The Homosexuality Discussion Thread

[Famine]

I imagine you were asking this for effect rather than actually wondering, but I'll say anyway that I think this is supposed to refer to Tarot (prounounced Tear-o) Cards.

I'd never have got there. In the UK it's pronounced to rhyme with barrow.

Of course Tarot cards (I have a set - they're pretty) are a precursor to the playing cards we use today. I'd struggle to accept a game of Scabby Queen is guided by demons...

 

[TheDrummingKING]

*Smurfette can't laugh without prolapsing.

That mental image man... That mental image.


You could probably find a video of it in some dark corner of the internet, too.

 

[Ranman20]

Tarot cards are also refered to as The devils card.

 

[TheDrummingKING]

Tarot cards are also refered to as The devils card.

Do you fear them then? I mean, they are from the devil after all..*


*They're actually complete nonsensical fiction.

 

[Danoff]

I'd never have got there. In the UK it's pronounced to rhyme with barrow.

...as in wheelbarrow. Yes that's how it's pronounced here. I suppose I shouldn't have used a heteronym in my earlier example. I meant tear, not tear.

Also I laughed pretty hard at the smurfette comment... nothing broke.

 

[Ranman20]

Do you fear them then? I mean, they are from the devil after all..*

*They're actually complete nonsensical fiction.

I wouldn't want to be affiliated with the demons but I am scared of them.

 

[FoolKiller]

Tarot cards are also refered to as The devils card.

By the users or religious groups? I've never heard them referred to in that way outside of my church. There is a Devil card in a tarot deck.

But I'm still hung up on the Smurfs thing. I never knew my childhood cartoon was about demons.

 

[Dan]

Imagination.

And drugs. Lots and lots of drugs.

That has to be the best post I've seen yet on GTP. 👍

I will come back later with a better answer once I arrive to a keyboard at home.

I'll be waiting. *grabs popcorn*
Your posts are hysterical. You should try stand-up.

 

[Scaff]

Smurfs are deamons!

Ranman20, how the hot jalapeno sauce does that work then, what with them (smurfs and deamons) being fictional and all that?

 

[Dan]

Smurfs are deamons!

Ranman20, how the hot jalapeno sauce does that work then, what with them (smurfs and deamons) being fictional and all that?

The same way conspiracy theorists think every time there is a triangle they immediately go "ILLUMINATI!"

 

[Terronium-12]

I can only imagine what he thinks of the Snorks and their snorkels.

 

[Dotini]

Angels and demons are a part of Protestant and Catholic religion, additionally, Djinn (genies) are a part of Islam. It is not considered circumspect by believers to speak overmuch of demons and Djinn. However, the point here in the homosexuality thread is that mainline Protestantism has been a failing institution for decades - for about exactly as long as gays have come to be more accepted in our developed western culture (albeit more so by the youthful than the elderly).

Very recently, public opinion on gay marriage has shifted from 65% opposed in 1996 to 44% opposed in 2012, and in favor from 27% to 48% in the same time. This is nothing short of a cultural revolution. 90% of folks over 65 are religiously affiliated, while only 67% of those 18-29 are affiliated.*
These trends will pick up in pace in the coming years.

*Source: Pew Research Center, ("Don't know/refused" not shown)

Respectfully submitted,
Steve

 

[paddyree]

Terra cards, the smurfs are supposed to be blue demons, palm readers are controlled by demons, demons associate with voodoo.

Got to be a troll - or somebody who can floss between the ears

 

[Azuremen]

I wouldn't want to be affiliated with the demons but I am scared of them.

How did you figure out how to use the Internet?

Serious question.

 

[Ranman20]

How did you figure out how to use the Internet?

Serious question.

I thought I had enough today, now this!

I was curious when I was a kid and then my parents let me use the computer one day. Years later I started to get on the internet. I mainly played games.

 

[Joel]

I thought I had enough today, now this!

I was curious when I was a kid and then my parents let me use the computer one day. Years later I started to get on the internet. I mainly played games.

Yeah, you're the one being victimized.

Get real.

 

[BobK]

So are these daemon things bad? Because I seem to have a number of them on my computer. With names like syslogd, httpd, artsd, crond and smbd.

As far as I know, though, they are neither gay nor straight, so I suppose this whole demons/daemons/deamons thing is off-topic.

 

[theRealMeyer]

So are these daemon things bad? Because I seem to have a number of them on my computer. With names like syslogd, httpd, artsd, crond and smbd.

As far as I know, though, they are neither gay nor straight, so I suppose this whole demons/daemons/deamons thing is off-topic.

That is just too good.

 

[20832]

To give my 2 cents to homosexuality.

I'm not a fan of the lifestyle nor the (sometimes) over - the - top behaviour of some homosexuals (mostly man), BUT I don't see any problem as long as they keep out of this.
People, who are gay should live as they want and desire. That's perfectly fine for me!
I even have some gay friends and I get along with them as fine as with straight friends, they're even more fun sometimes.

I hope I don't get randomly attacked by you guys because you misunderstood something

 

[homeforsummer]

Humans create rules now, what ever happened to God? Why do athiest have to exist? Why do people get to have opinions?

I'm not sure, why are you posting again?

Because I want to, not because I can but because I want to.

I think you missed my point.

If you spew a load of opinions onto the internet and then ask why people get to have opinions (in context of people having the right to do something other people are able), then task number one is to question why you're even posting in the first place.

You're asking why people should have a right to opinions. By voicing your opinion.

 

[Villain]

You challenge me on the incest and polygamy points, I respond and you quit. I expected more.

I challenge that those aren't points at all. Just like when they were made for interracial marriage. There is no slippery slope. It's that simple.

*Walks outside
**Points at nothing

There is your slippery slope. 👍

 

[Pako]

I do not understand homosexuality. That is a problem for me if I am to keep an open mind about it. Furthermore, I have religious doctrine that does not endorse it, and I have state laws that do not recognize it.

The only problem I see is that homosexuals want to be treated like normal heterosexuals. Any time a group feels like they aren't being treated fairly, it becomes a problem.

 

[Dan]

I do not understand homosexuality. That is a problem for me if I am to keep an open mind about it. Furthermore, I have religious doctrine that does not endorse it, and I have state laws that do not recognize it.

The only problem I see is that homosexuals want to be treated like normal heterosexuals. Any time a group feels like they aren't being treated fairly, it becomes a problem.

Perhaps they want to be treated like human beings too, and not like they are worse than the holocaust or the devil.

 

[Pako]

Perhaps they want to be treated like human beings too, and not like they are worse than the holocaust or the devil.

Care to elaborate, Dan?

 

[20832]

Any time a group feels like they aren't being treated fairly, it becomes a problem.

Well, isn't that the same problem with religious groups also? I'm sorry, but the USA is the only country I know, which is so dazzled by religion and religious beliefs.
That's the reason, why gay people still do not have the same rights as straight couples.

Because of the conservative and religious views! Not that I can really jugde this 100% from Germany, but for me that's the problem. It's not like gay folks hurt anybody! It's not like gay folks can't raise a child properly! It's the narrow - minded view of the church, what "god" preaches.

Okay, I gotta admit, I'm not religious. I do not believe in anything, or as you would call it an Atheist, but I am very open - minded to a lot of things! Religion of any sort included. I respect people who are gay and so do I respect people who believe in god or something else.

But the eighth Commandment says "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour."
Why is a homosexual so much less in religious views? I don't get it!

 

[homeforsummer]

Any time a group feels like they aren't being treated fairly, it becomes a problem.

I can't tell whether you're saying this in support of gay marriage (despite your religious beliefs) or against it.

If the latter, then the logical and moral thing to do is to ensure people are treated fairly.

 

[Joel]

I do not understand homosexuality.

What is there to understand? Some men like having sex with men and some women like having sex with women.

That is a problem for me if I am to keep an open mind about it. Furthermore, I have religious doctrine that does not endorse it...

OK, so don't have gay sex or get married to a man.

...and I have state laws that do not recognize it.

Sounds like the laws are the real problem here. Open mindedness doesn't mean you have to feel comfortable with the thought of two guys going at it, it means you have to get beyond your upbringing and personal moral code to recognize that there is nothing objectively immoral about homosexuality, much less any justification to have unequal treatment under the law.

The only problem I see is that homosexuals want to be treated like normal heterosexuals. Any time a group feels like they aren't being treated fairly, it becomes a problem.

I don't see the gay rights movement as a "problem". Also, heterosexuality isn't "normal", homosexuality isn't abnormal or a deviation from heterosexuality, it's simply a different sexual orientation.

I can't tell whether you're saying this in support of gay marriage (despite your religious beliefs) or against it.

If the latter, then the logical and moral thing to do is to ensure people are treated fairly.

Also this. I'm not entirely sure what you meant so the lecture may be out of place here.

 

[Dennisch]

What if body builders aren't allowed to get married because of state law? That would be silly, wouldn't it?

Now exchange body builders with gay people..
It's still silly!

 

[Pako]

What is there to understand? Some men like having sex with men and some women like having sex with women.

OK, so don't have gay sex or get married to a man.

I don't see the gay rights movement as a "problem". Also, heterosexuality isn't "normal", there isn't a default sexuality that gays have deviated from.

It's a problem for them.

Heterosexual is normal, that's why they call us "normies".

 

[Joel]

It's a problem for them.

Heterosexual is normal, that's why they call us "normies".

There is no normal when it comes to sexuality. It isn't just gay or straight, there's at least fifty shades of grey.