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jonks

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Originally posted by: dphantom
Originally posted by: ruu
The church's "love the sinner, hate the sin" thing really takes some getting used to....

In simplistic terms, yet accurate, yes. "Love the sinner, hate the sin". A distinction many posting here seem to be missing or failing to understand.

No, you seem to be missing that you cannot separate sin from sinner with regard to homosexuality. According to the church a homosexual is not a sinner unless he engages in homosexual sex, i.e. acts as his nature inclines. This only makes sense if you believe homosexuality is a choice. It took the church a few hundred years to accept heliocentrism as truth, eventually they may come around to the fact that a proportion of the population is, has been, and always will be homosexual, and that it isn't some whimsical choice people engage in like shoplifting or adultery. In the eyes of the church, a gay person who acts gay is a sinner who sins, and in order to stop being a sinner he would need to "fight" being gay. Might as well ask a black person to stop being black.
 

JD50

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Originally posted by: ZzZGuy
Originally posted by: JEDIYoda
Originally posted by: jonks
Hard to take a guy seriously who's dressed like such a i love you.

No need for name calling!!
Even the Pope is entitled to his opinion!!

Even if I blatantly disagree.....he is still entitled!
You would not believe how many Catholics also disagree with the Pope!!

As my friend Moonbeam said --
Bigotry and ignorance are found even in high places. Learn to question authority. Be careful of fundamentalist thinking, where because some respected authority or document says something, you, yourself, are trapped by the same ignorance of those who propounded the ideas in the first place. Think for yourself. The rain forest if full of gay animals ..

Merry Christmas!!

He is the representative for all of christianity, by saying this he is saying all devout christians hate gays.

-Edit- Oh and I now have now lost the last bit of respect I had for christianity as a religion.

This post should serve as a warning for everyone here to ignore anything you have to say wrt religion. The Pope is not the representative for all of christianity. Try again.
 

dphantom

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Originally posted by: jonks
Originally posted by: dphantom
Originally posted by: ruu
The church's "love the sinner, hate the sin" thing really takes some getting used to....

In simplistic terms, yet accurate, yes. "Love the sinner, hate the sin". A distinction many posting here seem to be missing or failing to understand.

No, you seem to be missing that you cannot separate sin from sinner with regard to homosexuality. According to the church a homosexual is not a sinner unless he engages in homosexual sex, i.e. acts as his nature inclines. This only makes sense if you believe homosexuality is a choice. It took the church a few hundred years to accept heliocentrism as truth, eventually they may come around to the fact that a proportion of the population is, has been, and always will be homosexual, and that it isn't some whimsical choice people engage in like shoplifting or adultery. In the eyes of the church, a gay person who acts gay is a sinner who sins, and in order to stop being a sinner he would need to "fight" being gay. Might as well ask a black person to stop being black.

Yes,I can, because we are humans, intelligent creatures. We can decide what we do regardless of choice or genetic disposition. Engaging in a homosexual act is a choice. Engaging in hetersexual activity is a choice. If one chooses to engage in a homosexual act, then that act is immoral and a sin.

The Church is not condemning the person for being a homosexual unless they are choosing to be so, its the sin that is being condemned.
 

Mani

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A former Hitler youth, dressed head to toe in the finest linens in the world, living in arguably the most decorated city in the world, using the Christmas season as a launchpad for messages of intolerance, all while supposedly carrying the message of Jesus.

More evidence of the complete and utter stupidity of religion.
 

DealMonkey

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Originally posted by: dphantom
Originally posted by: jonks
Originally posted by: dphantom
Originally posted by: ruu
The church's "love the sinner, hate the sin" thing really takes some getting used to....

In simplistic terms, yet accurate, yes. "Love the sinner, hate the sin". A distinction many posting here seem to be missing or failing to understand.

No, you seem to be missing that you cannot separate sin from sinner with regard to homosexuality. According to the church a homosexual is not a sinner unless he engages in homosexual sex, i.e. acts as his nature inclines. This only makes sense if you believe homosexuality is a choice. It took the church a few hundred years to accept heliocentrism as truth, eventually they may come around to the fact that a proportion of the population is, has been, and always will be homosexual, and that it isn't some whimsical choice people engage in like shoplifting or adultery. In the eyes of the church, a gay person who acts gay is a sinner who sins, and in order to stop being a sinner he would need to "fight" being gay. Might as well ask a black person to stop being black.

Yes,I can, because we are humans, intelligent creatures. We can decide what we do regardless of choice or genetic disposition. Engaging in a homosexual act is a choice. Engaging in hetersexual activity is a choice. If one chooses to engage in a homosexual act, then that act is immoral and a sin.

The Church is not condemning the person for being a homosexual unless they are choosing to be so, its the sin that is being condemned.

The rationale for it being sin however, seems to be some crap written down in some book 2,000 years ago. Who the fuck cares? There are no victims in consensual sex of any kind and therefore why should it be a sin? As Chris Rock once said, 2000 years ago a pork chop might kill you ... by extension 2000 years ago there were a lot fewer humans on the planet and thus the fear that homosexual sex may somehow prevent the next generations of humans from being born might have been a legitimate concern.

Now however, we have more than enough humans not to give two craps about it.

The only thing left is irrational bigotry. Cling to that I suppose.
 

dphantom

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Originally posted by: DealMonkey
Originally posted by: dphantom
Originally posted by: jonks
Originally posted by: dphantom
Originally posted by: ruu
The church's "love the sinner, hate the sin" thing really takes some getting used to....

In simplistic terms, yet accurate, yes. "Love the sinner, hate the sin". A distinction many posting here seem to be missing or failing to understand.

No, you seem to be missing that you cannot separate sin from sinner with regard to homosexuality. According to the church a homosexual is not a sinner unless he engages in homosexual sex, i.e. acts as his nature inclines. This only makes sense if you believe homosexuality is a choice. It took the church a few hundred years to accept heliocentrism as truth, eventually they may come around to the fact that a proportion of the population is, has been, and always will be homosexual, and that it isn't some whimsical choice people engage in like shoplifting or adultery. In the eyes of the church, a gay person who acts gay is a sinner who sins, and in order to stop being a sinner he would need to "fight" being gay. Might as well ask a black person to stop being black.

Yes,I can, because we are humans, intelligent creatures. We can decide what we do regardless of choice or genetic disposition. Engaging in a homosexual act is a choice. Engaging in hetersexual activity is a choice. If one chooses to engage in a homosexual act, then that act is immoral and a sin.

The Church is not condemning the person for being a homosexual unless they are choosing to be so, its the sin that is being condemned.

The rationale for it being sin however, seems to be some crap written down in some book 2,000 years ago. Who the fuck cares? There are no victims in consensual sex of any kind and therefore why should it be a sin? As Chris Rock once said, 2000 years ago a pork chop might kill you ... by extension 2000 years ago there were a lot fewer humans on the planet and thus the fear that homosexual sex may somehow prevent the next generations of humans from being born might have been a legitimate concern.

Now however, we have more than enough humans not to give two craps about it.

The only thing left is irrational bigotry. Cling to that I suppose.

It is unfortunate you have to demean yourself by personal insults. It is not unexpected here, being P&N, but it seems a closed mind reverts to form. I won't carry this on any further as it only seems to upset you.

Merry Christmas and I will pray for you to see the light of Jesus. :gift:
 

Perknose

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Originally posted by: dphantom
If one chooses to engage in a homosexual act, then that act is immoral and a sin.

[...]

Merry Christmas and I will pray for you to see the light of Jesus. :gift:

Is there anything more odious and despicable than the pompous, sanctimonious bigot?

Is there anyone further from the true light of Jesus? :(

 

Moonbeam

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Originally posted by: dphantom
Originally posted by: jonks
Originally posted by: dphantom
Originally posted by: ruu
The church's "love the sinner, hate the sin" thing really takes some getting used to....

In simplistic terms, yet accurate, yes. "Love the sinner, hate the sin". A distinction many posting here seem to be missing or failing to understand.

No, you seem to be missing that you cannot separate sin from sinner with regard to homosexuality. According to the church a homosexual is not a sinner unless he engages in homosexual sex, i.e. acts as his nature inclines. This only makes sense if you believe homosexuality is a choice. It took the church a few hundred years to accept heliocentrism as truth, eventually they may come around to the fact that a proportion of the population is, has been, and always will be homosexual, and that it isn't some whimsical choice people engage in like shoplifting or adultery. In the eyes of the church, a gay person who acts gay is a sinner who sins, and in order to stop being a sinner he would need to "fight" being gay. Might as well ask a black person to stop being black.

Yes,I can, because we are humans, intelligent creatures. We can decide what we do regardless of choice or genetic disposition. Engaging in a homosexual act is a choice. Engaging in hetersexual activity is a choice. If one chooses to engage in a homosexual act, then that act is immoral and a sin.

The Church is not condemning the person for being a homosexual unless they are choosing to be so, its the sin that is being condemned.

Hahahahahaha! Here is an idiot that is either gay and chooses not to express it or is a complete and utter retard. All you have to do is convince me this is true and you have it within your power. Go out and make love to a man and I will believe, that for you, homosexuality is a choice. I couldn't do that in a million years or for any price. What kind of asshole says gays have choice when you don't have any choice at all, you contemptible jerk.
 

jackschmittusa

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The Pope must long for the days when the Church could just lock people up, torture them, then execute them. It was so much easier to stifle dissent against the moral flavor of the day.
 

dphantom

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Originally posted by: Moonbeam
Originally posted by: dphantom
Originally posted by: jonks
Originally posted by: dphantom
Originally posted by: ruu
The church's "love the sinner, hate the sin" thing really takes some getting used to....

In simplistic terms, yet accurate, yes. "Love the sinner, hate the sin". A distinction many posting here seem to be missing or failing to understand.

No, you seem to be missing that you cannot separate sin from sinner with regard to homosexuality. According to the church a homosexual is not a sinner unless he engages in homosexual sex, i.e. acts as his nature inclines. This only makes sense if you believe homosexuality is a choice. It took the church a few hundred years to accept heliocentrism as truth, eventually they may come around to the fact that a proportion of the population is, has been, and always will be homosexual, and that it isn't some whimsical choice people engage in like shoplifting or adultery. In the eyes of the church, a gay person who acts gay is a sinner who sins, and in order to stop being a sinner he would need to "fight" being gay. Might as well ask a black person to stop being black.

Yes,I can, because we are humans, intelligent creatures. We can decide what we do regardless of choice or genetic disposition. Engaging in a homosexual act is a choice. Engaging in hetersexual activity is a choice. If one chooses to engage in a homosexual act, then that act is immoral and a sin.

The Church is not condemning the person for being a homosexual unless they are choosing to be so, its the sin that is being condemned.

Hahahahahaha! Here is an idiot that is either gay and chooses not to express it or is a complete and utter retard. All you have to do is convince me this is true and you have it within your power. Go out and make love to a man and I will believe, that for you, homosexuality is a choice. I couldn't do that in a million years or for any price. What kind of asshole says gays have choice when you don't have any choice at all, you contemptible jerk.

I never said homsexuality is a choice nor did I say it is genetic. I do not know for sure. What I said which you and others cannot comprehend is the ACT of homosexuality is a choice. I can choice - or not - to have a heterosexual relationship. Homosexuals can also choose not to engage in a homosexual act. I can choose to remain celibate. The homosexual can choose to remain celibate. That is all I am saying pea brain.
 

Steeplerot

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Originally posted by: dphantom


I never said homsexuality is a choice nor did I say it is genetic. I do not know for sure. What I said which you and others cannot comprehend is the ACT of homosexuality is a choice. I can choice - or not - to have a heterosexual relationship. Homosexuals can also choose not to engage in a homosexual act. I can choose to remain celibate. The homosexual can choose to remain celibate. That is all I am saying pea brain.

Sounds fair, as long as the bigots make a holy oath to stick to missionary position with no pleasure derived again from sex.
 

JS80

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Originally posted by: frostedflakes
Only took the church a few hundred years to embrace heliocentrism. Perhaps in a few hundred more they'll finally accept homosexuals.

Maybe one day Catholics will actually READ the Bible.
 

Moonbeam

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Originally posted by: dphantom
Originally posted by: Moonbeam
Originally posted by: dphantom
Originally posted by: jonks
Originally posted by: dphantom
Originally posted by: ruu
The church's "love the sinner, hate the sin" thing really takes some getting used to....

In simplistic terms, yet accurate, yes. "Love the sinner, hate the sin". A distinction many posting here seem to be missing or failing to understand.

No, you seem to be missing that you cannot separate sin from sinner with regard to homosexuality. According to the church a homosexual is not a sinner unless he engages in homosexual sex, i.e. acts as his nature inclines. This only makes sense if you believe homosexuality is a choice. It took the church a few hundred years to accept heliocentrism as truth, eventually they may come around to the fact that a proportion of the population is, has been, and always will be homosexual, and that it isn't some whimsical choice people engage in like shoplifting or adultery. In the eyes of the church, a gay person who acts gay is a sinner who sins, and in order to stop being a sinner he would need to "fight" being gay. Might as well ask a black person to stop being black.

Yes,I can, because we are humans, intelligent creatures. We can decide what we do regardless of choice or genetic disposition. Engaging in a homosexual act is a choice. Engaging in hetersexual activity is a choice. If one chooses to engage in a homosexual act, then that act is immoral and a sin.

The Church is not condemning the person for being a homosexual unless they are choosing to be so, its the sin that is being condemned.

Hahahahahaha! Here is an idiot that is either gay and chooses not to express it or is a complete and utter retard. All you have to do is convince me this is true and you have it within your power. Go out and make love to a man and I will believe, that for you, homosexuality is a choice. I couldn't do that in a million years or for any price. What kind of asshole says gays have choice when you don't have any choice at all, you contemptible jerk.

I never said homsexuality is a choice nor did I say it is genetic. I do not know for sure. What I said which you and others cannot comprehend is the ACT of homosexuality is a choice. I can choice - or not - to have a heterosexual relationship. Homosexuals can also choose not to engage in a homosexual act. I can choose to remain celibate. The homosexual can choose to remain celibate. That is all I am saying pea brain.

You aren't saying anything, you idiot, because there is no reason for anybody not to have sex. Sex drive is natural and the denial of ones one sex drive is perverse and, of course, stupid, a way to practice self abnegation and self hate. Such a notion could and would occur to nobody who hadn't been filled with some stupid idea that sex is dirty or evil. Let me know when you decide to have 24 kids spaced 24 years apart, and sex 24 times in your life, you hypocrite.
 

brandonb

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Originally posted by: Moonbeam

Hahahahahaha! Here is an idiot that is either gay and chooses not to express it or is a complete and utter retard. All you have to do is convince me this is true and you have it within your power. Go out and make love to a man and I will believe, that for you, homosexuality is a choice. I couldn't do that in a million years or for any price. What kind of asshole says gays have choice when you don't have any choice at all, you contemptible jerk.

There is a difference between thinking one thing versus doing an act baed on that thought.

There's probably been times where a person has lusted over a teenager, or their mom (according to Frued), or sister, their brother's wife, a friends wife, or something else which is not socially acceptable. To think it, there is nothing wrong with it. To act on it, there is something wrong with it. You can't say it's their biology, so it's ok. It probably is evolution to lust after a young pretty girl, even if she is underage. There are times where biology says you are horny and to find a woman, but if you just grabbed the first woman you walk by it would be considered rape.

You see, to think something and to act on it are two seperate things. We are humans, not animals, God made us to be above animals. A gay person might think to have sex with another man, but it doesn't make it ok to act on it, even if today its socially acceptable. Remember 20 years ago, the person would be considered mentally ill. Going after a young girl who's consenting is no different than 2 gay people going at it, why is one wrong and the other isn't? It's just biology and it can't be helped, right?

Catholics consider it God's will to have a man and woman reproduce. Men have millions of sperm, woman has millions of eggs. It's easy to reproduce, it was God's intention to have us reproduce. A gay man or woman is going against God's will, and thats why its a sin.

If you agree or not, it doesn't matter, and calling Catholics bigots or jerks or whatever you want won't change anything.
 

Moonbeam

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There is a difference between thinking one thing versus doing an act baed on that thought.

brandonb: There's probably been times where a person has lusted over a teenager, or their mom (according to Frued), or sister, their brother's wife, a friends wife, or something else which is not socially acceptable.

M: According to Freud? How about you? Do you feel these things? According to Freud, Hahahahaha.

Let us be clear. What is or is not socially acceptable has nothing to do with anything except the mores at a time and place. We can't tell from acceptability anything regarding ultimate truth. It was socially acceptable in Germany in the S to exterminate Jews.

B: To think it, there is nothing wrong with it. To act on it, there is something wrong with it.

M: That would depend on what the 'it' is, would it not? As I said, your opinion or the opinion of a group do not determine what is right, no? You are suggesting something without any proof that it is correct.

b: You can't say it's their biology, so it's ok. It probably is evolution to lust after a young pretty girl, even if she is underage. There are times where biology says you are horny and to find a woman, but if you just grabbed the first woman you walk by it would be considered rape.

M: Yes, exactly, just as you can't say it's their biology and it's not OK. Rape is wrong, not because it is biological or not, not because the drive is biological, but because it is a violation of the freedom of another person to choose whom to have sex with. The act is wrong and the reason is clear, logical, and universally true. There are no cultural exceptions here. Every person whose empathy functions and has not been damaged understands this. Rape, generally speaking, also, is not about sex, but self hate, proving oneself, acting out violence against others to compensate and pay back for wrongs committed against the peep as a child, usually. It is about inferiority, hidden feelings of inferiority, expressed as an urge to dominate, to prove the inferiority a lie, to magnify the sick ego.

b: You see, to think something and to act on it are two seperate things.

M: I have not claimed otherwise.

b: We are humans, not animals,

M: I find this distinction unnecessary. We are animals.

b: God made us to be above animals.

M: We evolved and we are above noting. These are all fantasies you have that you were taught. Our ethics springs from our capacity to empathize and the fact that life is love.

b: A gay person might think to have sex with another man, but it doesn't make it ok to act on it, even if today its socially acceptable.

M: Why. You are a bigot precisely because you believe this. It is your root assumption, but it is totally irrational, has no grounding in reality, and is based on traditions handed down. You are a bigot infection, you were turned into a bigot by other bigots. You can't give a single sound reason for this so called truth you believe in. It feels true only because you believe it. You are in fact totally wrong.

b: Remember 20 years ago, the person would be considered mentally ill. Going after a young girl who's consenting is no different than 2 gay people going at it, why is one wrong and the other isn't? It's just biology and it can't be helped, right?

M: Totally wrong. The rape of a girl is a violation of her rights. A homosexual rape would be just as wrong. Gay sex between willing adults, however, is not wrong. Nobody's rights are violated. This truth will always be true. Time is irrelevant.

b: Catholics consider it God's will to have a man and woman reproduce. Men have millions of sperm, woman has millions of eggs. It's easy to reproduce, it was God's intention to have us reproduce. A gay man or woman is going against God's will, and thats why its a sin.

M: Hehe, you know nothing about God's will but crap somebody told you. This is why you are a bigot. You believe in garbage passed down to you that makes absolutely no sense. The urge to have sex insured reproduction. There have been gays from the beginning of history and people are doing just fine. I totally reject your religious propaganda. I learned to think for myself.

b: If you agree or not, it doesn't matter, and calling Catholics bigots or jerks or whatever you want won't change anything.

M: We know that. You can tell a bigot, I can see easily that you are one, but you can't tell him much. A bigot is a person who is blind to his bigotry. You won't change unless you really want to. But you are a horses ass and you will always be one unless you do. You will never be safe from the fact that people who can see will see that you are a fool. And that's why you don't matter. You are on the losing side of truth. What you believe is false.
 

dphantom

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Originally posted by: Moonbeam

M: We know that. You can tell a bigot, I can see easily that you are one, but you can't tell him much. A bigot is a person who is blind to his bigotry. You won't change unless you really want to. But you are a horses ass and you will always be one unless you do. You will never be safe from the fact that people who can see will see that you are a fool. And that's why you don't matter. You are on the losing side of truth. What you believe is false.

Please look in the mirror.
 

fskimospy

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Guys, arguing with the anti-gay people is pointless. Not only that, but it's not even necessary. It's not like the civil rights movement suddenly made all the racist people in America suddenly less racist, the same generational replacement had to happen there as will happen here.

It's very very likely that the CSC will strike down Prop. 8, gays will continue becoming more accepted in our society, and the people railing against homosexuality now will be viewed very similarly to the kooky old grandparents that show up to embarrass everyone at holidays. It's just a matter of time. So, I feel like we shouldn't waste too much time or breath arguing with those who cannot be argued with, especially when we're going to win anyway.
 

Moonbeam

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Originally posted by: dphantom
Originally posted by: Moonbeam

M: We know that. You can tell a bigot, I can see easily that you are one, but you can't tell him much. A bigot is a person who is blind to his bigotry. You won't change unless you really want to. But you are a horses ass and you will always be one unless you do. You will never be safe from the fact that people who can see will see that you are a fool. And that's why you don't matter. You are on the losing side of truth. What you believe is false.

Please look in the mirror.

Everything I know came from doing just that.
 

Steeplerot

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Originally posted by: dphantom


Merry Christmas and I will pray for you to see the light of Jesus. :gift:

That is not the light of Jesus you are pimping, it's more akin to the warm glow of a burning cross.
 

GroundedSailor

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Originally posted by: BMW540I6speed

And so we have the 82 year old virgin is again instructing his flock on matters pertaining to sex. Now can anyone recall just why are they called a flock?

This has to be one the biggest ironies around!

 

Julius Shark

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From the link I quote:

?The Catholic Church teaches that homosexual acts are a sin. It opposes gay marriage and, in October, a leading Vatican official called homosexuality 'a deviation, an irregularity, a wound'.?

I agree with that.
 

ZzZGuy

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Originally posted by: Julius Shark
From the link I quote:

?The Catholic Church teaches that homosexual acts are a sin. It opposes gay marriage and, in October, a leading Vatican official called homosexuality 'a deviation, an irregularity, a wound'.?

I agree with that.

It's fine that you think that way, as long as you don't tell them how to live their lives according to your personal views.
 

CycloWizard

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Originally posted by: Perknose
Wow. The gaping chasms in your logical progressions require exposing point by point, nearly sentence by sentence. I thought you were a tighter thinker than you display here.
Apparently you still missed the meaning of bigotry, despite my having posted the definition in the post that you quoted. It states that a bigot is someone who holds an unwavering position on a matter of opinion. You previously stated,
And this puts that sclerotic institution, perhaps unintentionally, on the side of backward bigots and social troglodytes.
This clearly implies that you think people who oppose homosexual acts are bigots. Due to the definition of "bigot," this further implies that whether or not homosexual acts are moral is a matter of opinion and, therefore, that morality is relative. Please show me the huge gap in my thinking or, failing that, restate the above-quoted passage to say what you really meant rather than wasting a large number of electrons concocting some long-winded BS reply to make me look bad.
 

CycloWizard

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Originally posted by: RabidMongoose
Anything can be an 'immorality' depending on how you define or view it. The fact that the Pope hides behind a set of beliefs or ideas known as a religion does not make him immune from his own bigotry, even if it is his religious beliefs that make him think that certain acts are 'immoralities'.

The Pope's moral position is not based upon fact and he is arguably a bigot against homosexuals. He cannot hide behind religion as an excuse.
The pope and his predecessors have developed an extensive logical framework outlining the reasons for why things are or are not immoral. They draw on writings from many of the greatest philosophers of all time and essentially represent the culmination of thousands of years of work on ethics. You are simply ignorant of these foundations and, therefore, claim that they are basing them on bigotry.
Then you are laughing at yourself because I never made such an assertion. How amusing. If you actually stopped and thought about my comments for a bit instead of putting up an illogical and emotionally charged reactionary post, you would actually understand that I'm implying the opposite.
You said, and I quote, "It doesn't matter if the Pope can hide behind a religious philosophy - in the end it is simply another set of ideas, just like many non-religious philosophies." Thus, you are claiming that the pope's ideas are "just like" many other sets of ideas, which is setting them all equal. The only alternative explanation is that you think all of these ideas are bad and that your set of ideas is superior, but you neither claimed nor supported that, so I made the opposing assumption. Please tell me why I'm wrong.