Is LPSG Intolerant of Christians?

[Lex]

IMO, It's really the lack of logic that drives those who do think and are unafraid to question those that seem to blindly follow what some pastor scared them into believing. Again, this is in alignment with what Just Asking noted (and what is tellingly being ignored by other Christains in this thread).

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It's rather lucky that this god you made up just happens to agree with all your own sexual morals isn't it ? I mean wouldn't it be tremendously inconvenient if your god required you to hold moral positions which contradicted your charming condescension ?

To be honest it's the attitude which implies that the Christian god (or your own personal version of him) should have any interest in what human beings get up to sexually which tends to get people's backs up, especially when what seems to bug this god seems to be a collection of entirely human biases which have no whiff of the divine about them whatsoever.

Susan B. Anthony said it best: I"I distrust people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.

or as another person said:

God disappointed me when I discovered I invented his will. Since I can not have firm knowledge about him, as he is not an empirical being, all I know about what he wants from me is my own imagination or interpretation. Would like to follow his will, but not sure how to access it. ...
To be, or not to be ignorant of religions? Paradox: religions teach that God, someone totally different than humans, revealed himself (or "herself" - an example how our languages are limited to describe the Absolute) in ways comprehensible for human mind.

If the One, absolute and unimaginable, comes in forms accessible for human mind, it means his picture will be always distorted for us: tailored, limited to our human terms and frames of cognition. God fitting in the capacity of my mind - is this the true God?

God is as much as I can think about him. All I know about God is what my mind and subjectivity "stuffs" into it. My mind is the first and final source of God's understanding! God appointed by my mind - an IDEA created by me. Salut to all the God makers!!!

 

[Astrate]

Because even with safe sex, being promiscuous has health risks. One of my good friends just found out he's HIV+. In the last year, even though he has been having protected sex, he got syphillis. A few months ago he found out that he has HIV. He has been very promiscuous. We have joked for years about the fact that he plays around too much. Because he's like a brother to me, I can talk to him like that. Now that he has HIV, I don't judge him. He knows his actions were the cause of it. I don't have to do anything except help him. I have some connections in his city where I could direct him for help above and beyond his doctor--support groups, etc.

That's why I think promiscuity is a problem. If you like to be promicuous, fine by me--it's your health not mine.

That is personal responsibility towards oneself and so promiscuity is not a moral issue, provided all activity is consensual and informed (through provision of known STD status to partners).

Morality is about how we behave towards others, and the behaviour is judged by any predictable harm or benefit. This morality is instinctive. You don't need religion for this.

Religions ladle on additional rules of behaviour, nothing to do with harming or benefitting others, transgression of which is deemed "sin" and "immoral".

I think it is unkind to judge others on the basis of these kind of culture-specific "morals", and actually immoral to impose them on non-subscribers.

 

[dreamer20]

I became concerned that it seems Christian members feel that non-Christian LPSG members are intolerant or biased against them...hearing it from two former mods who have been around long enough, I became worried.
...I'm asking Christians here whether they feel persecuted and, if so, why? Are the comments I've quoted below accurate in your assessment?

musclemonkey5

"Ok, I am continuously getting flamed by gays on the posts for just bringing up my faith. I would like to know if this is just the way it is or am I doing something wrong like being to open in ways which cause my views to be misconstrued or wth is going on?..."

I read musclemonkey5's post above and my first impression is that I feel bad for him getting flamed... As I see it, if he thinks that being gay is a lifestyle choice, then when did he decide to become heterosexual? If he can't answer that, then he's absolutely misguided and that in itself should cause him pause to consider his theory..
My third impression is precisely what I see conservative Christians being criticized (to put it politely) for: the desire to control the political lives of others; that everyone, even non-believers, should live as dictated by one's faith. ...musclemonkey5 has taken religion beyond his home and church and is attempting to foist his interpretation of it on people who do not share his beliefs.

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I don't see how musclemonkey5 would have concerned or worried anyone who studied his post history re: this so called flaming. As in the cases of andy112311, InHamad & 1youngboy, he presented the same religious based bigotry and played victim when his views were challenged:

http://www.lpsg.org/110433-angry-gays-4.html

From musclemonkey5's posts : heterosexual sex is permissible ( what does the Bible say about fornicators again? ) , m2m sex is unnatural, gays can't marry because it's unchristian/ God said so /the Bible disagrees, marriage is solely a Christian tradition ( i.e. that tradition did not exist prior to Christianity), gays aren't really gay they simply made an unhealthy lifestyle choice and in having sex they are confusing the roles of gender: 34, 83



BTW, In light of his previous posts I've activated my troll alert regarding this one::suspect::thinking:

Charlotte north west here, little rock road exit. Want a guy on guy experience, hit me up for fun !

 

[BigDallasDick8x6]

I would say that in the general sense yes this site is intolerant of Christians. The reason is obvious . A very large % of this site members are gay and bi members . Christians are very against their life style . Also many members are liberal too.

You seem to assume that being Christian and gay are mutually exclusive. There are a lot of gay Christians in the world and even on this site.:wink:

 

[Axcess]

You seem to assume that being Christian and gay are mutually exclusive. There are a lot of gay Christians in the world and even on this site.:wink:

Of course those are mutually exclusive . Gay guys that believe that homosexual sex is compatible with Christian doctrine are delusional. Don't get wrong I'm not a Christian so I don't believe that being gay is wrong or bad.

 

[B_VinylBoy]

Gay guys that believe that homosexual sex is compatible with Christian doctrine are delusional.

Such a major tell... isn't it? :biggrin1:

 

[Axcess]

Such a major tell... isn't it? :biggrin1:

Of course I have to say that because most Christians aren't in general against gays as persons but they are opposed of gay sex.:smile::smile::smile:

 

[Cobalt Blue]

Yet another one who thinks it's possible for 1.57 billion people to all think EXACTLY the same thing.

Islamophobia is discrimination. Go read a book.

Islamophobia
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Function: noun
Definition: The act of objecting to one's transport being blown up on the journey to work.