Sad as it may be that my twin has left, I actually thought he was already gone before he came into the thread today. At least he made it official instead of leaving silently like so many do.BoneSnapDeez wrote:No response necessary for this; this is my last RB post.
prfsnl_gmr wrote:There is nothing feigned about it. What I wrote is a display of actual moral superiority.
Because when people leave other forums they just simply disappear unless they're an attention seeker.brunoafh wrote:I've seen more "this is my last post" and "goodbye threads" on this forum than any other forum I have ever frequented. Yet at the same time it feels so lax here. Weird.
I think the reason is that people here get to know each other after a while, since the number of members who post on a daily basis is rather small (about 100, I'd say) despite the thousands of people who are technically part of the site. So when they leave, they want to let those whom they've gotten to know what's going on. I'd also say that people here probably take disagreements more personally than on most other forums, once again due to the small size of the community.brunoafh wrote:I've seen more "this is my last post" and "goodbye threads" on this forum than any other forum I have ever frequented. Yet at the same time it feels so lax here. Weird.
prfsnl_gmr wrote:There is nothing feigned about it. What I wrote is a display of actual moral superiority.
That's what I'm counting on...optmusprimenumber wrote:you can't destroy energy, there ought to be some kind of ride when our consciousness leaves the mortal coil.
Exactly...optmusprimenumber wrote:...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?
I'm done debating, i'm sorry i've offended people, truly. I knew the potential existed, so this probably should've been debated in PM's, maybe, dunno.mjmjr25 wrote: From the Christian perspective, we are all sinners, as such, we do not hate the sinners, we hate the sin. I sin everyday, and for that reason, among others, I try not to judge, but I certainly have a belief system that I try to live my life by.
To Dave's point about proof of a biological link. Is there not the same proof to biological links to pedophilia. I don't know if there is or isn't proof on either, I know some believe there is proof. My question to you, those who believe in biological proof, so then anyone whom is biologically prone to pedophilia, or sociopathic murder should be condoned? That is the argument you are making, from my perception of that argument. We can't disagree with something if we see a biological reason for it? So we can't disagree with the act of pedophilia?
I don't think you've been offensive at all, and I don't think you should apologize for your beliefs. You've been very respectful and tolerant of other people's beliefs. All you did is try to explain yours and why you believe them. The same way I did, you've voiced your beliefs and your views on them with backing from the Bible as to why you believe these things. These are things we should NEVER be ashamed for, you should be proud that you've found salvation.mjmjr25 wrote:I'm done debating, i'm sorry i've offended people, truly. I knew the potential existed, so this probably should've been debated in PM's, maybe, dunno.mjmjr25 wrote: From the Christian perspective, we are all sinners, as such, we do not hate the sinners, we hate the sin. I sin everyday, and for that reason, among others, I try not to judge, but I certainly have a belief system that I try to live my life by.
To Dave's point about proof of a biological link. Is there not the same proof to biological links to pedophilia. I don't know if there is or isn't proof on either, I know some believe there is proof. My question to you, those who believe in biological proof, so then anyone whom is biologically prone to pedophilia, or sociopathic murder should be condoned? That is the argument you are making, from my perception of that argument. We can't disagree with something if we see a biological reason for it? So we can't disagree with the act of pedophilia?
I do wish when using something so strong, that you would quote. Nothing makes my stomach churn worse than the idea of child rape, so I assume this is the quote you are referring to, not sure, but it would be best to quote something like that.
Again, sorry to have hurt feelings.
Seems kind of logical that intolerant people have less problems with tolerant people than vice versa...BurningDoom wrote:If anything, I believe others have been more intolerant of Christian beliefs in this thread than there has been any intolerance of homosexuality. I mean, I don't recall us ever calling anyone threatening just for having personal beliefs different than ours.
I agree. I didn't think the thread would make it to this many pages. There might have been a few touchy moments, but I don't even think those could qualify as 'heated.' Sure a few people got passionate, but I think everyone was pretty respectable. This thing had the potential to crash and burn within the first 5 pages, but it didn't. I'm impressed.BurningDoom wrote:And heck, that was as bad as it got. I think everyone has been pretty dang respectable to everyone in this thread, especially considering the controversial subject matter, and religion being discussed.
