[One Winged Angel]

[quote=The Strangler]And you are basing this on what? Also, the "flaming homos" comment is pulling a LOT of steam out of your argument. I have a friend who is gay, and he didn't start out as a "flaming homo", but he eventually became one through hanging out with gay people after he caame out of the closet. I think this is a result of feeling repressed for 20 some odd years and feeling like something was wrong with him, rather than he just wants to be gay. Considering the amount of prejudice that homosexuals face in America, I don't think anyone would pick that if they had a choice.[quote]

I'm aware of that, but I'm not pointing fingers at your friend. Personally I do know guys who wanted to gay... sorry, that was a little personal on my part.

Um, NO. Homosexuals were around a LONG time before Jesus. There are many accounts of gay bath houses in Rome and many other cultures before the birth of Christ. Christ hung out with 12 guys... what does that tell you? (Ok, that was a REALLY bad joke)

I didnt say gays weren't around before or during christ. Now, where was Jesus located during christ... Jerusalem! Even though Jerusalem was apart of the Roman Empire, it wasn't Rome now was it?

Also that was a very disrespectful joke you made.

Thats your religious opinion, not necessarily true. Plus there are even holes in your argument. The Bible has been translated and retranslated numerous times. These were all done by man. If man if inherently fallable, whats to say there weren't mistakes. Maybe God loves Homos and we straight guys are going to burn in hell.

Even though the bible has been retranslated at times, the main point is still put out. I had a looong talk with Bond about this. Also another thing, considering that you don't know anything about the bible, you're not liable to say something like

Maybe God loves Homos and we straight guys are going to burn in hell.

As a matter of fact god loves every human being. So, why don't you just shove a foot up your @$$. :P

Science can't PROVE that gay men are born straight. Can you PROVE that being gay is just a choice or that God didn't make them that way? I even challenge to to find the part of the Bible that states that God didn't make people gay. Also, if Jesus (who is an extension of God) wanted to treat everyone evenly to follow the word of God, then why are some peope gay, and most aren't? It doesn't sound like they are being treated evenly to me.

I can't say that god didn't make them gay, but I can say that he doesn't want them to be gay.

Even though Jesus wanted people to be treated evenly, people don't. That's the kind of society we live in, not everyone listens to his word. Also, there are non-believers who are still treating them unfairly as well, that doesn't pertain to only christians.

think each church should be allowed to make their own decision on that, except the Catholic church because their own stance in hippocritical considering the actively harbor perverted homosexual priests. At least most gay people aren't predators, unlike those that the Catholic Church protects.

You're speaking for only a very few number of priests. Those are the disgusting sinners that should not have such a role in any church.

Why the government has not gotten involved in whole pedophile priest ordeal, I have no idea. Last time I heard an adult sexually forcing themselves on a minor was against the law.

I am not sure of that either, most likely because the Catholic church is not only in America. Even though most of the cases were, I guess there is a logical explanation of that.