There are not greed pride parades, or people proclaiming on magazine covers "Yes, I'm a gossip." There are not gluttony neighborhoods or bars where liars openly gather. Men and women don't proudly self-identify as promiscuous.

Are you farking kidding me? Has this guy been in a coma for the last several decades?

Greed?!? It's completely institutionalized and the pillar of the GOP!

The...

AVN
High Times
KKK
NAMBLA
Hedonism Society of America

... are all breathing a collective, sarcastic sigh of relief.

Untrue.

As a living, breathing baconophile, I can assure you that we have an awesome cultural movement that involves putting bacon into as many things as possible and eating as much bacon as possible.

exick: I think a close cousin of the gay industry, the fashion industry, might have something to say about that.

Well, if sodomistic ways contribute to capitalism, I wonder if that's ok with the right.

Oh, look, another self-hating gay man standing in the surf yelling at the tide to go back out.

He and Santorum should hook up and go do Dutch Rudders together, they probably both need it.

he's so gay his farts and burps smell like cawk.

there i said it.


/NTTAWWT

eyehate: EDITOR'S NOTE: This monthly column about the issue of homosexuality

And this joker has written eight articles about homosexuality.

Stephen Fry, beautiful atheist and gay man, once said this, "The only people who are obsessed with food are anorexics and the morbidly obese. And that - in erotic terms - is the Catholic church in a nutshell."

no, the galactic empire is the catholic church in a nutshell, thats just homophobes in a nutshell.

Isitoveryet: he's so gay his farts and burps smell like cawk.

there i said it.


/NTTAWWT

But when Santorum goes ATM, does it smell like cawk, KY, jizz and poo? 40 Helens agree... YES!

Was that a Gatsby ref?

FTFA God sees the sin of homosexual expression as He sees all sin

These people see "homosexual expression" (i'm not even sure what that means) as this larger than life thing that can destroy the entire universe with a single fabulous thought. And yet we can't even get reasonable civil right legislation passed in most states.

/yea - lot of power there ...

Corvus: [www.turnbacktogod.com image 324x387]//link hot like Mary Magdalene

Things Jesus said against greed:

"Then Jesus said to his disciples, 'I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.'" Matthew 19:23-24


"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.' They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?' He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least among you, you did not do for me.'" Matthew 25:41-45


"No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money." Matthew 6:24


"For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?" Matthew 16:26


"Then [Jesus] said to them, 'Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.'" Luke 12:15


What Jesus said against Homosexuality:

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To be honest, it probably said Lorem Ipsum because he was too busy helping people to overwrite the Microsoft Word template.

gaslight: As opposed to say, alcoholism, or war, or greed...?

miss diminutive: Are you farking kidding me? Has this guy been in a coma for the last several decades?

Occam's Chainsaw: Yep, no cultural identity behind bigotry, greed, and pride.

Fine, fine. Better to say that homosexuality is one of several sinful behaviors that has a cultural identity behind it.

Happy now?

Squeaky wheel gets the grease, right? In this case, the wheel is his asshole.

Never hung out at a leather club, has he? Or a swingers?

\Or so I've heard.

Gangs
Plutocratic capitalism
Religious extremism

Occam's Chainsaw: Yep, no cultural identity behind bigotry, greed, and pride.

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None whatsoever.

SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!

Homosexuality Religion is the only sinful hateful behavior that has a cultural identity and movement surrounding it

FTFY.

sendtodave: gaslight: As opposed to say, alcoholism, or war, or greed...?

miss diminutive: Are you farking kidding me? Has this guy been in a coma for the last several decades?

Occam's Chainsaw: Yep, no cultural identity behind bigotry, greed, and pride.

Fine, fine. Better to say that homosexuality is one of several sinful behaviors that has a cultural identity behind it.

Happy now?

Sure, if you believe it is a sinful activity despite being no different than a heterosexual one which only has the added bonus of overpopulating this planet.

Corvus: [www.turnbacktogod.com image 324x387]//link hot like Mary Magdalene

Things Jesus said against greed:

"Then Jesus said to his disciples, 'I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.'" Matthew 19:23-24


"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.' They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?' He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least among you, you did not do for me.'" Matthew 25:41-45


"No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money." Matthew 6:24


"For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?" Matthew 16:26


"Then [Jesus] said to them, 'Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.'" Luke 12:15


What Jesus said against Homosexuality:

[this space left blank on purpose]

Also, bestiality, rape, rape-rape, child molestation, incest......hmm, never mentioned any of these either

It's on.

Honestly, I really don't understand why this kind of bigotry is tolerated in our society.

You do not have the "right" to condemn others' normal behavior as a "sin."

I mean, who the f*ck do you think you are?

fusillade762: Homosexuality Religion is the only sinful hateful behavior that has a cultural identity and movement surrounding it

FTFY.

Find any group that labels themselves for a virtue*....e.g. "compassionate" "liberal" "tolerant" "equality" etc etc etc....then ask them what they think about someone who disagrees with them. You'll see all the hateful behavior you'd care for.

*NEVER trust anyone who attempts to tell you what a good person/group they are.

That guy is gayer than something very, very gay.

Tom sounds fierce. Rawr.

The people who are trying to prove that there are other sins with an associated subcultural identity and political movement as with homosexuality are both wrong and missing the point.

For example, NAMBLA (an example given above) is nothing at all like the gay subculture. If Margaret Cho and Kathy Griffen are your favorite comedians, you are probably gay and a member of the gay subculture. There is no equivalence for NAMBLA members. It completely fails as an analogy.

Likewise, while there is a gossip industry (this website is even part of it!) there isn't a specific gossip subculture. Endless interest in the foibles and failings of "celebrities" is so cross-cultural that at best one can say "Humans love gossip." It's an ever present part of all cultures, not a specific subculture.

No, what's actually going on here is that the author of the article is making a compelling argument that homosexuality is not a sin. It is completely unlike the other sins, which suggests that it is miscategorized as a sin.