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Re: 40% of homeless youths are LGBT
« Reply #15 on: July 21, 2012, 11:57:51 pm »
Quote from: N. De Plume on July 21, 2012, 11:04:57 pm
Quote from: Veras the Brujah on July 20, 2012, 03:41:21 pm
Even if the parents do believe that homosexuality is a sin, don't these sentiments mean anything?

Not as much as “Man shall not lie with man as with woman, it is an abomination,” with no regard for what the word translated as “abomination” actually meant, of course. ::)

Please tell me what it meant. I need ammunition against fundies.
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Re: 40% of homeless youths are LGBT
« Reply #16 on: July 22, 2012, 12:33:39 am »
Modern translations usually render that word as "detestable," and if I remember correctly, the Bible also refers to pigs as "detestable" using the same word. Of course, this hasn't stopped anyone from enjoying their bacon.

Regarding the "unconditional love" passages, the thing about idolizing the Bible is that you can find a verse to justify almost anything. In this case, a passage in one of Paul's letters to the Corinthians mentions that they should not associate themselves with someone who claims to be a Christian but is sexually immoral (among other sins) and finishes with the line "With such a man do not even eat." I suspect this verse is often cited by parents who disown their children for being LGBT.

EDIT: This page covers the various words translated as "abomination" and the places they occur in the Bible.
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Re: 40% of homeless youths are LGBT
« Reply #17 on: July 23, 2012, 08:29:39 am »
True, but why are there so many people who have been thrown out for being gay and so few for masturbating?

Maybe it's that "love bears all things" except for ... *shudder*... gay!
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Re: 40% of homeless youths are LGBT
« Reply #18 on: July 23, 2012, 04:21:41 pm »
Talk about unintended consequences.  My wife once got a perm that features very tight curls.  She asked how she looked.  I said she looked like a demented Shirley Temple.
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Re: 40% of homeless youths are LGBT
« Reply #19 on: July 23, 2012, 08:37:30 pm »
Viking,

My testicles hurt just thinking about what would happen if I said something like that to my wife...
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Re: 40% of homeless youths are LGBT
« Reply #20 on: July 23, 2012, 09:56:58 pm »
Quote from: Old Viking on July 23, 2012, 04:21:41 pm
Talk about unintended consequences.  My wife once got a perm that features very tight curls.  She asked how she looked.  I said she looked like a demented Shirley Temple.

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Did you mean to post that on a different thread?
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Re: 40% of homeless youths are LGBT
« Reply #21 on: July 23, 2012, 10:22:27 pm »
Quote from: Veras the Brujah on July 23, 2012, 08:37:30 pm
Viking,

My testicles hurt just thinking about what would happen if I said something like that to my wife...

I don't have a wife, nor do I plan on getting one due to lack of lesbianism on my part, but the mere thought of saying that to someone caused a wife to spontaneously materialize out of thin air to punch me in the stomach.
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Re: 40% of homeless youths are LGBT
« Reply #22 on: July 23, 2012, 10:30:37 pm »
Excellent.  My evil plan to indirectly punch somebody through the internet was successful.
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