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First of all it wasn't originally written in English. It was written thousands of years ago and has been translated and re-translated many times. It could apply only to sex between men and men, meaning lesbianism is permissible. It may only mean anal sex as opposed to other sexual acts between...

I'm not lingering on anything. It was a simple question. Why can't you be honest about your views and admit that adhering to them can cause people significant hardship and suffering?

I'm not even trying to argue about whether it is "evil." There is no point, you've made it clear that you find nothing more convincing than a questionable interpretation of an ancient text. But would you acknowledge that some people naturally feel homosexual urges, and that it may be very...

They don't build nuclear weapons or torture chambers either. You have deliberately misconstrued his point. If heterosexuality is the norm, as intended by some creator, why would there be gay animals? Obviously animals are not doing it because they hate god, or because they want to live an...

So marriage and adoption are separate issue. Good. We agree. So why is allowing gay marriage, and marriage alone, harmful to the public?

How does it? I've heard your views about gay adoption and gays raising children. But how does merely allowing a marriage to occur affect children?

Now we just need separate roads for women.

Emotion is great for producing art. Deciding how to live our lives and what is right and wrong is a totally different story. I'm sure we've all experienced an emotional state where we felt like punching someone in the face. Hopefully our logical brain was strong enough to stop us. If...

Very true. People should read up on drugs before believing the government propaganda. Also worth noting that heroin can be delivered to the bloodstream by smoking almost as quickly as by IV use. However, most users suffer the extra risks of IV drug use because heroin is so expensive and they...

But that would apply to almost everything a child does; from choosing a school, a sport, friends ect. In all these cases adults have a large role in deciding things for children, and perhaps adults will decide wrongly. Why do we only consider it a problem that children may not fully understand...

Typical. Most posts have called for the thread to be deleted or have simply posted something like "end thread" or "of course its disgusting." As I said, I don't think its okay, but like all beliefs, its worth questioning. So far no one has provided a serious rebuttal of the OP or explained...

I am so fucking bored with all the islam threads. Can the mods please make one giant islam sticky.

Very unlikely crack would have even been popularized had it not been for the criminalization of cocaine. Quite frankly I'd rather have kids trying a bit of pure cocaine or heroin than some of the things kids determined to get high currently experiment with such as petrol, glue and aerosols.

So why do you believe them? Do you believe marijuana is more harmful than alcohol? If not, do you favor criminalization of alcohol?

I don't agree that if you go to another country you should obey their laws, just as I don't agree you should have to obey the law here. We are all born free, and we all have a natural right to travel freely across this planet and live freely as long as we don't hurt others. China does not own...

Pwar Yuex got me thinking. Perhaps I am just blindly accepting this taboo like all the other taboos I criticize other people for blindly accepting. Certainly in some circumstances it may be inseparable from causing physical pain and harm, i.e. an adult man having penetrative sex with a child...

If the government has to spend a lot of money to convince us that something is true, it must be true.

I am a citizen in a democracy and I will vote to enforce policies that are for the greater good of society. I do not want to "take away" your freedom, I just want to limit it slightly for your own good, and for the good of society. Stop being an extremist lolbertarian about it. Who are you to...

Interesting that people keep saying this about prostitution and pornography. I guess I should clarify, do you think that the activities are INHERENTLY wrong? Many people are used as slaves in the mining and textiles industry, yet no one suggests that there is anything wrong with mining or...

Yeah I'd have to agree with you here. I guess I meant pre-pubescent children, i.e. under 12. I'd imagine it would be a very rare exceptional case where an adult having sex with someone of that age would not be extremely damaging and wrong.