Apostacy big winner at oscars

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_Ray A

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Gazelam wrote:No one is gay at a young age. And no one is gay unless the behavior is introduced as a positive thing, or as an acceptable alternative lifestyle.


And the earth is flat, Gaz.

It's time you got your head out of the sand.
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Ray A wrote:This will probably make Gaz positively ill. But I wonder, is there even an ounce of humanity that can be retrieved there somewhere??

The Courage Campaign.



Sometimes the lies you tell are less frightening than the loneliness you might feel if you stopped telling them.
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. - Plato
_Ray A

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Gazelam wrote:Sometimes the lies you tell are less frightening than the loneliness you might feel if you stopped telling them.


I have observed human nature possibly longer than you have been alive. And there are some things one simply cannot deny - unless they are blinded by a narrow theology.

So the next time you're in a bank, at a doctor, seeing a lawyer, being helped by a nurse in hospital, having your car fixed by a mechanic, visiting an accountant, a financial planner, a plumber, an electrician, a life-saver at a beach, or just someone who stops by the road to help you change a flat tire - just remember that this person might be - Gay.

"A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead with no clothes. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. 'Look after him,' he said, 'and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.' "Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?" The expert in the law replied, "The one who had mercy on him." Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise."


Consider yourself to be the priest, Gaz.
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Gazelam: "How am I to forgive someone...?

Master: "Because that is the way."

Gazelam: "But it is not my way Master."

Master: "It is your way if you wish to follow me, young Gazhopper."
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_marg

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Gazelam wrote:
Ray A wrote:This will probably make Gaz positively ill. But I wonder, is there even an ounce of humanity that can be retrieved there somewhere??

The Courage Campaign.



Sometimes the lies you tell are less frightening than the loneliness you might feel if you stopped telling them.


Gaz, I don't blame you one bit. You've been taught to disrespect and not accept gays, and yet everyone it seems, is mad at you for doing so. This is not about "love". People don't love strangers, they either respect or they disrepect, and you are just following the church teachings.
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marg wrote:and you are just following the church teachings.


And you don't even know what the "Church teachings" are. If you did, you'd realise that Gaz has gone way overboard.

Your ignorance is, simply - astonishing!

And when you finally get time to read the Book of Mormon, perhaps in the next million years or so? Let us know where it outrightly condemns homosexuality. As, for example, it does polygamy.

Your ignorance and outright stupidity and bias is just something one can only marvel at.
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_marg

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Ray A wrote:
marg wrote:and you are just following the church teachings.


And you don't even know what the "Church teachings" are. If you did, you'd realise that Gaz has gone way overboard.

Your ignorance is, simply - astonishing!

And when you finally get time to read the Book of Mormon, perhaps in the next million years or so? Let us know where it outrightly condemns homosexuality. As, for example, it does polygamy.

Your ignorance and outright stupidity and bias is just something one can only marvel at.


This is priceless, so the Book of Mormon condemns polygamy and Smith and Young were polygamists. So basically your argument must be that church leaders don't necessarily follow teachings in the Book of Mormon and that the Book of Mormon is useless for moral guidance, that one should listen to church leaders. Well I already knew that, and that is what Gaz is doing.

I pointed out in the previous post, that the Church teaches disrespect of homosexuality. If you disagree with me, explain to me how or by whom, respect for homosexuality by the Church is taught? You can't be that much of a twit nit (on second thought you can) to think that because the Book of Mormon doen't mention homosexuality that that means the Church is okay with it.
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marg wrote:
This is priceless, so the Book of Mormon condemns polygamy and Smith and Young were polygamists. So basically your argument must be that church leaders don't necessarily follow teachings in the Book of Mormon and that the Book of Mormon is useless for moral guidance, that one should listen to church leaders. Well I already knew that.

I pointed out in the previous post, that the Church teaches disrespect of homosexuality. If you disagree with me, explain to me how or by whom, respect for homosexuality by the Church is taught?


I feel no need to defend the Church. What I'm pointing out is your utter ignorance of most of what you discuss. My impression is that you don't read much more than the Sunday comics. If that.
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Ray A wrote:
marg wrote:
This is priceless, so the Book of Mormon condemns polygamy and Smith and Young were polygamists. So basically your argument must be that church leaders don't necessarily follow teachings in the Book of Mormon and that the Book of Mormon is useless for moral guidance, that one should listen to church leaders. Well I already knew that.

I pointed out in the previous post, that the Church teaches disrespect of homosexuality. If you disagree with me, explain to me how or by whom, respect for homosexuality by the Church is taught?


I feel no need to defend the Church. What I'm pointing out is your utter ignorance of most of what you discuss. My impression is that you don't read much more than the Sunday comics. If that.



One more time, the church does not teach respect for homosexuals and their needs as human beings. It is no wonder Gaz is disrespectful of them. It must be very confusing for him.
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marg wrote:
One more time, the church does not teach respect for homosexuals and their needs as human beings. It is no wonder Gaz is disrespectful of them. It must be very confusing for him.


I mean, really, how damned stupid are you? Really. When will you get it through to your thick bonehead that the issue here isn't Gaz, but your utter ignorance?
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