Funny to see all these people judging other people and preaching fire and brimstone on these blogs. They range from the very old to the very young. What’s rather interesting about these same people is how many will deny science and what many others state just because 1 book written over 4000 years ago states its wrong.
Now lets compare that mindset of religious belief to the mindset of the education of our children. If your child went to school and brought home a text book published in 1960, would you not say that the book is outdated and we have learned much since then? I would hope you would, but many here just don’t see it that way. Nope that book is law and I will deny anything that proves it wrong and outdated.
What’s even more baffling about these people and their beliefs is how they choose to ignore almost every other law in that book but focus on one thing – homosexuality.
There I said it – HOMOSEXUALITY – HOW TABOO OF ME?!?!?!
OOOH – THE BOOGEYMAN OF REALITY!!!!!
Ok fine, you want to keep that mindset; lets focus on the other laws and answer these questions.
If the laws of this book are all written in stone for your mindset, how come you do not crucify men that go to church who have had testicular cancer? You probably didn’t know it but did you know that same book prohibits anyone with broken testicles to come close to God.
You got it – that same God you think that hates homosexuals so much, hates people with broken testicles too. Since I know you don’t know this I am listing it here for you:
For whatever man he is that has a blemish, he shall not draw near: a blind man, or a lame, or he who has a flat nose, or any deformity, or a man who has an injured foot, or an injured hand, or hunchbacked, or a dwarf, or one who has a defect in his eye, or an itching disease, or scabs, or who has damaged testicles; no man of the seed of Aaron the priest who has a blemish, shall come near to offer the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. Since he has a blemish, he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.
First off, your all hypocrites to ignore this passage right here because not only do I see handicapped parking at churches, people wearing glasses that go to church, hell, I have seen people walk into churches with crutches, or go in the church in a wheelchair. How dare you single out one group of people to make yourselves look better? If this loving God is so worried about my testicles, what kind of God is he, REALLY???? Why do you not stone people who cheat on their spouses? Why do you not stone unruly children and rid our selves of all the juvenile detention centers, and why do you not come here to Dearborn and kill all the Muslims because they are non-believers???? You got it, the book of Deuteronomy states to kill the people of neighboring villages if they don’t believe in what you believe in.
If any of you actually read Leviticus or any other book in the bible for that matter, and actually comprehended it, you would understand that these books make everyone a sinner and everyone unworthy to enter the temple of God. The books were written to show the people they needed a messiah, not millions of little god wannabe’s going around and making other peoples lives miserable, especially those that were born different than you. You would also think that if this were the most unholy of abominations, it would have been written in stone with the other 10 commandments, but no, these laws were written by man, for man.
One last note: If you really believe God put you here 6000 years ago and skipped the whole evolution process, you would think he gave you a brain to learn and advance your mindset; not close it off indefinitely!
When you stand in front of your God, will you tell him you were a loving human being because you wanted to be, or because you had to be?
The Bible contains 6 admonishments to homosexuals and 362 admonishments to heterosexuals. That doesn’t mean that God doesn’t love heterosexuals. It’s just that they need more supervision.
Washington:
Who we are: Approve Referendum 71 is the campaign to preserve domestic partnerships in Washington State. By voting to approve, voters retain the domestic partnership laws that were passed during this year’s legislative session, including using sick leave to care for a partner, adoption rights, insurance rights, and more.
What we need: We need phone bankers to get our supporters out to vote. Washington is an all mail-in ballot state, and we need to ensure our supporters put their ballots in the mail. Also, youth turnout is a critical component of our campaign, and youth turnout historically drops in off-year elections. So we need a lot of help to turn them out.
How you do it: Sign up here to make remote calls for Approve 71. We’ll then contact you for a training, and you can make GOTV calls.
Maine:
Who we are: The No On 1/Protect Maine Equality campaign is working to protect Maine’s recently-passed law legalizing marriage equality for same-sex couples. Our opponents have put the issue on the ballot for Nov 3, 2009. Because of Maine’s early voting election laws, people are already voting at the polls, so we need help immediately to turn out our side at the polls.
What we need: We need you to devote a few hours to Call for Equality. Call for Equality is a virtual phonebank set up so that you can call Maine voters wherever you are. Much of Maine is rural, where canvassing isn’t effective, so we need to reach these voters- along with other supporters- by phone. All you need is a phone and internet connection. No experience required! We’ll provide the training, and all you need is a a few hours to help get a win in Maine.
How you do it: Click here to sign up for a training and your shift. There are lots of times available for your convenience.
Kalamazoo, MI:
Who We Are: The Yes on Ordinance 1856 / One Kalamazoo campaign is working in Michigan to support the City Commission of Kalamazoo’s twice approved ordinance for housing, employment, and public accommodation protections for gay and transgender residents. Opponents forced a public referendum on the ordinance so dedicated local volunteers, led by former Stonewall Democrats Executive Director Jon Hoadley, are working to ensure voters say YES to fairness and equality and keep Ordinance 1856.
Why The Urgency: In the final weeks, the opposition has gone all out with aggressive disinformation and misleading red herrings to try to defeat the ordinance. This includes signs that say “No to Discrimination” (even though voting No actually supports continued discrimination of GLBT residents), transphobic door hangers and fliers, and now radio ads that falsely suggest that criminal behavior will become legal when this simply isn’t true. The Yes on Ordinance 1856 supporters are better organized but many voters who want to vote for gay and transgender people are getting confused by the opposition.
How To Help:
1) Help the One Kalamazoo campaign raise a final $10,000 specifically dedicated to fight back against the lies on the local TV and radio airwaves and fully fund the campaign’s final field and GOTV efforts.
Give here: http://www.actblue.com/page/3-2-1-countdown
2) If you live nearby and can physically volunteer in Kalamazoo sign up here. If you know anyone that lives in Kalamazoo, use the One Kalamazoo campaign’s online canvass tool to remind those voters that they need to vote on November 3rd and vote YES on Ordinance 1856 to support equality for gay and transgender people.
Contact voters: http://www.onekalamazoo.com/tellfriends2
The United States Constitution, you have to love it. Not only does it guarantee us our freedoms we enjoy and that many good citizens have died for to protect, but it also is there to protect us from our own self-righteousness.
I have heard many times before that the atheists, agnostics, and the Muslims are taking away the right to practice our religions. You see and hear this on TV, certain websites, and many, many blogs.
Is it really true it’s those non-believers that are fighting hard to take this right away, or is it the religious themselves the ones destroying this right guaranteed by the constitution?
The reason why I bring this up is because of the fear and propaganda I am hearing about the current president of this great nation. I have heard time and time again that he is a Muslim and he is out to destroy us.
When we accuse this man of being a Muslim, are we not taking away his freedom of religion? Are we not demonizing someone else’s belief and telling the world his belief should not be allowed or accepted? Are we not telling people that we should not have the right choose which religion, if any, is ours to choose?
Whether or not this man is a Muslim, I think those that are making him out to be this evil Muslim, are destroying not just his freedom of religion, but every other American in this country.
So the next time you want to disrespect the belief of another man, think twice and give us a good reason why your beliefs should be respected in return.
Ever since I can remember, I have always been told I have a soul and my main purpose for living was to worship and serve the almighty God. I was also told that we are all sinners and we must strive to be perfect and follow the rules laid out by God.
Every person on this earth has had to rely on their parents, teachers, and mentors to understand who and what God is, and what he expects of us. We are taught from an early age to follow our parents’ religion. Even though each religion has its faults, each one is based on a certain set of principles and those basic principles are supposed be the only answers we need to serve this God.
But who is this God? Why does he not come to his beloved people more often and lead them? Where is he when we are diseased, starving, and in war torn lands? Where is he when our leaders turn evil and enslave us? These are just some of the questions people ask every day, and for good reason. Who is God? Where is he when we need him? Why is God silent?
Maybe God is not whom we were brought up to believe God is.
What if our souls were just an energy source that will continue on even after our physical death? What if our souls are a part of God and we have been given the chance to live life for God through our own eyes and actions? What if God gave us the 10 simple laws because in fact, we are not going against man, but going against God himself? You do not kill your fellow man; you in fact kill a part of God. You do not steal from the rich; you in fact steal what God has done through that person. You do not hate those that are different then you; you in fact hate God himself.
We are also told about the 7 deadly sins. They are “Lust”, “Gluttony”, “Greed”, “Sloth”, “Wrath”, “Envy”, and “Pride”. What if these sins were pointed out because if we are just a small part of who God is, maybe he doesn’t want to be known for any of these actions?
Maybe God has sent many prophets to us with a combined knowledge from those who have already lived so we could strive to be better? What if we have over complicated what God expected of us and forgot why were are truly here?
I do believe in the end, you will face reality and that reality is nothing like you thought. I feel that we are given a gift of life, and when we fight our fellow man because we don’t like his sexual orientation, his color, or feel that since that fellow man is female is somehow below us, we will know in the end it was all for nothing and we will then know we wasted our lives with pettiness and hate. To me, that is hell, going through eternity knowing you wasted a precious gift on the wrong ideas and mindset.
