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            <title>Re: &quot;Dear Dr. Laura&quot;</title>
            <link>http://www.dogchurch.org/forum/thread/21</link>
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hiiiiiiiiiiiiiii<br />
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Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's law. I have learned a great deal from you, and I try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind him that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination. End of debate. I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some of the specific laws and how to best follow them.<br />
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When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord (Lev. 1:9). The problem is my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. How should I deal with this?<br />
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I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as it suggests in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?<br />
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I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanliness (Lev. 15:19-24). The problem is, how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense.<br />
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Lev. 25:44 states that I may buy slaves from the nations that are around us. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans but not Canadians. Can you clarify?<br />
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I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself?<br />
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A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination (Lev. 10:10), it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don't agree. Can you settle this?<br />
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Lev. 20:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear prescription glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle room here?<br />
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I know you have studied these things extensively, so I am confident you can help. Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal and unchanging.
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            <author> no_email@example.com (Neeraj123)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:23:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>health of chihuahua (topic: health of chihuahua)</title>
            <link>http://www.dogchurch.org/forum/thread/49</link>
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With its big eyes, big ears, and bigger-than-life attitude, the Chihuahua is the epitome of cocky canine in a petite package.<br />
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In other words, this pint-sized pet is master of his universe and fears nothing, characteristics that make him a most suitable pet for some people and the worst possible choice for others. But a sudden spurt of popularity as the Taco Bell dog has brought notoriety, and demand for the tough and intelligent dogs has increased.<br />
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The Chihuahua has always been popular as a pet for elderly owners and apartment dwellers, so in an era when many breed registrations are declining, the number of Chihuahuas registered annually has increased from 29,860 in 1991 to 38,926 in 1997, an average increase of 1133 registered dogs per year and an overall increase of 30.4 percent. The number is hardly equivalent to the registrations of Labrador Retrievers, the breed with a lock on the number one slot for the past several years, but it has been enough to move the Chihuahua from 16th in popularity to 12th.
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            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:22:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Gender Dysphoria &amp; the Gender Continuum (topic: Gender Dysphoria &amp; the Gender Continuum)</title>
            <link>http://www.dogchurch.org/forum/thread/22</link>
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Transgender (pronounced <i>/trænz?d??nd?r/</i>) is a general term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies to deviate from the normative gender roles.<br />
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Transgender is the state of one's "gender identity" (self-identification as woman, man, or neither) not matching one's "assigned sex" (identification by others as male or female based on physical/genetic sex). "Transgender" does not imply any specific form of sexual orientation; transgender people may identify as heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, pansexual, polysexual, or asexual; some may consider conventional sexual orientation labels inadequate or inapplicable to them. The precise definition for transgender remains in flux, but includes:<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * "Of, relating to, or designating a person whose identity does not conform unambiguously to conventional notions of male or female gender roles, but combines or moves between these."[1]<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * "People who were assigned a sex, usually at birth and based on their genitals, but who feel that this is a false or incomplete description of themselves."[2]<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * "Non-identification with, or non-presentation as, the sex (and assumed gender) one was assigned at birth."[3]<br />
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A transgender individual may have characteristics that are normally associated with a particular gender, identify elsewhere on the traditional gender continuum, or exist outside of it as "other," "agender," "Genderqueer," or "third gender". Transgender people may also identify as bigender, or along several places on either the traditional transgender continuum, or the more encompassing continuums which have been developed in response to the significantly more detailed studies done in recent years.
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            <author> no_email@example.com (Neeraj123)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:20:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>my cute babies (topic: my cute babies)</title>
            <link>http://www.dogchurch.org/forum/thread/47</link>
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Third month already, we can't do much on how to improve the baby face because we have tried a lot included lipstick, hazeline snow and many type of creams but the result still the same. So forget about that..O.K. Now the baby can smile, hold your hand and now even more cute and much more easier to hold. My wife now much more happier because the other kids sometimes can look for the baby and she get more free time to relax...happy ever ending story.
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            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:19:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Now The Truth (topic: Now The Truth)</title>
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white house break in edition? i think i'm glad i don't get this
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            <author> no_email@example.com (Neeraj123)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:17:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>the tiny chihuahua who thinks he’s a great dane</title>
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I have just read a lovely story in chihuahua.dormitory.<br />
Charlie, the lovely chihuahua, is so so so adorable. here is part of the story, share with you all:<br />
charlie saw snow for the first time last year. he didn’t know what it was at first, but he soon started to run and play with the other dogs in it. charlie loves to pose for pictures. everytime he sees me with the camera in my hand, he will stay still and pose to give mommy that special picture.<br />
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charlie is so tiny that he was already 9 months old when he finally was able to go up and down stairs. even now charlie can’t jump up onto the sofa and forget about him jumping off it. i have to lift him up onto it and then also put him down on the floor when he wants to get off.
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            <author> no_email@example.com (joyce123)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:57:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>health of chihuahua</title>
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My darling Patty,she is a beautiful chihuahua. she is an one-year-old deer head chihuahua that i got from a reputable chihuahua breeder.this is my first chihuahua. when i first brought her home, i thought she was sick as she was so timid and shy. And I don't know how to deal with it.So I search on the internet and want to learn some basic chihuahua health knowledge. Share with you all the most helpful article I have read, which is posted in chihuahua.dormitory, symptoms and signs of a sick chihuahua: see a vet!
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            <author> no_email@example.com (joyce123)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:55:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>horrible news</title>
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It is horrible. When I read this news in chihuahua.dormitory Police on Friday found about 150 dead dogs packed in freezers in the basement of a <br />
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Michigan house littered with feces and trash where more than 110 live dogs, mostly Chihuahuas, were rescued this week.
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            <author> no_email@example.com (joyce123)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:44:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>my cute babies</title>
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we breed three Chi Babies.they are Maxwell, (6 months) Milo, (9 months) &amp; Matilda (also 9 months). While Milo &amp; Matilda are on the bigger side of the Chi scale at 7 &amp; 9lbs, Maxwell is on the more average size at about 4 1/2lbs. Milo is a bit more on the lazy side compared to the other two &amp; sometimes will just sit &amp; watch the others play. He is also a bit insecure which we are working on with him. They are all very loving however &amp; are always anxious to share kisses with their human's and with each other alike. Sometimes they'll lay in the sun bathing each others faces &amp; making sure they are all looking their best. Then they will burrow in blankets, pillows, etc until they fluff it up just enough to get comfortable &amp; then proceed to take a long nap. While none of them are the "alpha" (that's the humans job isn't it?!) our female, Matilda is by far the most bossy out of the group. If she wants to play, you'd better play or else you'll get a "donkey kick" until she gets a reaction. Typical female!<br />
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I was always a big dog person &amp; really was never fond of little dogs. However when wanting a new addition to our home, I did my breed research &amp; found the Chihuahua to best suit my wants in a dog. Apparently they surpassed my expectations as we went from one to three Chihuahua's in 3 short months with absolutely no regrets. <br />
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My pups are already great minding as a result and as an example of that as you can see, they are easily "pose-able" for photographs. )"<br />
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Unfortunately,I failed to post lots of photoes of my lovely Chihuahuas. But you can click to this websit chihuahua.dormitory, come on now, you can see our chihuahua babies which we are pround of and feel the happiness with us.
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            <author> no_email@example.com (joyce123)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:15:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Now The Truth</title>
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Discover at last what we are all waiting for. The concrete way to illumination. How to achieve the reversal of your consciousness. Enter other dimensional creations. Confirm by oneself if you are chosen or not to soon receive the Big Gift from the Spirit of God. <br />
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In english : <a href="http://video.antollma.org/NowTheTruth.html" title="http://video.antollma.org/NowTheTruth.html">http://video.antollma.org/NowTheTruth.html</a><br />
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En français: <a href="http://video.antollma.org/MaintenantLaVerite.html" title="http://video.antollma.org/MaintenantLaVerite.html">http://video.antollma.org/MaintenantLaVerite.html</a>
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            <author> no_email@example.com (Antoll)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:13:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>What is Janma Rashi/Moon Sign/Moon Ascendant?</title>
            <link>http://www.dogchurch.org/forum/thread/45</link>
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The accurate spot of moon in Vedic astrology exactly on birth time with all reverence to zodiac sign and to the place in the zodiac sign expressed in longitudes will be Janma Rashi/ Moon Sign/ Moon Ascendant. Resembling moon sign, sun’s longitude with admiration to zodiac at the exact birth time is the Sun Sign of the human being. <br />
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Sun signs are very important in western astrology where as Vedic astrology lays more important towards Vedic astrology.<br />
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By one sign Vedic astrology many times differ from western astrology on the basis of sun sign.<br />
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The difference arises ‘cause in western astrology the zodiac is moving where as in Vedic astrology the zodiacs are considered to be fixed.<br />
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In Vedic astrology the predictions of one’s life are predetermined depending upon the karma or an action of the past life. What is the relevance of 'free will' is a matter of screens philosophical debate. But as per Vedic astrology 75% of what happens to a person or human being can be known with the help of astrology <i><b><a href="http://www.astrology-india.com/" title="http://www.astrology-india.com/">Horoscope India</a></b></i> on human being’s karma. Vedic Astrology provides us with an insight in our quest to shape our destiny.
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            <author> no_email@example.com (KAMM11)</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:22:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Re&quot; Models of God (topic: So when did Jesus actually become a part of God?)</title>
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Charles,<br />
Absolutely, all our models of God are idols of our limited imaginations. Whenever we talk or think <i>about</i> God, our words and thoughts must inevitably be tinged with our idolatry, our love or loathing for our own concepts. We can bypass our idolatry only by talking <i>to</i> God, i.e., in prayer or contemplation.<br />
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To facilitate this for us Christians, God makes himself available to us as Jesus the Anointed One, the Christ, to whom we can relate person to person, in whom we find one who has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows - and who has triumphed over them all.
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            <author> no_email@example.com (scooper)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:10:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Models of God (topic: So when did Jesus actually become a part of God?)</title>
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Scooper:<br />
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The&nbsp; early Christians - and Christians today - have the same issue: how do I relate to something that is beyond the space-time energy-matter continua? Any description of God ... any word for God ... any reference to God of necessity must be symbolic.&nbsp; To the engineers and scientists in the room, any reference to God is simply a model that corelates with the data and allows us to make predictions about the nature and behavior of God as long as we stay within the data.&nbsp; The absurdity of what I just wrote is that modeling the un-modelable is impossible.&nbsp; So, as with the blind Chihuaha, we bark in the general direction where we hear a noise.&nbsp; <br />
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With that thought in mind, I suggest that focusing on our model of God - instead of God itself - is idolotry. The Christ - on the other hand - is someone to whom I can relate: the First Born of the Ressurected, He who sits at God's right hand, the Annointed One, the Messiaih, he to whom every knee will bow and every tongue will praise.&nbsp; This I understand.&nbsp; May He who has God's ear forgive me of my insults to Him and present me in his unblemished light when I stand in God's judgment.&nbsp; Get it?
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            <author> no_email@example.com (Charles)</author>
            <pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:43:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>More on Evolution (topic: Evolution &amp; Its Enemies)</title>
            <link>http://www.dogchurch.org/forum/thread/23</link>
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Here is an old thread on <a href="http://www.dogchurch.org/forum/evolution.html" title="http://www.dogchurch.org/forum/evolution.html">Evolution</a> from our previous Forum. Please comment using the reply links on <b>this</b> page.
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            <author> no_email@example.com (scooper)</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 04:11:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>More on Gay Marriage (topic: Defense of Marriage)</title>
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I have resurrected two threads form VCBC's old Forum, that we hosted prior to a Denial-of-Service attack:<br />
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<a href="http://www.dogchurch.org/forum/gaymarriage.html" title="http://www.dogchurch.org/forum/gaymarriage.html">Gay Marriage</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.dogchurch.org/forum/spittleflecked.html" title="http://www.dogchurch.org/forum/spittleflecked.html">Spittle-Flecked, Hate-Filled Fundie Ramblings</a><br />
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Enjoy and comment on <b>this</b> page.
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            <author> no_email@example.com (scooper)</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 04:06:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>The rest of this thread (topic: Gender Dysphoria &amp; the Gender Continuum)</title>
            <link>http://www.dogchurch.org/forum/thread/22</link>
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The rest of this thread is now reproduced <a href="http://www.dogchurch.org/forum/transgendered.html" title="http://www.dogchurch.org/forum/transgendered.html">here</a>. If you care to add your thoughts, use the reply links on this page.
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            <author> no_email@example.com (scooper)</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 04:01:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: Hidden Prejudices (topic: Defense of Marriage)</title>
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Charles,<br />
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You also have a hidden prejudice. You seem to think that we are all blank slates when it comes to developing our affectional orientations. I doubt this to be true. I use the term "affectional orientation," because I'm referring to whom you can fall in love with, not whom you can have sex with. I remember reading about a culture in which the rite for initiating its male youth into adulthood included copulating with a hole in a tree. I do not remember that any of the boys ever fell in love with the tree. The decision to have sex is much more accessible to our faculty of rational choice and free will than is falling in love. I think that heterosexuals tend to fall in love with members of the opposite gender, and homosexuals tend to fall in love with members of the same gender as themselves. I also know people who can fall in love with members of either gender - these people are called bisexuals.<br />
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Your argument seems to imply that you think all people are really bisexual. I doubt this is the case. If you confine yourself to physically gratifying actions, then you may have a point. But I was not referring to physically gratifying actions. I was referring to the capacity and ability to love.<br />
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In terms of the ability to love, I think there really are people who are nearly exclusively "homosexual." Again, I see no harm in extending to them the benefits of marriage and the disincentives of divorce. In fact, I think it beneficial to them and to society as a whole (especially in its discouragement of promiscuity, and the stability it provides for the children these couples legally adopt).<br />
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What diminishes marriage is the tolerance of couples living together without making the formal adult commitment of marriage. It is part of our culture's perpetuating adolescence into old age, in all its self-aggrandizing and self-defeating puerility.
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            <author> no_email@example.com (scooper)</author>
            <pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:36:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Hidden Premises (topic: Defense of Marriage)</title>
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Scooper, your challenge contains a premise or two.&nbsp; <br />
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Your first premise is that a person can be a "homosexual."&nbsp; I agree completely that a person can engage in homosexual behavior.&nbsp; I agree that homosexual behavior stimulates the sympathetic nervous system and produces pleasurable sensations that gratify both physical and emotional deisires.&nbsp; I agree that feelings of sexual desire can be aroused by a person with my same gender.&nbsp; I agree that feelings of sexual desire can be supressed by a person of the opposite gender. Where I disagree is that homosexual behavior is inevitable in any particular human being.&nbsp; The only thing we must do is die; all else is discretionary.&nbsp; I know that this is pedantic, but until everyone admits that behavior is based on choice which is based on free will - however colored by circumstance and genetics - we cannot have a rational discussion on the topic.&nbsp; <br />
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Your second premise is that marriage is nothing more than a social contract:&nbsp; I agree to have an ongoing (monogamous) relationship in exchange for certain social benefits.&nbsp; The presence or absence of copulation, procreation, and its attendant consequences are irrellevant.&nbsp; The presence of absence of children is irrellevant.&nbsp; How children are raised is irrellevant.&nbsp; The diffuculties &amp; nuances of heterosexual relationships are irrellevant.&nbsp; The example I set with my behaior is irrellevant.&nbsp; That all forms of sexual gratification are created equally (except - of course - polygamy, bestiality, statutory rape, and sexual assault / rape).&nbsp; We will leave fornication, adultery, and divorce for another post.&nbsp; If you define marriage as thus, again we have nothing else to discuss.&nbsp; Your question is rhetorical.<br />
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If you think that maybe, just maybe, marriage just might possibly affect someone other than the two participants, then you must ask the question, what is best for these other participants?&nbsp; Now, we can have a discussion.&nbsp; The first part of this discussion must split the issue into secular and sectarian marriage.&nbsp; Sectarian marriages by definition exist within the group of practicing believers and their orthodoxy.&nbsp; Within very broad constraints this must be respected or you will court civil war.&nbsp; The second part of this discussion then is left with civil unions.&nbsp; What should our society promote in terms of civil unions?<br />
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I argue that society should promote civil unions that promote the development of children into responsible contributing members of our society&nbsp; and that promote the maintenance adults as responsible contributing members of our society.&nbsp; We do not want to promote anything that encourages sloth, disease, lust, greed, gluttony, anger, psychoses, pride, selfishness, or any of the other social curses.&nbsp; To this end, I argue that monogameous heterosexual life-time civil unions provide the greatest benefit to the united couple, their progeny, and society at large.&nbsp; I also argue that society should not condescend to or patronize those who wish to set their sights lower or create a "separate but equal" social group.&nbsp; Next, to the Scooper's challenge, I argue making civil unions available to those who wish to publicly and proudly disply their predeliction for homosexual behavior makes it the equivalent of civil unons between those who engage in heterosexual behavior and thus encourages behavior that is not in society's best interests. It thus diminishes us all.<br />
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More to the true point of the challenge, I argue that discouraging homosexual behavior is not intrinsicly evil.&nbsp; This is no different than society discouraging my sinful behavior - however enjoyable and socially popular it might be (I will save my confessions for my priest).&nbsp; Two simple examples are divorce and alcholoism.&nbsp; No one who has survived a divorce would wish it on their worst enemy.&nbsp; No one who has survived alcholism would ask society to assent - much less consent or promote - its deleterious consequences.&nbsp; And any believer or group of believers that rejects sinners from their midsts because of their choice of favorite sin is simply engaging their own favorite sin - pride.
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            <author> no_email@example.com (Charles)</author>
            <pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:35:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Fundamentalism and Religion (topic: What is Fundamentalism?)</title>
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Becky, I would like to elaborate on the differences between religion and fundamentalism. To do this, I would like to start with a definition of religion: religion is the series of actions we take in our lives to understand God, to worship God, and to make us more God-like in a way that allows others to see God through us.&nbsp; Religion must be practiced in community - not alone.&nbsp; <br />
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Our internal relationship with God is our faith.&nbsp; When you remove all the covers, each person chooses their faith based on revelation from God. Yes, this revelation can be highly distorted by the medium through which it is received; yes, we can intentionally and unintentionally distort the revelation by our own predispositions.&nbsp;&nbsp; Each person's faith can be compared to that which is "orthodox" within any community of practicing believers.&nbsp; The antithesis of this is heterodoxy.&nbsp; Fundamentalism is a faith that is based on a very narrow set of revelations and a very narrow interpretation of these revelations.&nbsp; So far, so good.<br />
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The risk of evil that arises in fundamentalism is that of making this particular form of worship holy instead of the God to which it points.&nbsp; This then encourages the pride, anger, and moral &amp; intellecual sloth that is so readily characitured and so very offensive to outsiders.&nbsp; However, this is no different than self-justified sin based on any other rationalism.&nbsp; And the sinfulness of these fundamentalist messengers of God's revelation does not change the truth of God's message.&nbsp;&nbsp; We are all hypocrites in the eyes of God, and our offerings are but "bloody rags" in comparison to His holiness.<br />
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Assuming for the sake of discussion that I have just communicated God's truth to you, what should you do with this bit of revelation?&nbsp; Forgive.&nbsp; Forgive these sinners who attempt to lead you astray in their vain attempts to lead you to God.&nbsp; And ask God's forgiveness for judging them any differently than you pray for God to judge yourself.
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Antoll,<br />
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If anything like what you claim in your video were about to occur, I would have read about it in the <a href="http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/apj/current" title="http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/apj/current">Astrophysical Journal</a>. The heavens are under constant scrutiny by professional and amateur astronomers, and the geological record of earth's temperature history is well known. There is nothing in the data that indicate the likelihood of any such phenomena as your video describes, in earth's past or near future, near meaning less than about 10 billion years. I must also point out that the continents are not "supported" by earth's crust - they are part of earth's crust, and because they are less dense than the mantle below them, they actually "float" on earth's mantle. Thus, they would not sink into the sea due to heating of the earth. Besides the oceans would boil away before the crust softened appreciably. The boiling point of water is many hundreds of degrees below the melting point of rock.<br />
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As for extraterrestrials, I bet that they exist, but that they wouldn't notice us, nor we them, even if we did have an encounter. They are probably just <a href="http://www.dogchurch.org/scriptorium/whales.htm" title="http://www.dogchurch.org/scriptorium/whales.htm">too different from us</a>.<br />
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As for the religious belief that God does not exist, <a href="http://www.dogchurch.org/scriptorium/rwdrebuttal.html" title="http://www.dogchurch.org/scriptorium/rwdrebuttal.html">try this link</a>. <img src="http://www.dogchurch.org/forum/unb_lib/designs/_smile/unb/smile.png" title=":-)" alt=":-)" style="vertical-align:middle;width:15px;height:15px;" class="smilie" /><br />
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You can take a deep breath and relax. Currently the biggest danger to humans on this planet is posed by other humans. As Einstein said, "Our technology has outstripped our humanity." Perhaps you can dedicate yourself to improving our humanity toward each other.
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APOCALYPSE - The Great Lie<br />
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Extraterrestrial World Contact (June 6th)<br />
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Rencontre avec le 666<br />
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Jésus CHRIST 666 - Le Code Antoll MA<br />
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            <author> no_email@example.com (Antoll)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:30:29 GMT</pubDate>
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Becky,<br />
From the tone of your posts, I'm guessing that you are closer to this subject than you ever wanted to be. As for our stand, see the sidebar in our <a href="http://www.dogchurch.org/school/index.html" title="http://www.dogchurch.org/school/index.html">School</a>.
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The overwhelming unconcern for innocent children as victims of sexual monsters calling themselves 'men of god' is mind boggling. When people get into such an uproar for the injustice they believe has been done to the gay population yet would never stand up anywhere and voice equal concern for these children...well, what the hell is wrong with this picture? When people love their church or pastor more than they care about the welfare of children, that proves who their god is. The adult gay population can speak for themselves.&nbsp; Children cannot protect themselves and what a pity and disgrace that so many are afraid to even address this subject.&nbsp; I see you are like everyone else in the churches. You have found your comfort zone and too bad about crimes against children that go unpunished. I guess it is hard to enjoy that pretty building, the choir in their silly robes, the preacher with his shallow sermon if one has to bother with ugly realities. Carry on and don't give it a second thought. I won't clutter up your forum with subjects that obviously are trivial to you.
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            <author> no_email@example.com (Becky)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
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Becky,<br />
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Thanks for all your thoughts and references!
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            <pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:51:22 GMT</pubDate>
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Actually, SNAP (Survivor's Network for those Abused by Priests) and other organizations DO protest against clergy abuse. But there is a thread here dedicated just to that.<br />
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If we are to prosper as a society, then we need to encourage people to get married, to procreate, and to stay (happily) married. The question here is how gay couples getting married diminishes this. I believe gay marriage strengthens support for straight marriage (which is its prototype), and I'm still waiting for anyone to prove me wrong.
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            <pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:48:07 GMT</pubDate>
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Well, we're getting off the topic of Fundamentalism as distinct from authentic religion. But I must say that eliminating religion will certainly not eliminate war. There were plenty of wars before religion became a major pretext for war, and there have been plenty of wars since. <br />
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As for Tom Paine, George Washington agreed with him that his high-minded philosophy was fine for some individuals, but he thought that one could not expect to maintain a nationwide civil society in the absence of religion.<br />
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Can we get back to the topic of Fundamentalism <i>per se</i>, or are Fundamentalism and Religion the same thing to you?
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            <pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:57:40 GMT</pubDate>
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Christians divorce at the same rate as non-believers. Chrsitians commit adultery at the same, if not a higher rate than non-believers(of course, it is really the devil making them).&nbsp; Children of christians go through the ordeal of facing broken homes just as the children of non-believers. Christian pastors now divorce and commit adultery.&nbsp; Many have been caught viewing porn on church computers. Thousands of so-called clergy are nothing more than pedophiles.&nbsp; I guess the question is who determines what 'sanctity' of marriage is?&nbsp; The biblical views on marriage make me gag.&nbsp; The woman is reduced to the level of cattle and is never permitted to leave a marriage unless she stays single for the rest of her life.&nbsp; Even if she is in an abusive marriage and kids also are being abused, there is no help for her or hope of happiness.&nbsp; Is that sanctity?&nbsp; Go to a shelter for abused women and children before you answer.&nbsp; The self-righteous have to have someone to judge. It keeps them from facing their own hypocracy. The same verse they use to condemn gays is the same verse that condemns adultery, lying and gluttony, but they remain silent on thsoe issues.&nbsp; Pot calling kettle or pious stupidity?&nbsp; I have no way of knowing why some people are gay and frankly it is none of my business. I have known many gays who would help you any way possible. These people are gay, not child molestors.&nbsp; Thousands of christian clergy have been convicted of child rape, also another topic never addressed in church...I wonder why! Their fellow christian brothers never protest nor point a finger at them....again, I wonder why?
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            <author> no_email@example.com (Becky)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:46:02 GMT</pubDate>
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One more item and I will try to be quiet...for awhile. If you google 'children abused by pastors', you will get about 76 pages of disgusting horror.&nbsp; Do you honestly think anyone in your comfy church is going to announce they rape kids?!!!&nbsp; Some of these sick monsters had raped for years and years before they were found out. Some of their victims were grown and these creeps were still preaching the good old gospel and raping a new crop of kids. The facts and the proof is there for free to those who care.&nbsp; If not, go on back to your church and continue to tell kids how god has angels all around to protect them!&nbsp; And don't forget to keep them singing Jesus Loves Me, for the bible tells me so.&nbsp; You pushed the wrong button with me on a subject you know absolutely zero about. People like you enable evil instead of doing something to rid the world of it.
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            <author> no_email@example.com (Becky)</author>
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Here is another link with some of the most indepth reporting on pedophilia and how it is getting worse and worse. It proves how many top level men are involved...that should scare the bejeebers out of anyone. Read this first link and then at the bottom of the page is a list of the others in the series. READ THEM ALL! <br />
I forget who said that all it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.&nbsp; That is total BS. Good people will not sit back and do 'nothing'. Cowards, self-serving, coldhearted, greedy and unconcerned people will do nothing. <br />
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<a href="http://www.the7thfire.com/Politics%20and%20History/Pedophocracy/child_sexual_abuse_in_US.htm" title="http://www.the7thfire.com/Politics%20and%20History/Pedophocracy/child_sexual_abuse_in_US.htm">http://www.the7thfire.com/Politics%20and%20History/Pedopho…</a>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:09:59 GMT</pubDate>
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You need to read Betrayal of Trust: Clergy Abuse of Children By Annie Laurie Gaylor if you truly think preist/clergy sexual abuse of children is rare and isolated. I also detest the fact that som many still regard these sick perverted parasites as 'men of god' who have broken their vows.&nbsp; Sheesh, it is a proven fact that pedophiles go where there is easy access t o innocent children and where the parents teach the child to trust these dirtbags.&nbsp; This book documents thousands of cases of some of the worst abuses ever prosecuted in this nation. Many people prefer to live in a la la land rather than face this fact, but the fact is that men who claim to be pastors and preists, called by some god, are raping and sodomizing children, even infants. <br />
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The best job in town for a sick pedophile is being a 'man of god'.&nbsp; They don't work, get a free home, insurance, respect to the point of near worship, all the children they desire who have parents that have no clue but have taught them to trust and obey the preacher. No one suspects them for the low-life scum they are until a child's life has been destroyed. These monsters do not 'fall' they carefully choose and groom the children and know how to control them.&nbsp; You most definately need to read this book. It is free online. <br />
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There is also an epidemic of child sex rings being operated from this nation. Next time you see a missing child flyer, look at that child and try to imagine the hell he/she may be going through. Child porno is flooding this nation via internet rings.&nbsp; One detective reported videos with toddlers being raped while they screamed until they passed out. He said the 'shelf' life among abducted kids is about 2 years. As long as people choose to stay blind, there will be little hope for these precious children. I wonder where god is when children are being raped, sodomized, tortured and killed?&nbsp; I worked in a school and then for a doctor and I have seen part of the ugly side. People debate over doctrine and few give a rats ass about this nations children...worse still, they really don't want to even know.<br />
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Here is the link for the book: <a href="http://ffrf.org/books/betrayal/#chap1" title="http://ffrf.org/books/betrayal/#chap1">http://ffrf.org/books/betrayal/#chap1</a>
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