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Rock Climber describes hacking off his own arm
Ignorant Bigot Needs A Science Class.
However, seriously MINK, you're absolutely right. When Jesus told people to love their neighbor, the next thing people asked was who their "neighbor" was. Everyone wants to get out of that one, but Jesus meant all people.
You want to know how I'd react if my literal neighbor was literally gay? I'm not a scholar necessarily, but I did go to a Christian college and minor in Biblical studies. I don't think any of my neighbors are gay (they're all married, but you never know), but I'd like to believe that I'd still invite them over for cookouts, share a beer, let my kids play with their kids, and watch the game with them. I wouldn't want to treat them any differently.
Since you probably want to know, yes I think homosexuality is a sin, but you're absolutely right MINK. Nowhere in the Bible does it say "shun all gay people." Homosexuality is not 'lower' sin, none of them are. I have my own sins that I struggle with so it would be incredibly hypocritical to put myself on a pedestal above them. I'm no better than anyone else. "Christians" that bash homosexuals (and usually lots of other groups as well) have turned a blind eye to their own problems and are now depending on their own self-established morality to save them, the very thing that criticized the Pharisees for.
Richard Dawkins - "Hate mail" from god´s children (58 sec)
Hilarious Twist on Wooden Spoon Prank
Mom, How Did I Get My Name?
Richard Dawkins - "Hate mail" from god´s children (58 sec)
The Secret Life Of Brian (Monty Python/religion documentary)
Kid with AMAZING voice sings national anthem
Counter-Strike - You Got Owned By A Five Year Old
Spoco2 I agree with you on a & c, but disagree on b & d. I wouldn't consider their laughter poor sportsmanship, just finding amusement in the kid's ability at the game - the whole point of the game is to shoot other people. Poor sportsmanship I think would be more along the lines of taunting them through the mic or in chat. Also, I don't think we can make assumptions about someone's personality by their laugh.
However, I do agree that this is poor parenting. Just because a parent claims to know that this violence has no affect on the child doesn't mean it is true. Desensitization at an early age has a rippling effect. Furthermore, most children at this age still have great difficulty discerning the difference between reality and fantasy and try to act out the things they enjoy (remember how children have imaginations?). How many of us broke our arms acting out ninja turtles? Guns are not toys and this easily puts that thought into kids.
This is also bad parenting because it's not exploratory or any kind of creative outlet, the kinds of things needed in the developmental stages. He says it helps develop hand-eye coordination? Bullshit. Yes, I know it helps that, but the parent is trying to justify that as some kind of reason to promote it. What this kind of entertainment really is is a quick solution. Instead of investing yourself, you can just plop the kid down and let something else keep the little squirt occupied - that's why they call TV the boob-tube.
When this kid acts out something he sees, it can't be blamed on video games. It can be blamed on shitty parenting. I have no beef with violent video games. Violent movies and books have been out forever. I just have a problem with parents buying mature material for young children and then blaming the medium when their kids do what kids do, which is act out what they see.
John McCain: Your Economic Problems Are Psychological
Girls waxing their private parts
A Really Really Really Big Storm