would be. well, i'm all for free speech.
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| Re: Catholic adoption agencies and homosexuality [message #430606 is a reply to message #422616] |
Sun, 13 June 2010 01:05 |
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I have not and will not read these past 9 pages, but I figure why not throw in my opinion. Hell I did not even finish the article posted so delete my post mods if I am off topic.
I don't believe queers should be able to adopt children, yea I said queers get over it. There are certain things in life that you learn from a mother and certain things in life you learn from a father. Those are just my beliefs and they will never change. I had a great friend in high school who never even met his dad, was only raised by his mother, and for that he's slightly off. He never had a male influence in his life and it shows. I understand the world is not perfect but if I were an adoption agency I would want the children to go to a solid home with a mother and father. not 2 fathers or 2 mothers. I am not saying homos can't take care of kids, but I think there will be a lack of teaching 2 fathers can accomplish.
There will always be instances of "normal" couples improperly raising and abusing children, but there will no doubt be the same instances if the amount of gay parents are allowed adoption.
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| Re: Catholic adoption agencies and homosexuality [message #430617 is a reply to message #430616] |
Sun, 13 June 2010 03:24 |
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| CarrierII wrote on Sun, 13 June 2010 05:05 |
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... aspects of character
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With both genders come predefined behaviors and characteristics that are imparted to their children as they mature and grow. The exact stereotypical behaviors and characteristics that I refer to are arguable; yet I'm sure the majority of us can reach mutual agreement on some of them.
For example; common male attributes include pride, strength, confidence, assertiveness etc. Children imitate behavior, especially from their parents. If a male child were to grow up without any male influence; his personal development would be different to a child who did.
To be influenced by both sexes is to promote balance. Without openly stating that this is the "right" way for a child to grow; or saying that same sex parents is detrimental to a child's development; I would of preferred to have a balance if I could change the past when I was a child.
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| Re: Catholic adoption agencies and homosexuality [message #430618 is a reply to message #430617] |
Sun, 13 June 2010 03:33 |
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| snpr1101 wrote on Sun, 13 June 2010 11:24 |
| CarrierII wrote on Sun, 13 June 2010 05:05 |
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... aspects of character
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Such as?
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With both genders come predefined behaviors and characteristics that are imparted to their children as they mature and grow. The exact stereotypical behaviors and characteristics that I refer to are arguable; yet I'm sure the majority of us can reach mutual agreement on some of them.
For example; common male attributes include pride, strength, confidence, assertiveness etc. Children imitate behavior, especially from their parents. If a male child were to grow up without any male influence; his personal development would be different to a child who did.
To be influenced by both sexes is to promote balance. Without openly stating that this is the "right" way for a child to grow; or saying that same sex parents is detrimental to a child's development; I would of preferred to have a balance if I could change the past when I was a child.
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I've met more women than men with those attributes. Society's face is changing.
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| halokid wrote on Mon, 11 October 2010 08:46 |
| R315r4z0r wrote on Mon, 11 October 2010 15:35 |
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the hell is that?
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| Re: Catholic adoption agencies and homosexuality [message #430622 is a reply to message #430618] |
Sun, 13 June 2010 03:41 |
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| CarrierII wrote on Sun, 13 June 2010 05:33 |
| snpr1101 wrote on Sun, 13 June 2010 11:24 |
| CarrierII wrote on Sun, 13 June 2010 05:05 |
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... aspects of character
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Such as?
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With both genders come predefined behaviors and characteristics that are imparted to their children as they mature and grow. The exact stereotypical behaviors and characteristics that I refer to are arguable; yet I'm sure the majority of us can reach mutual agreement on some of them.
For example; common male attributes include pride, strength, confidence, assertiveness etc. Children imitate behavior, especially from their parents. If a male child were to grow up without any male influence; his personal development would be different to a child who did.
To be influenced by both sexes is to promote balance. Without openly stating that this is the "right" way for a child to grow; or saying that same sex parents is detrimental to a child's development; I would of preferred to have a balance if I could change the past when I was a child.
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I've met more women than men with those attributes. Society's face is changing.
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I'm no parenting expert, I'm no psychologist; so [insert whatever qualities a father imparts that a mother can't here] that you agree with. And yea, you're right; I bet there are a lot of women with more of those qualities than men; yet give me a reason why Fathers shouldn't be a part of a child's life.
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| Re: Catholic adoption agencies and homosexuality [message #430624 is a reply to message #430622] |
Sun, 13 June 2010 03:43 |
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| snpr1101 wrote on Sun, 13 June 2010 05:41 |
| CarrierII wrote on Sun, 13 June 2010 05:33 |
| snpr1101 wrote on Sun, 13 June 2010 11:24 |
| CarrierII wrote on Sun, 13 June 2010 05:05 |
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... aspects of character
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Such as?
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With both genders come predefined behaviors and characteristics that are imparted to their children as they mature and grow. The exact stereotypical behaviors and characteristics that I refer to are arguable; yet I'm sure the majority of us can reach mutual agreement on some of them.
For example; common male attributes include pride, strength, confidence, assertiveness etc. Children imitate behavior, especially from their parents. If a male child were to grow up without any male influence; his personal development would be different to a child who did.
To be influenced by both sexes is to promote balance. Without openly stating that this is the "right" way for a child to grow; or saying that same sex parents is detrimental to a child's development; I would of preferred to have a balance if I could change the past when I was a child.
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I've met more women than men with those attributes. Society's face is changing.
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I'm no parenting expert, I'm no psychologist
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k bye.
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| Re: Catholic adoption agencies and homosexuality [message #430629 is a reply to message #430627] |
Sun, 13 June 2010 03:58 |
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| CarrierII wrote on Sun, 13 June 2010 06:55 |
Why do Fathers have to be a part of a child's life?
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Did you not grow up in a 2 parent household? Are there not certain things that only your father taught you? Are there not things only your mother taught or showed you? I assure you that you picked up emotions and behavioral instincts from both parents even if you don't realize it
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