Yep.
Gay Exorcism!?!?!
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Yes. Just as the process which brought us the canon of the Bible was also divinely inspired.
Wow, that's a nifty little trick. My hat's off to you.
Well, God's the one that did it! I merely accept what He did.
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Well, I think gays should excercise: it's healthy and...*reads thread again*...oh...NEVERMIND...
I sure do, without inconsistencies.
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Then there's nothing else I can say to you, except good luck and Godspeed in your personal endeavors.
It is self reinforcing. It's like the old sermons I used to hear when I went to a Pentecostal church, where the Preacher would say, "you have your theologians, you have your men of science who think they know God's word, but they don't. We know God's word. It's all right here in the Blessed Word of God, this King James Bible. Perfect and unchanged in every way."
It's all circular logic, and no amount of reasoned discourse, intelligent discussion or appeal to objectivism, will get any other kind of answer in such cases. It's why for some, gay people will always be defilers, wicked sinners who are perverted and filthy. They have been taught that by self serving church leaders who only wish to maintain the status quo as they know it. That is why you have Christians who believe being gay involves demonic possession, and why some of these hapless kids think they're possessed. For someone like me, that kind of teaching poisons the soul and blackens the spirit, diminishing the light and love of God inside that person.
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Yeah I agree completely. I guess I just like to tilt at windmills now and then. I'm fully cognizant of the fact that I won't be changing any minds. To be honest, it wouldn't be any fun that way anyway. Misguided as I find those beliefs, I do kind of admire the conviction that upholds them.
One thing is for sure, we all may have differing opinions, and that's ok, we all have the right to have them, and it doesn't mean we all can't be good friends and chat here on this wonderful BBS. I am sure we all have things in common, else we wouldn't be on a message board titled "TrekBBS" in the first place 
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Oh, yeah. Debate can be very interesting, but I've done it so much now that it becomes monotonous, because I get the same boilerplate answers every time. Maybe I'm just tired of that debate anymore.
One thing is for sure, we all may have differing opinions, and that's ok, we all have the right to have them, and it doesn't mean we all can't be good friends and chat here on this wonderful BBS. I am sure we all have things in common, else we wouldn't be on a message board titled "TrekBBS" in the first place
I agree with that.
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So far he's been right, corroborated by J.Allen's links as well.
Mike, you been taking classes?
Hoser, had to sit through semesters of Church History
And then your ass is mine.
The thing that i will continue to say is that, what is the big deal if i get married? How will my gay marriage affect your straight one? Will your marriage suddenly end in divorce because i got married? I just ... don't get it. All i want is to be able to celebrate my love the same way that a man and a woman can. Is that so much to ask?
I want gay marriage legal
But you don't want it accepted. It's not fair.
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I think what he's saying (and he can tell me I'm wrong), is that he wants you to have the right to marry the person you love, he just doesn't want it to become the societal norm. I think.
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But that still doesn't make sense though. So pretty much, he wants two things?
