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#679663
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The Controversial Discussions Thread (Was "The Prejudice Discussion Thread" (Was "The Human Sexuality Discussion Thread" (Was "The Homosexuality Discussion Thread")))
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Warbler said:

EyeShotFirst said:

Like I've said many times. Tolerance is a double-edged sword. If you want the Christian community to tolerate the gay community, you've got to tolerate that most Christians believe the act of gay sex to be wrong.

I agree with this sentiment, but I don't think A&E's problem with Roberson was that he said the homosexuality is sin, but that he compared it to bestiality. 

But I do think the situation shows what Ender was talking about before:

talk disrespectfully about homosexuals and you get fired

talk disrespectfully about Christianity and that is perfectly ok, no big deal.  

I can't tell you the numbers times I've heard people on tv talk just as bad about Christianity as Robertson did homosexuality and no one had any trouble with it whatsoever.

 I agree. People seem to be able to get away with Christian or Christianity bashing, but when the Christians start saying that homosexual acts are wrong, then there's trouble. Not without exception, of course, but why is it OK to insult Christians but not to say that homosexual sex and marriage is wrong?

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#679651
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The Controversial Discussions Thread (Was "The Prejudice Discussion Thread" (Was "The Human Sexuality Discussion Thread" (Was "The Homosexuality Discussion Thread")))
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/679651/action/topic#679651
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http://thechristians.com/?q=node/982&utm_source=theChristians.com+Subscribers&utm_campaign=94a3b56628-TCH-Issue0182-WS&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ce469a7d32-94a3b56628-61075577

I'm not giving any opinions or anything on this--just providing another topic of discussion.

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#679572
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How about a game of Japanese Chess, i.e. Shogi? Now playing Shogi4
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/679572/action/topic#679572
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L-1b

I am enjoying the game, and I wouldn't mind playing again after you defeat me. :) Obviously I have plenty of room for improvement, but that doesn't make me enjoy the game any less. It turns out my Dad has a Shogi game (with a couple pieces missing though) and he used to play it a fair bit, so I think I might play him for practice. I would probably teach it to someone else once I got good enough. Right now I don't know enough strategy to be a good teacher.

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#679416
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The Musician's Thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/679416/action/topic#679416
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I don't have a whole lot of musical experience, but I've been playing the clarinet for a couple years. Like Leonardo, my main musical talent is singing. I sang soprano in a school choir (which was actually very good) when I was in elementary school. I haven't been in any singing groups since, but I can still sing (though I'm a bass rather than a soprano now).

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#679311
Topic
The Controversial Discussions Thread (Was "The Prejudice Discussion Thread" (Was "The Human Sexuality Discussion Thread" (Was "The Homosexuality Discussion Thread")))
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/679311/action/topic#679311
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Jetrell Fo said:

RicOlie_2 said:

Jetrell Fo said:

...Homo may also refer to:

...

  • ?μο-, Greek prefix meaning "the same", opposite of "hetero-" (Greek ?τερο- )...

Heck, if you break the word down homo+sexual literally it simply says man sexual .... no inference to being gay at all. ... 

 There you go. In this context it has nothing to do with the word "man." It means "the same."

Exactly why I said the word has been given a perceived meaning "after" I posted all the references.  Thanks for pointing out the obvious though .... now at least others don't have to guess. 

 Hey, that's my job! ;)

The way you worded the bit about "man sexual" or whatever, implied that you were choosing that meaning of the word rather than doing whatever you were trying to do.

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#679294
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Ask the member of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church AKA Interrogate the Catholic ;)
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Well, we can eat that now, so that isn't a problem. The practical reason for disallowing certain kinds of meat under the Mosaic law was probably because they didn't know how to cook it properly, so God, instead of giving them a Mosaic cookbook, prohibited it, which also served as a discipline and to set the Israelites apart from other nations.

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#679285
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The Controversial Discussions Thread (Was "The Prejudice Discussion Thread" (Was "The Human Sexuality Discussion Thread" (Was "The Homosexuality Discussion Thread")))
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/679285/action/topic#679285
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Jetrell Fo said:

...Homo may also refer to:

...

  • ?μο-, Greek prefix meaning "the same", opposite of "hetero-" (Greek ?τερο- )...

Heck, if you break the word down homo+sexual literally it simply says man sexual .... no inference to being gay at all. ... 

 There you go. In this context it has nothing to do with the word "man." It means "the same."