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Re: Homosexuality

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Mjmjr25, what bothers me here is not so much your acceptance or not of the topic, but your attemt to legislate over other people's beliefs. You accept that others hold their religion as you do to yours and that as you have your Bible others have their Quran but that isn't reflected in your actions.

You want the freedom to practise your religion, yet you don't want others from having that right. The argument you are making is exactly the same as mine, yet you want yours to have more weight? That just doesn't make sense and it's natural for people to want to avoid it.

The same tenets that allow you to speak also allow me to do so. Why not give to God what is of God, and to the Goverment everything else plus taxes? :lol:


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I think your concern is understandable, but very simplistic man. He has not misapplied his mod powers and there's no reason to believe he will, it's not like he's chasing down the gay people on the forum and giving him the evil eye. This thread was civil, incredibly so given the topic, and I think it benefited the forum to have this discussion.

Would it be nice if everyone went and embraced homosexuality? Sure, but that's not going to happen out of thin air and I feel it was quite the polite topic. There's no forum better than RB for this, man and you know it. Really, don't think this means RB is bigoted au contraire, it not only means RB is quite welcoming but that it doesn't hold that fake idea that everything is nice and pretty but accepts the fact that sometimes a little war may be fought because not everything is done.

Having religious people around is a sign of health. Like having a communist party in your country, as silly you think they are, it would be sillier to think they don't exist and if they don't, there are quite big problems around the corner.

To summarize:

1) I do not think there's any reason to doubt his modding
2) I do not think he's damaging the image of the forum. In fact, I find his politeness and treatment of the topic comendable. He might be misguided but he's no bigot and obviously holds no hate against anyone.
3) I do not think his comments are insulting. No more than mine, I'm dickish than he and I'm the self-proclaimed right one.
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Re: Homosexuality

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BoneSnapDeez wrote:No response necessary for this; this is my last RB post.
I made a long post, but I thought it really served no positive purpose in the end.
I do suggest that you think about what you were thinking when you typed this and ask yourself if that makes sense in a logical worldview. Would you apply this same logic to other parts of your life; work place, school, shopping, in the park, voting, etc.?

Intolerance works both ways. ;)



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Re: Homosexuality

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General_Norris wrote:modding
Modera... ... ... nevermind.
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BoneSnapDeez wrote:As I recall, in the thread that followed Inazuma's banning, mjmjr25 stated that lurkers and potential forum users would be put off by the intensity of his comments. Truth be told, if I was a lurker and this was one of the first threads I saw I would high-tail it out of here. There's plenty of other gaming forums that don't have mods that hold such threatening prejudices. The fact that someone with said beliefs holds a position of power here (and thus has the power to ban me, edit my posts, etc) is deeply troubling, and I honestly question if it's even worth it for me to stay here.
Mjmjr25 and I have completely opposite views on this one. No middle ground whatsoever.

And yet there are only three people on this forum I respect, trust, care about, and believe in the way I believe in him. And that's on a forum full of people that I respect, trust, and care about.

I hope you come back. Mj is the last reason anyone should have for leaving RB.
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Re: Homosexuality

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General_Norris wrote: 1) I do not think there's any reason to doubt his modding
Wrong.

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Hey Mike, did I ever get back to you about that super rare playstation controller I lent you?
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mjmjr25 wrote:
General_Norris wrote: 1) I do not think there's any reason to doubt his modding
Wrong.

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Re: Homosexuality

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mjmjr25 wrote:Wrong.
Flake wrote:Hey Mike, did I ever get back to you about that super rare playstation controller I lent you?
:lol:

On a more serious note. I think it's just as arrogant to believe in (a) God(s) as it is not to believe in (a) God(s). It is impossible to prove God's existence just as much as it is impossible to prove there is no God. Me personally, I 'hope' there is a God, and more specifically, an afterlife. Afteral, what's the point of all this if it serves no purpose or has no continuation?...
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Re: Homosexuality

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Flake wrote:Hey Mike, did I ever get back to you about that super rare playstation controller I lent you?
??? Lemme dig through pm's...
mjmjr25, 6 months ago wrote:Hey bruv, that playstation pad got mangled by the boys in blue. You want I should ship it back or...
Flake, 5 months and 29 days ago wrote:Really? That's the 4th one Mike? Umm, is what it is, I guess :? why not see if you can at least maybe pad-hack it?
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Re: Homosexuality

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elmagicochrisg wrote:
mjmjr25 wrote:Wrong.
Flake wrote:Hey Mike, did I ever get back to you about that super rare playstation controller I lent you?
:lol:

On a more serious note. I think it's just as arrogant to believe in (a) God(s) as it is not to believe in (a) God(s). It is impossible to prove God's existence just as much as it is impossible to prove there is no God. Me personally, I 'hope' there is a God, and more specifically, an afterlife. Afteral, what's the point of all this if it serves no purpose or has no continuation?...
you can't destroy energy, there ought to be some kind of ride when our consciousness leaves the mortal coil.

in a side note sort of way i'll say i tend to think the notion of "god" is expressed most well in the Tao Te Ching.

..and like i said a while back, all righteous paths climb the same mountain. however some paths that are taught as righteous make people divide themselves and others unite them. part of that division is expressed in doctrine when it states that one man's path to happiness is more deserving of god's approval than another. and when one's faith would make them detest or fear for the soul of a man who chooses other ways. i maintain, if someone is not hurting others on their journey to personal completion than it can't be wrong. how could it? what could be wrong about it? other than that people who used to behave differently, including slaying and punishing non-believers, translated words of people who did the same before them and in some cases, for long periods of time, marched as far around the globe as they could either telling people their spiritual beliefs are ill gotten or down right forcing them to convert, say so. and WARS over HOLY land? how 'bout that. "..give them thumbs and they forge a blade.." but perhaps i digress, and maybe i'm just as equally convinced that i'm right and they're wrong. who knows?

shouldn't "unity with god" and "unity amongst men" be, well, one in the same?

or am i just completely off topic again? :(
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