<B><I>Jef Allbright <jef@jefallbright.net></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <div>On 4/18/06, Anne-Marie Taylor <FEMMECHAKRA@YAHOO.CA>wrote:<BR>><BR>> ilsa.bartlett at gmail.com wrote:<BR>> >*what* precisely is the Biblical basis for objecting to homosexuals? (If<BR><BR>> Not that I'm an expert but my mother is a diocese<BR><BR>Do you mean she is Catholic? Otherwise, it appears that she must be very large.<BR></div> <div>>>No, She's Prostestant and Anglican, but we still read the same Bible:)</div> <div> </div> <div><BR>> and I have read the<BR>> Bible numerous of times. Their is no clear message from "God" per say<BR>> that says that homosexuality is wrong, it was man that decided that it<BR>> was "BAD".<BR><BR>Of course, many of us would point out that the Bible was written by men.</div> <div> </div> <div>>>It doesn't matter,
women (whether the norms where right or wrong)</div> <div>>>still played a role in their own way. It was very common not so long ago,</div> <div>>>that women used pen names when writing to hide from the norms</div> <div>>>problem, just because a name is written down, doesn't mean it can be</div> <div>>>verified.</div> <div><BR>> In cegep, the best explanation I ever received from one of my teachers;<BR>> "Homosexuality is just as important as heterosexuality as is regulates<BR>> the amount of people reproducing on the planet. If too many women<BR>> and men copulate too quickly it may endanger society, therefore, humans<BR>> are born differently to unsure the safety of our survival."<BR>> I'm not sure of the statistics behind it but it made a huge amount of sense<BR>> to<BR>> me.<BR><BR>What a nice lovely thing to say! I'm sure it must feel good and right<BR>to many people, but it makes no sense in terms of evolutionary
or<BR>ecological theory.<BR></div> <div>>>Like I said, statisticaly i'm not sure, it just seemed plausible to me. </div> <div>>>If i'm wrong then so be it, I would love to see statistics to proove </div> <div>>>me wrong, then at least, I could analize it and think of it differently.</div> <div> </div> <div>When you say it is the "best explanation you ever received", do you<BR>mean it gave you the best nice feeling, or do you mean that it seemed<BR>to fit all your observations better than any other explanation?<BR></div> <div>>>it fit all my observations to this date., better than any other </div> <div>>>explanation.<BR><BR>> I believe many smart and educated men wrote the Bible as much<BR>> as I believe that there where a bunch of idiots that wanted to deny<BR>> scientific data:)<BR><BR>Some people feel that is good and wise to accept that a person can<BR>never know something for sure, so we should not
try to judge other<BR>people or their beliefs.<BR></div> <div>>>I can't comment on this. I'm not sure. People do judge and people</div> <div>>>have beliefs. </div> <div>>>My opinion (for what it is worth) I don't judge..or at least, I try my best </div> <div>>>never to judge until I have read enough to at least feel comfortable</div> <div>>>giving references.</div> <div> </div> <div>Other people think that that some ideas work better than other ideas,<BR>and that there are all kinds of good and bad ideas in the world, and<BR>that we should always try to judge the value of our beliefs and other<BR>people's beliefs.<BR><BR>What do you think?</div> <div> </div> <div>I think any belief system is like listening to someone talk. If your open and</div> <div>really interested, it will be fascinating.</div> <div>If your not, it's because your stuck in your own bubble and aren't interested</div> <div>in
a global environment:)</div> <div>I hope that's ok to answer:)</div> <div><BR>> I hope I have been helpful<BR>> And of course, this is just my opinion:)<BR>> Anna<BR><BR>Thanks Anna. Many of us appreciate your unique presence on the ExI list.<BR><BR>- Jef<BR></div> <div>>>Thank you, and in return, I thank everyone on the Extropy chat for </div> <div>>>giving me an advance class on technology, science and AI:)</div> <div> </div> <div>Anna</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>extropy-chat mailing list<BR>extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org<BR>http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat<BR></div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p>
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