I am begining to loathe Americans.
What kind of monsters live in that country?
What kind of parents raise kids like that?

What kind of people do they hire to teach?

Americans, that's who.

Treat others as you would want to be treated.

Republican Response: BOOOOOOOOOO

Giltric: What happens in a couple years when the kids realize they were straight all along and that them being gay was a fad at the time.

i'm begging you, don't do this in this thread. please. i know it seems fun and you think it's cute, or maybe you even believe the hateful bile you spew here. But not here. Please, take your hate somewhere else.

Kurmudgeon: vudukungfu: I am begining to loathe Christians.

Then they conditioned you successfully.
why don't you call them by their real name, conservative republicans.
Or you can allow them to get away with using Christianity for their own means.
Christ didn't hate gays, so why hate Him and those who truly believe in Him for right wing's sake?

Christianity, in it's current form, I'm sure Jesus himself would be sickened by. It is no longer a reflections of Christ's teachings, but rather a tool used to control people and governments.

Kurmudgeon: vudukungfu: I am begining to loathe Christians.

Then they conditioned you successfully.
why don't you call them by their real name, conservative republicans.
Or you can allow them to get away with using Christianity for their own means.
Christ didn't hate gays, so why hate Him and those who truly believe in Him for right wing's sake?

I've read all four gospels more than once in several translations, and I Cannot find a single passge where Jesus even mentions gays, much less tells his followers to hate/persecute them.

He does however say considerable about loving your neighbor, not judging others, and most especially helping the poor and weak in your midst. This last point he hammers home on no less that 5-6 seperate occassions that I can think of just off the top of my head.

So why does so much of the public face of "Christianity" in this country * , particularly the evangelical variety, seem to spend all of its time hating gays and not say, running soup kitchens ?

It's because they depend on instilling in their followers a "bunker mentality"> To maintiant he kind of control they want, their leaders have to convince them that they are a small and persecuted minority whose only chance of survival is doing EXACTLY what their leaders say, without question (Which is why in OK the guillible were convinced to come out in droves to support a ballott initiative banning the use of "Sharia Law" in the state. The people that voted for the initiative seemed to really believe that having Sharia law imposed on them against their will was a very real threat, even though you could probably fit all the state's muslims comfortably in the "banquet room: of a local Old Country Buffet


(*note the qualfier, 90% of Americans are some form/flavor/intensity of Chrisitian, and most are good people whose religion has led them to have a poitve effect on the world)

beta_plus: This kind of thing could be mitigated by vouchers and school choice. Parents would be able to move their gay children to better schools, and the anti-gay bigots could stew in their own evangelical schools. Yes, it would suck for gay children of evangelicals, but at least some might be saved instead of none.

Way to go libs! Those teachers unions are totally worth gay kids getting lynched.

Separate but equal, amirite? that will work out GREAT

You should look into this guy, George Wallace. I think you would agree with a lot of his ideas.

Aidan: It was used like that since at least the Middle Ages. But... I keep thinking at least back then people got something out of it. A sense of community? On the third hand... I guess they're still getting a sense of community from it. Just - for the crazies - a much more primal, tribal version. You know... Barbaric.

Back then they didn't even get that. They got treated like crap in this life and told to accept it, in hope that something may happen in the next. Also used as a tool to commit atrocities, because nothing fires up the masses quite like "Those godless heathens don't belong on our holy land!"

beta_plus: This kind of thing could be mitigated by vouchers and school choice. Parents would be able to move their gay children to better schools, and the anti-gay bigots could stew in their own evangelical schools. Yes, it would suck for gay children of evangelicals, but at least some might be saved instead of none.

Way to go libs! Those teachers unions are totally worth gay kids getting lynched.

You're an idiot.

Where exactly are Christians listed in the Global Terror Watchlist?