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Lars Larson encourages people to vote for ‘Barney Fag.’

Last Friday night, right-wing radio host Lars Larson played a spoof “Barney Frank for President” advertisement that ended by referring to Rep. Frank (D-MA), who is gay, with a derogatory term. “Now remember, this Erection Day — Election Day, vote for Barney Frank for President. I’m Barney Fag — uh, Frank and I approve this massage — message,” said the fake ad. Listen here:

This isn’t the first time a conservative has attacked Frank in such a way. In 1995, then-House Majority Leader Dick Armey referred to Frank as “Barney Fag” during a radio interview.



195 Responses to “Lars Larson encourages people to vote for ‘Barney Fag.’”

  1. paleolib says:

    Because as Mark Foley and Larry Craig (among others but I won’t play their game and go into innuendo) will tell you, sexual orientation is a partisan trait. Enjoy the Obama administration Lars!


  2. swank says:

    I was flipping channels the other day while traveling for work. I heard this guy tell a story, supposedly true, about a cat and a dog, and he said that “cat’s are dems, dogs are republicans”

    Supposedly this house was burning down and a cat ran out leaving her litter of kittens. A small dog ran back into the house, and was found alive, lying with the kittens (also alive), having “protected them” from the fire.

    Larson said (and I paraphrase), “Democrats are like cats – they’ll let their children burn to death in order to save themselves. Republicans are like dogs, who will protect others at their own peril.”

    This man is beneath contempt, and I believe deserves no attention.


  3. Fred says:

    This is nothing short of hate crime. It incites and legitimizes violence toward our homosexual population and is designed to drive them underground and out of sight.


  4. kdilkington says:

    Lars Larson is a bottom-feeder. This election is a referendum on that sort of ignorant, divisive crap. It’s gonna be so great to see that ridiculously ignorant blustering subside. Americans are sick of it, as reactions to McCain’s revolting campaign indicate.


  5. stateofthedivision says:

    Lars, your mother must be so proud! Good thing he took it easy on the other Barney:

    “I love you, you love me…”


  6. Witch1 says:

    The day all these slang word’s mean nothing will be a huge leap forward…Just like when people say “Witch” as though it were a bad word..Sending Blessings out to Larson, he really need’s them..


  7. DieNowForPeace says:

    “Dick Armey? What’s his wife’s name, Vagina Coastguard?”
    -Peter Griffin, The Family Guy


  8. joe cantwell says:

    swank,

    lars has all the qualities of a dog.

    except loyalty.

    *


  9. myroro says:

    Dick Armey didn’t just use the term Barney Fag, he invented it. When called on it, he said it was a slip and unintended. I’m from his area of Texas, and can assure you it was very much intended and completely consistent with his nature. One has only to look at a picture of Armey to recognize him as a classic slimeball, lounge lizard type of subhuman. If one were actually to be near him in person, it would require an immediate hot shower to feel clean again.
    I always vowed that if I were ever at an event of any kind and was in Armey’s presence, I would introduce myself as Barney Fag.


  10. avchavis says:

    Drop dead Lars Larson you loser!


  11. LibertyLover says:

    Stay Classy, Lars.


  12. DutchHenry says:

    This Larson guy is absolutely despicable but this won’t stop the major media NTWKs like CNN & MSNBC from having this scum useing the “public airwaves” on their shows.The voice of bigotry on public TV.


  13. misshusseinmolly says:

    RaptureReady Says
    November 4th, 2008 at 1:18 pm

    Barney Frank is gay? He definitely has to go. We cannot have an immoral person representing the people.
    _________________________________________________________

    Then I suggest you move to New Bedford, Massachusetts. Then you can vote against him in the next election. However, please know you’d be likely to be outvoted — the people of the Massachusetts 4th district seem to like him. And it’s really up to them to decide who they want to represent them in Congress, wouldn’t you agree?


  14. barracks9 says:

    RaptureReady Says:

    We cannot have an immoral person representing the people.

    Well, now that that’s settled, I guess it’s time to dismantle the Republican Party, according to that logic.

    Not a whiff of morality left there.


  15. joe cantwell says:

    RaptureReady Says:

    Seem to like a person that is the blame in the down fall of our economy?

    *

    it’s a little early to

    start drinking, isn’t it?

    ^


  16. liberal traitor says:

    ——————————————————————————–

    RaptureReady Says:
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    Barney Frank is gay? He definitely has to go. We cannot have an immoral person representing the people.

    Hey RaptureDBag,
    I think the people of Massachusetts (I am one of them) are more in a position to decide who represents them, don’t you?

    It would seem the people of Massachusetts disagree with you on that particular point.

    Massachusetts, the center of the Gay Marriage universe in terms of the USA…and we have a gay member of the US Congress…we haven’t suffered ‘the wrath’ just yet, our state is not sliding off into the Atlantic, our divorce rates are lower than most if not ALL red/’christian values’ states…

    And just so this sinks in:

    HOW DARE YOU TELL THE PEOPLE OF MASSACHUSETTS WHO THEY CAN AND CANNOT HAVE AS THEIR REPRESENTATIVE!?


  17. Perry logan says:

    Bashing a Democrat is the closest thing to sexual pleasure a Republican can know.


  18. liberal traitor says:

    RR:

    Seem to like a person that is the blame in the down fall of our economy?

    If by that you mean Barney Frank, then yes, the people in that district seem to like him or they would not have elected him now would they?

    And how is Frank responsible for predatory lending, deregulation, and corporate fatcats taking our tax dollars in the bailout and paying themselves huge performance bonuses?

    How is Frank responsible for a war which, when finally finished, will most likely cost 1 if not 2 trillion dollars?

    Go Phuck yourself, RR.


  19. Max-1 says:

    .

    What was that Sarah Palin was saying about Media types that criticize people seeking office…
    … Oh, IOKIYR, NO?

    .


  20. Max-1 says:

    #8 Christofascist Darryyl said:

    Hate is Great!

    Seig Heil!!!


  21. misshusseinmolly says:

    Dr. Hussein Matt Says
    November 4th, 2008 at 1:19 pm

    Lynn Samuels, a shillary supporter, is on the air this very moment demanding the death certificate Obama’s grandmother. She believes that his grandmother died weeks ago and that they only released the information until last night so Obama could cry on the national stage.
    ____________________________________________________________

    Oh, give me a fockin break.

    Let’s pretend just for a minute here that it wasn’t Obama’s grandmother, but McCain’s mother (who is alive and well, and 96 years old). If she had fallen ill during the campaign, I’m sure that McCain would have suspended his campaign appearances as Obama did to spend time with her. And if (God forbid) she passed on, I doubt seriously that McCain would have manipulated her death in the manner that these conspiracy theorists are suggesting Obama has done. Even if some of McCain’s handlers had such a vulgar idea, I imagine McCain would have some rather sharp words for them. Is there anyone here who would allow their mother (or any member of their family) to be exploited in such a crass manner?

    Lynn Samuels needs to get over it. Her candidate didn’t make it. She can either deal with it or just remain a very bitter person. But she would be serving her country a lot more if she would just STFU.


  22. gummitch says:

    Lars lives right here in Portland, Oregon. It’s so embarrassing.


  23. ralph the wonder llama says:

    Wow. With mature logic and precision argumentation like that displayed by Lars Larson and his acolyte Daryll, it’s amazing that Democrats even have a single seat in Congress.

    How can the Republicans fail with such tactics?


  24. liberal traitor says:

    ralph:

    It’s amazing isn’t it?

    It’s almost as though…their tactics are hateful, vile, stupid, without merit or factual basis…and…could it be? The American People are f’ing sick and tired of it?

    One can only hope.


  25. Tired of being lied to says:

    And everyone be sure to be careful, and talk nice to our precious little Sarah, and give her respect and deference.

    My ass….


  26. Max-1 says:

    All’s I can say is thank God the world saw Hitler and the Nazi Party before they witnessed Bush and the Republicratic Party of America.


  27. Diana9 says:

    “The Borgen Project has some good info on the cost of addressing global poverty.
    $30 billion: Annual shortfall to end world hunger.
    $540 billion: Annual U.S. Defense Budget.”


  28. Witch1 says:

    Poor RR or little d as I like to call him, he is trying so very hard to get recogition any where possible….The day’s of bashing us over the head with your cherry picked bible verses are over little d…Perhap’s redstate is still listening, go there.


  29. misshusseinmolly says:

    RaptureReady Says
    November 4th, 2008 at 1:27 pm

    Seem to like a person that is the blame in the down fall of our economy?
    _________________________________________________________

    You’re really off your game today, Daryll. This sentence isn’t even close to anything that makes sense grammatically. But I think what you’re trying to do is connect Barney Frank’s sexual orientation with the bad economy.

    Are you suggesting that our economy would be hunky-dory right now if Barney Frank was heterosexual? That the sub-prime lending market had nothing to do with it? That banking deregulation had nothing to do with it? That over-building by greedy developers had nothing to do with it? That outsourcing jobs to other countries had nothing to do with it? That the skyrocketing national debt had nothing to do with it? That bankruptcies caused by the state of our health care system had nothing to do with it? That the blame rests solely on a Congressman who happens to be gay?

    That’s just bizarre, even for you.


  30. DRxJ says:

    Lars Larson (is he the drummer for Metallica?) says:
    Now remember, this Erection Day — Election Day, vote for Barney Frank for President. I’m Barney Fag — uh, Frank and I approve this massage — message,” said the fake ad.

    What the hell is it with these republican nut jobs and their infatuation with gay sex?
    Parodyll?


  31. Michael Lafferty says:

    @ 17: Seem to like a person that is the blame in the down fall of our economy?

    Alright, it’s apparently time for a simple lesson in the use of the English language. The implied [he: the person] just doesn’t work here. One should specifically identify the the individual or group alluded to. And, a person that is the blame is simply incorrect. The correct term is is to blame, not is the blame.

    And, for the record, Representative Frank is not to blame for the current fiasco, though you seem unable to wrap your head around the drumbeat of deregulation over decades, primarily driven by characters like retired Senator Phil Gramm—an adviser to Senator McCain—which and whom are to blame primarily for this fiasco. But, hey: why let facts get in the way at this point?

    But, I digress. Go practice your grammatical construction skills. Damn sure that you’ll need them in the ‘English only’ world that you and your friends envision…

    And, with apologies to Neil Young: keep on livin’ in your [dream] world.


  32. shoeless says:

    swank Says:
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    Larson said (and I paraphrase), “Democrats are like cats –Republicans are like dogs

    This is true in one respect. When we leave home for a couple of days, we fill the food bowls and the cats eat a little at a time so the food lasts until we return. If we were to put the neighbor’s dog in the house with the cats when we left, he would immediately eat all of the food, no matter how much we left out for them, and everyone would then go hungry.


  33. jb says:

    Lying Lars should run for top BIGOT. How do people become this hateful?


  34. Michael Lafferty says:

    @ 27: Lars lives right here in Portland, Oregon. It’s so embarrassing.

    ’tis so, even for those of us downstate in liberal Eugene.

    With an apologetic nod to our racist history, both nationwide and in Oregon, how about tarring and feathering Lars Larson, and tossing him into the frigid Columbia River? Or, the Willamette?


  35. ElBruce says:

    SIGN: Do not feed or tease the trolls.

    I hereby nominate Lars Larson as campaign spokesman for the Palin / Wurzelbacher 2012 ticket. Who’s with me?


  36. gummitch says:

    Michael Lafferty Says:

    @ 27: Lars lives right here in Portland, Oregon. It’s so embarrassing.

    ’tis so, even for those of us downstate in liberal Eugene.

    With an apologetic nod to our racist history, both nationwide and in Oregon, how about tarring and feathering Lars Larson, and tossing him into the frigid Columbia River? Or, the Willamette?

    Works for me. Somewhere out near the Astoria bar . . .


  37. shoeless says:

    Dr. Hussein Matt Says:
    ——————————————————————————–

    RaptureReady Says:
    Barney Frank is gay? He definitely has to go. We cannot have an immoral person representing the people.

    The number of times Jesus mentioned homosexuality. Zero.

    Daryll’s Bible has numerous mentions of homosexuality. Of course, that’s because Daryll wrote them in the margins.


  38. impeachcheneythenbush says:

    People – I strongly suggest we totally ignore RaptureReady for the rest of the day. He’s working at hijacking every topic. Let him stew in his own delusion.


  39. superid says:

    Fairness Doctrine.


  40. ElBruce says:

    Who the hell listens to Lars Larson in the Portland area anyways? I can barely see the trees for all the Obama signs around here. There must be a lot of closet Republicans around here, guiltily hiding in their basements with the radio turned down low.


  41. Jackie says:

    Good to hear the Republican Christian Values at work. I look forward to an Obama/Biden Administration and as I speak newsweek has printed an article by the church to ask for healing. What a country as Republicans and the church attack candidates on the lowest levels even using God’s Name now asking for healing. What would Jesus think?


  42. pete says:

    I can’t help myself. I am always amused by the insane ravings of Daryll. Speaking of psychopaths, I wonder f Daryll was one of the morons who were praying at the feet of the “Golden Bull” on Wall Street the other day.

    http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/10/wheres_charlton_heston_when_yo.php


  43. whosbarmynow says:

    My retired right-wing-ish father recently told me that of all the politicians he sees and listens to on C-SPAN, the one who consistently impresses him the most with his common sense and intelligence is Barney Frank.


  44. gummitch says:

    ElBruce Says:

    Who the hell listens to Lars Larson in the Portland area anyways? I can barely see the trees for all the Obama signs around here. There must be a lot of closet Republicans around here, guiltily hiding in their basements with the radio turned down low.

    That’s a great question, and one I have no real answer for. I’m not sure what sort of local audience he has anymore, but with a syndicated show he doesn’t need us.


  45. ilearim says:

    Lars is nothing more than a two-bit punk who was most certainly the class bully as a kid. He is an embarrassment to the city of Portland and State of Oregon


  46. barracks9 says:

    What’s so christian or moral about name-calling?


  47. ralph the wonder llama says:

    shoeless Says:

    Daryll’s Bible has numerous mentions of homosexuality. Of course, that’s because Daryll wrote them in the margins.

    I’m not sure Daryll’s fantasy description of “shaking the devil off” of Judas really count, shoeless.


  48. livelongandprosper says:

    LarsON LarsOFF

    Maybe Lars should talk to his parents about being more inventive with naming their kids. Lars Larson!!!!

    Ok. No matter his name, he is an idiot.

    LarsOFF


  49. livelongandprosper says:

    barracks9 Says:

    What’s so christian or moral about name-calling?

    You reminded me of that great Monty Python movie. “Big nose.” and “I want to be called Loretta.” Funny stuff.


  50. kpaul says:

    Why doesn’t Rep. Frank just sue the crap out this guy, and everyone like him? Just like Hagan in NC. Whenever smears like this happen, just sue ‘em, immediately and often.


  51. bitblt says:

    Dr. Hussein Matt Says:
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    The number of times Jesus mentioned homosexuality. Zero.

    oops
    November 4th, 2008 at 1:29 pm

    The number of times Jesus mentioned homosexuality is actually unknown. The Bible does not record that Christ used this term, but the Bible does note that not everything Christ did or said was recorded. He did mention the city of homosexuals, Sodom. He used it as a good example of a bad example.

    Christ did mention appropriate sexual expression as being between a man and a woman in their marriage. Christ described this relationship as “one flesh.”


  52. Diana9 says:

    “I wish the candidates would discuss global poverty more. According to The Borgen Project:
    $30 billion: Annual shortfall to end world hunger.
    $540 billion: Annual U.S. Defense Budget.”


  53. ralph the wonder llama says:

    bitblt posts on a homosexual-themed thread on TP!

    It’s an Election Day Miracle!


  54. shoeless says:

    bitblt Says:
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    The number of times Jesus mentioned homosexuality is actually unknown. The Bible does not record that Christ used this term, but the Bible does note that not everything Christ did or said was recorded.

    Wow! That is some powerful argument against homosexuality!


  55. bitblt says:

    shoeless Says:
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    Wow! That is some powerful argument against homosexuality!
    November 4th, 2008 at 3:18 pm

    Astute observation there shoeless Democrat.

    You might want to note that the fact Christ didn’t mention homosexuality isn’t much of an argument for the practice. Now is it?

    OTH, the fact that He notes the Creator’s intent in Matthew 19 is a good argument for heterosexual sex within a marriage. Or so it seem to bit.


  56. DwH says:

    “…the Bible does note that not everything Christ did or said was recorded.”

    Leaves you a lot of room to… I dunno…make things up and attribute them to your saviour, doesn’t it?

    I heard that he said a rich man has the same chance of getting into heaven as a camel has to pass through the eye of a needle. Wanna tell your McCain family that one?


  57. EugeneDebs says:

    RaptureReady Says:

    Barney Frank is gay? He definitely has to go. We cannot have an immoral person representing the people.
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    Being gay does not make one immoral just because idiots like you keep SAYING over and over. You morons really do think things magically become true if you repeat them often enough


  58. DwH says:

    “…the Bible does note that not everything Christ did or said was recorded.”

    Oh, I must add that this leaves open the possibility of a homosexual relationship between Jesus and John the Baptist, doesn’t it? If the Bible didn’t record everything he did, isn’t it possible their relationship was based on more than brotherly love?

    Gee, I like this Christianist game. Let’s interpret the Bible any way we like!


  59. EugeneDebs says:

    RaptureReady Says:

    Seem to like a person that is the blame in the down fall of our economy?
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    No it is largely morons like you. Those completely without the ability for higher brain function that are largely to blame for most of the worst ills in our country. Hatefilled, ignorant, bigots like YOU.


  60. bitblt says:

    DwH Says:

    “…the Bible does note that not everything Christ did or said was recorded.”

    Leaves you a lot of room to… I dunno…make things up and attribute them to your saviour, doesn’t it?

    I heard that he said a rich man has the same chance of getting into heaven as a camel has to pass through the eye of a needle. Wanna tell your McCain family that one?
    November 4th, 2008 at 3:34 pm

    Leaves you a lot of room to… I dunno…make things up and attribute them to your saviour, doesn’t it?

    It just so happens that if one doesn’t believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, what one believes about the Bible is mostly irrelevant. In fact, as far as bit is concerned, if one doesn’t believe this about Christ, what one believe about anything is pretty much irrelevant? Ya’ dig?


  61. shoeless says:

    bitblt Says:
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    shoeless Says:
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    Wow! That is some powerful argument against homosexuality!
    November 4th, 2008 at 3:18 pm

    Astute observation there shoeless Democrat.

    You might want to note that the fact Christ didn’t mention homosexuality isn’t much of an argument for the practice. Now is it?

    So, you are saying that people shouldn’t be gay because Jesus didn’t go out of his way to promote homosexuality?

    You might want to note that the fact Christ didn’t mention wiping his butt after taking a crap isn’t much of an argument for the practice. Now is it?


  62. EugeneDebs says:

    bitblt Says:

    The number of times Jesus mentioned homosexuality is actually unknown. The Bible does not record that Christ used this term, but the Bible does note that not everything Christ did or said was recorded. He did mention the city of homosexuals, Sodom. He used it as a good example of a bad example.
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    Got to be the stupidest attempt at pretzel logic I have seen recently. So then are you suggesting we give credence to what you MAKE UP IN YOUR HEAD about what Jesus MIGHT have said? Because that would be bone ignorant. IF Jesus had thought this a really important issue I assume he WOULD have said numerous things about it. Got evidence that Sodom was bad BECAUSE of its homosexuality instead of other reaons? You DONT? Imagine my suprise.

    Christ did mention appropriate sexual expression as being between a man and a woman in their marriage. Christ described this relationship as “one flesh.”
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    So what. That doesnt say that a relationship between two men is ALSO not one flesh. You can feel free to make things up in your head twist them around and make YOUR interpretations of them. Dont be suprised if we dont follow you into La La land


  63. DwH says:

    My God (metaphorically speaking), there are some seriously language-challenged folks here.

    I miss the points completely when posts are drafted in such a poorly constructed manner.


  64. Bobwurst says:

    Lars Larson? isn’t he a mike weiner clone for the reeeeeally stupid?


  65. EugeneDebs says:

    bitblt Says:

    It just so happens that if one doesn’t believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, what one believes about the Bible is mostly irrelevant. In fact, as far as bit is concerned, if one doesn’t believe this about Christ, what one believe about anything is pretty much irrelevant? Ya’ dig?
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    And it also just so happens that if one is as ignorant as bit CLEARLY is then what HE believes about anything is clearly irrelevant to ANYTHING. Ya dig?


  66. Bobwurst says:

    Shoeless says:
    You might want to note that the fact Christ didn’t mention wiping his butt after taking a crap isn’t much of an argument for the practice. Now is it?

    Jesus never had to wipe his butt after crapping! He always crapped perfectly tapered turds every time. That’s one of those miracles the Christians don’t talk about. On a related note, where do you think all those loaves of bread came from?


  67. Bobwurst says:

    bitblt Says:

    It just so happens that if one doesn’t believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, what one believes about the Bible is mostly irrelevant. In fact, as far as bit is concerned, if one doesn’t believe this about Christ, what one believe about anything is pretty much irrelevant? Ya’ dig?

    Why are you here then? Why aren’t you stoning your children at the village gate or something?


  68. Bobwurst says:

    Bitblt says:
    In fact, as far as bit is concerned,

    Did Jesus refer to himself in the third person? Given his place in the Trinity I suppose he could make that argument grammatically, what’s your excuse?


  69. ralph the wonder llama says:

    Bobwurst, I suspect bit’s habit of referring to himself in the third person is part pretension, part an attempt to distance himself from absurd theories that would make most thinking people giggle.


  70. ralph the wonder llama says:

    I love how bitblt and Daryll and other holier-than-thou zealots try to use Matthew 19 as some sort of condemnation of homosexuality, even though it doesn’t mention homosexuality, only heterosexual marriage.

    And yet, I don’t hear bit or Daryll condemning John McCain for divorcing his first wife and, in the view of Jesus himself, committing adultery with his second wife.

    So strange that they claim to be “protecting marriage” when they attack gay marriage, but they’re curiously silent about the REAL threat to marriage — divorce.


  71. bitblt says:

    Dr. Hussein Matt Says:
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    Hence, the number of times Jesus mentioned homosexuality is ZERO. If it were so important, Christ would have preached about it.

    Oops
    November 4th, 2008 at 4:15 pm

    The Bible doesn’t record that Christ taught against wife abuse or child abuse or a number of other practices that are obviously sinful. Do you want to draw similar conclusions from lack of teaching in these other areas?

    Christ did specifically teach against adultery and murder, and He made it clear that attitudes – don’t lust, don’t hate -were as important as actions. Furthermore, He did teach against divorce when He stated the Creator’s intention that a man and a woman would be “one flesh” in a marriage.


  72. EugeneDebs says:

    ralph the wonder llama Says:

    I love how bitblt and Daryll and other holier-than-thou zealots try to use Matthew 19 as some sort of condemnation of homosexuality, even though it doesn’t mention homosexuality, only heterosexual marriage.

    And yet, I don’t hear bit or Daryll condemning John McCain for divorcing his first wife and, in the view of Jesus himself, committing adultery with his second wife.

    So strange that they claim to be “protecting marriage” when they attack gay marriage, but they’re curiously silent about the REAL threat to marriage — divorce.
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    Its typical. Brainwashed bots like RR and bit care NOTHING about truth, facts nor reality. They care only about how they can use anything to push their rightwing propaganda. They think only what they are TOLD to think they regurgitate what they have been programmed with. They are propaganda parrots without even the shadow of substance


  73. EugeneDebs says:

    bitblt Says:

    Typical stupidity from you. The abuses you talk about have VICTIMS. People are hurt. That has NOTHING to do with homosexuality which is only immoral IN YOUR OPINION. Ya got nothin. You are a worthless hatefilled bigot. I could find more logic in a magic 8 ball than you have EVER shown in any of your posts.


  74. EugeneDebs says:

    Also bit Jesus DID speak against violence and what you mentioned are forms of violence so in a way he DID teach against them. NOTHING LIKE THAT can be said about homosexuality. Ya got nothin. You aer worthless


  75. ralph the wonder llama says:

    bitblt Says:

    The Bible doesn’t record that Christ taught against wife abuse or child abuse or a number of other practices that are obviously sinful. Do you want to draw similar conclusions from lack of teaching in these other areas?

    So basically you’re acknowledging that your argument against homosexuality isn’t based on what Jesus said, but on what you perceive to be “obviously sinful”.

    Don’t expect to convince many here with that kind of argument.

    Christ did specifically teach against adultery and murder, and He made it clear that attitudes – don’t lust, don’t hate -were as important as actions. Furthermore, He did teach against divorce when He stated the Creator’s intention that a man and a woman would be “one flesh” in a marriage.

    And yet the religious right focuses like a laser beam on Teh Gays and regularly turns a blind eye to divorce. Go figure.


  76. dbadass says:

    dbadass thinks that bitblt will not acknowledge the logic of the llam’s words. Frankly dbadass gives the bible no greater nor lesser value than any other scripture but bitblt also seems to think that all religions are not created equal.


  77. dbadass says:

    A whole city of homosexuals. Wow I suppose they had some kicking restaurants and that the whole place was tastefully decorated eh bitblt?


  78. ralph the wonder llama says:

    dbadass Says:
    A whole city of homosexuals. Wow I suppose they had some kicking restaurants and that the whole place was tastefully decorated eh bitblt?

    Not to mention a whole shitload of great drag clubs, dbadass.


  79. shoeless says:

    And probably the highest per capita income in the Middle East.


  80. Jonathan111 says:

    The way I see it, if the guy takes it up the butt, he’s a fag, end of story. Why is everyone raising such a fuss about it? If he wasn’t a fag, then he should be offended, but he is, so why is he so upset? Maybe he should stop being such a butt pirate.


  81. dbadass says:

    Jonathan111:
    Did you add one 1 too many? You are really 11 years old right? Maybe he is just into femoral sex… Who cares?


  82. EugeneDebs says:

    Jonathan111 Says:

    The way I see it is that bigoted jerks like you are too ignorant to breathe our air. Do the world a favor and give yourself a vascectomy with a pair of rusty wirecutters. The genepool should not be corrupted with stupid depraved pieces of garbage like you. Go in search of a functional cerebral cortex and dont forget that little chore with the rusty wirecutters.


  83. ralph the wonder llama says:

    the way I see it, if the guy says bigoted things on a blog, he’s a bigot, end of story.

    If that gets him upset, maybe he should stop being such an as$hole.


  84. Jonathan111 says:

    I’m straight, if someone came up with a degrading name for me being straight, I wouldn’t care. The only reason why people get offended by these comments is because somewhere deep down, they are ashamed of their homosexuality. Being gay is a choice, regardless of what the popular belief may be. My bible says the same thing as everyone elses, and it tells you homosexuality is wrong, end of story. Just because the world has chosen to become more loose in its morals, does not mean God all of the sudden decided it was okay.


  85. EugeneDebs says:

    Jonathan111 Says:

    You are a MORON. That is a derogatory name for you being stupid. You are a hateful bigot. Perhaps you dont care if we use derogatory names to define you. I could see that because you are a moron. A hatefilled bigoted jerk. Crackwhores have more dignity and are several rungs above cretins like you on the evolutionary ladder. Do the world a favor and DO. NOT. BREED.


  86. dbadass says:

    Hi Jonathan111:
    I was just kidding about the 11 thing. I am however a biologist that understands a few things about hormone levels and development. I will be the first to admit that the science is still unclear on this topic yet I see you have decided that gender preference is a choice. I am curious what tangible evidences you might point to to support this. If you have none I suppose we sort of have to call bullshit don’t we?
    Thanks


  87. Jonathan111 says:

    Haha, maybe I should become gay, then I couldn’t reproduce. Hmmm, wonder why that is… Oh yea, God did not intend for a man and another man to be together.


  88. bitblt says:

    dbadass Says:

    A whole city of homosexuals. Wow I suppose they had some kicking restaurants and that the whole place was tastefully decorated eh bitblt?
    November 4th, 2008 at 4:51 pm

    The Bible says there were actually five cities destroyed. Sodom and Gomorrah are the two most well known of the five. The Old Testament uses Sodom as a really good example of a really bad example many times. Several books in the OT comment on Sodom. Frequently the OT remarks that nothing grows in these places and no one lives there. Their destruction appears to be complete.

    Isaiah 3 is one of the better known verses about Sodom.

    Their partiality witnesses against them;
    they proclaim their sin like Sodom,
    they do not hide it.
    Woe to them!
    For they have brought evil upon themselves.


  89. EugeneDebs says:

    dbadass Says:

    Evidence? You are asking this moron for evidence? He dont need no stinking evidence he has HATE and ignorance.


  90. shoeless says:

    Jonathon, when exactly did you make the choice between being heterosexual or homosexual?


  91. Jonathan111 says:

    Obviously, the argument here is not whether homosexuality is wrong, it is whether or not you believe in the Bible. If you do not, that is okay, I will not argue. But, if you do, you have to believe the WHOLE Bible, not just pick out the bits and pieces that suit your lifestyle.


  92. dbadass says:

    Funny you might mention the OT bitblt. See I am in the seafood industry and I notice that the OT has some real issues with that stuff. I thought it might be funny if I started to refuse to ship that stuff to my customers ala those jackass pharmacists who think they need not do their jobs. What do you think? Good idea? See the thing that weirds me out is the selective use of scripture to reinforce ones on prejudices and fears…
    BTW: what does the great big book of everything have to say about male/female sodomy? I am thinking maybe those weren’t exactly “gay cities” now where they. I also thought that those made up stories where more about trying to be a decent person.


  93. shoeless says:

    Jonathon, if you know exactly, please give us an approximation of your age when you made the choice between being heterosexual or homosexual?


  94. dbadass says:

    Ah Jonathan111
    Your timing is perfect…


  95. Jonathan111 says:

  96. EugeneDebs says:

    Jonathan111 Says:

    Maybe you should rent a braincell just to see what it is like to have one and look up the word decency in the dictionary so at leas you have some dim idea what it is.


  97. shoeless says:

    Jonathon, stop avoiding the question. You claim that sexuality is a choice. When did you choose between being heterosexual or homosexual?


  98. EugeneDebs says:

    Jonathan111 Says:

    Oh so its wrong because the bible says so. I assume you dont eat shellfish, that you make your wife leave the house during menstruation. Then again rubber women dont have that problem. Perhaps you are thinking of selling your children into slavery or killing your mother for sewing cloth with two types of thread. Or do you just pick and choose among the Levitican laws according to your hatefilled bigotry?


  99. dbadass says:

    So anything Jonathan111:
    Am I to understand that you think any bullshit thing that shows up in that book that almost all recognize to have gone through multitudes of versions, translations, and corruptions is truth?


  100. bitblt says:

    ralph the wonder llama Says:
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    And yet the religious right focuses like a laser beam on Teh Gays and regularly turns a blind eye to divorce. Go figure.
    November 4th, 2008 at 4:44 pm

    bit has often commented on the real and emotional cost of sexual sin, and bit places this awful cost at the the feet of irresponsible men. ( bit doesn’t think women are blameless; he just doesn’t comment on their responsibilities.)

    (This one’s for you dbadass.)

    Like the bumper sticker says: “Who loves abortion? Irresponsible men.”

    The fastest growing poverty group in the U.S. is single women with children. bit believes this is because of irresponsible sexual behavior on the part of men. One of the questions associated with this poverty group is how long can the nation sustain those fathered by someone who’s not there to provide?

    If bit remembers correctly, BHO addressed – did a kind of Crosby speech about responsibility – the issue of black fathers being responsible in a speech in April of this year.

    Any time you want a discussion about divorce, bit’ll be ready. Of course, most of it will be rehashed quotes about homosexuality. Christ make it clear that the Creator intended only one kind of sexual expression – one man one woman forever.

    Why don’t you, RTWL, get TP to post some articles about the terrible costs associated with divorce? There might even be one or two TPers who’ll have personal experiences.


  101. shoeless says:

    Well, it appears that Jonathon does not know whether or not he is gay. It seems that he never made the decision about his sexuality. I suppose that means Jonathon is bisexual.


  102. livelongandprosper says:

    But, if you do, you have to believe the WHOLE Bible, not just pick out the bits and pieces that suit your lifestyle.

    Isn’t that just hypocritical and typical of thumpers.


  103. Jonathan111 says:

    Haha, Eugene, I like your sense of humor. No, there are alot of things in the Old Testament that were not the same in the New Testament. Old laws were replaced, but nowhere in the New Testament did it give the go ahead for homosexuality.


  104. bitblt says:

    shoeless Says:

    Jonathon, when exactly did you make the choice between being heterosexual or homosexual?
    November 4th, 2008 at 5:22 pm

    Though the recidivism rate is very high, there are those who chose to be not homosexual.

    Exodus International


  105. Jonathan111 says:

    No, shoeless, I have never had to make that decision because I have never struggled with that. But, there are all different types of mental illnesses out there, homosexuality being one of them, that people struggle with. People with mental illnesses may not see what they are doing as wrong.


  106. shoeless says:

    bit, when did you make your decision on whether to be heterosexual or homosexual?


  107. dbadass says:

    bitblt:
    What bumper sticker is that? Never seen one of those myself. Still I am a little confused about where I ever suggested human beings of any gender or preference should not be responsible. I am also sort of confused by why we would want to have a discussion of divorce if it isn’t really going to be that but instead some sort of rehashing about your belief system relative to homosexuality. I think it might be interesting if you can have a discussion of tangibles rather than one rooted in a book I and many others don’t believe to be anything other than a book of stories which may or may not be helpful to people.


  108. EugeneDebs says:

    Jonathan111 Says:

    Haha, Eugene, I like your sense of humor. No, there are alot of things in the Old Testament that were not the same in the New Testament. Old laws were replaced, but nowhere in the New Testament did it give the go ahead for homosexuality.
    <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

    And nowhere in the New Testament did it give the ok for ending selling your children into slavery nor eating shellfish except by tortured interpretation from a dream, nor that you SHOULDNT kill your mother for sewing cloth of two types of thread or touching the skin of a pig or the other levitican laws that you are ignoring and focusing on homosexuality. Ya got nothin


  109. shoeless says:

    Jonathan111 Says:
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    No, shoeless, I have never had to make that decision…

    Then how do you know it is a decision? You said sexuality is a choice. You must decide.


  110. dbadass says:

    Jonathan111:
    Can I assume that you will be providing no actual evidences? Since you have already dodged my request for your evidence that homosexuality being a choice, is it safe to assume you have no evidences of it being a mental illness?


  111. bitblt says:

    livelongandprosper Says:

    But, if you do, you have to believe the WHOLE Bible, not just pick out the bits and pieces that suit your lifestyle.

    Isn’t that just hypocritical and typical of thumpers.
    November 4th, 2008 at 5:34 pm

    Christians are not Jews even though Christianity came out of Judaism. That one doesn’t have to be a Jew to be a Christian comes primarily out of the writings of the Apostle Paul and the Apostle Peter.

    Much of the OT is a history of how these people were governed – best when God was included and behaved – usually very badly.

    Jewish dietary laws are not the same as the Big10. Further, the Jews usually didn’t understand everything about their own laws. When Christ says adultery is about both attitude and action, this was new to many Jews, but it’s not a concept foreign to the OT. When Christ says “love your neighbor as yourself” is the second greatest commandment, he’s quoting from the OT.


  112. EugeneDebs says:

    Jonathan111 Says:

    So now homosexuality is a mental illness? I think your hatefilled bigotry and ignorance are a mental illness. One FAR more destructive of society. Being straight was never a choice for me and I cant see any reason to think it is any different for homsexuals.


  113. Jonathan111 says:

    Once again, dbadass, the argument here is whether or not you believe in the Bible. If you do not, I am not going to even try to change your mind. But, think about this. I believe in the Bible. I believe Jesus died for our sins. I believe when we die, we will be judged. You believe, when we die, there is nothing, or, we will not be judged. If you’re right, then we are both okay when we die. But, if by some minor chance I’m right, where does that leave you?


  114. bitblt says:

    badass Says:
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    November 4th, 2008 at 5:40 pm

    You often ask when bit will be working “abortion” into the subject. That was it.


  115. dbadass says:

    Well Jonathan111,
    I suppose that leaves me worm food which is fine by me. Now might you be so kind as to address the very logical point which EugeneDebs makes at 117? Thanks


  116. dbadass says:

    bitblt:
    Where in the Big10 is either abortion or gender preference addressed?


  117. bitblt says:

    dbadass Says:
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    I think it might be interesting if you can have a discussion of tangibles rather than one rooted in a book I and many others don’t believe to be anything other than a book of stories which may or may not be helpful to people.
    November 4th, 2008 at 5:40 pm

    Tangibles…

    How long can a nation endure when irresponsible men father and abandon their offspring to the care of the state?

    What state can sustain – in both real cost and in the cost of disenfranchised citizens – this for any period of time?

    How does one make fathers want to be responsible for their children? http://www.charactercounts.com?


  118. EugeneDebs says:

    bitblt Says:

    Jewish dietary laws are not the same as the Big10. Further, the Jews usually didn’t understand everything about their own laws. When Christ says adultery is about both attitude and action, this was new to many Jews, but it’s not a concept foreign to the OT. When Christ says “love your neighbor as yourself” is the second greatest commandment, he’s quoting from the OT.
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    You cant understand the New Testament without a grounding in the old testament. Also did you MISS the fact that homosexuality is ALSO NOT IN THE BIG TEN????? Prohibitions against homsexuality are in the same levitican laws as the dietary constraints, the prohibitions against your wife being in your home during menstruation, allowing the selling of your children into slavery or killing them for being unruly. There isnt a shred of logic behind your bigotry. Not ONE SHRED.


  119. Jonathan111 says:

    Well, acutally, dbadass, if by some small chance I am right, then that leaves you in hell. Don’t worry though, you won’t be lonely. Believe me, there are no atheists in hell.


  120. livelongandprosper says:

    bitblt Says:

    livelongandprosper Says:

    But, if you do, you have to believe the WHOLE Bible, not just pick out the bits and pieces that suit your lifestyle.

    Isn’t that just hypocritical and typical of thumpers.
    November 4th, 2008 at 5:34 pm

    Christians are not Jews even though Christianity came out of Judaism.

    So you assume I was referring to old and new testaments! Oh well, your stuck on your myth.


  121. dbadass says:

    bitblt,
    last time I checked the nation has all sorts of laws which hold men accountable for supporting their children? Where is all this abandonment to the state happening? Personally I hold two jobs to support mine.


  122. EugeneDebs says:

    Jonathan111 Says:

    So you believe in the bibles support for killing unruly children. Selling your children into slavery, not eating shellfish. Killing people who plant two kinds of crops side by side. Banning your wife from your house during menstruation at least when you finally get one that isnt rubber? NAH, its just an excuse for your bigotry nothing else


  123. dbadass says:

    So Jonathan111
    You aren’t going to field my good friends EugeneDebs’ point are you? Hell isn’t real. I fear it not.


  124. livelongandprosper says:

    Jonathan111 Says:

    Well, acutally, dbadass, if by some small chance I am right, then that leaves you in hell. Don’t worry though, you won’t be lonely. Believe me, there are no atheists in hell.

    Looking at the actions of those that believe like you, and if, by dumb ass luck your right, then there won’t be very many people in that mythical heaven place.


  125. livelongandprosper says:

    Believe me, there are no atheists in hell.

    Another piece of crap statement based on myth and nothing else.


  126. EugeneDebs says:

    Jonathan111 Says:

    Well, acutally, dbadass, if by some small chance I am right, then that leaves you in hell. Don’t worry though, you won’t be lonely. Believe me, there are no atheists in hell.
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    And if by some small chance pigs begin to fly we can use them as carrier pigeons


  127. bitblt says:

    Thanks for dropping by Jonathan111.

    If it weren’t for three or four Conservative Christians posting on TP, these homosexual related thread would be extremely boring.

    BTW, you may have noticed that only takes a single person, who believes something specific, to get them roiling.

    Appears to bit that the single most dangerous person in our current society is one who believes something specific.

    Best,
    bit


  128. Jonathan111 says:

    Once again Eugene, the Old Testament and New Testament have seperate laws. And by the way, I do not hate anyone. Believe it or not, 2 of my closest friends are lesbians. I do not hate homosexuals at all. I do not approve of what they do (or who they do), but, I do not hate anyone.


  129. dbadass says:

    belief is selective self dillusion


  130. Jonathan111 says:

    Well, Eugene, pigs flying would be kind of cool. It might be harder for us to get our bacon though.


  131. EugeneDebs says:

    bitblt Says:

    Appears to bit that the single most dangerous person in our current society is one who believes something specific.
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    No the most dangerous people in our society are people like YOU. That believe what they are TOLD to believe because they are ignorant and brainwashed and have never had an original though in their lives. The sheeple like YOU led around by the nose by power and privelge using whatever is convienient to push your buttons. See I believe in God I just dont think all the people who SAY they are working for him really are. You for instance.


  132. bitblt says:

    dbadass Says:

    bitblt,
    last time I checked the nation has all sorts of laws which hold men accountable for supporting their children? Where is all this abandonment to the state happening? Personally I hold two jobs to support mine.
    November 4th, 2008 at 5:50 pm

    bit believes most states have increased their enforcement in this area, but even that’s not the same as having dad there.
    Do you agree?

    Further, believe it’s rare that any dad will pay his estranged family out of poverty. Hint: many deadbeat dads don’t make much to start with.


  133. pete says:

    Holy crap!

    I guess that covers my thoughts on the subject but, I might add, that Jebus wasn’t quoting the OT when he proposed the “Golden Rule” he was quoting Confucius. Assuming Jebus ever existed in the first place.


  134. livelongandprosper says:

    It’s Pilsner time. Jonathan and bitblt, there are always good ideas that come from myths that can be applied to reality. Please accept this and stop wasting your time interpreting this myth called religion. There are many community organizations where you can find comfort from things you don’t know.

    Cheers!


  135. bitblt says:

    dbadass Says:

    belief is selective self dillusion
    November 4th, 2008 at 5:55 pm

    Believe I had this thought once…when I was checking to seem how much rum was still in the bottle.


  136. ralph the wonder llama says:

    bitblt Says:

    Why don’t you, RTWL, get TP to post some articles about the terrible costs associated with divorce?

    bit seems to under the misapprehension that ralph’s argument was something along the lines of divorce is a horrible blight.

    ralph’s point was in fact more along the lines of pointing out the strange myopia of people like bitblt who focus, for some unexplainable reason, on the phenomenon of homosexual behavior, and use a standard bit of the Gospel of Mark to support their argument, but at the same time generally fall silent on the REAL topic of the verse.

    Perhaps bit does often speak out against the evils of divorce with the same fervor he uses in condemning homosexuality, but he seldom does so here, unless prompted to when he uses Matthew 19 to justify bigotry against gays.


  137. pete says:

    You convinced me, bit. Let’s just sterilize anyone who isn’t earning six figures by their 20th birthday.


  138. ralph the wonder llama says:

    bitblt Says:
    dbadass Says:

    belief is selective self dillusion
    November 4th, 2008 at 5:55 pm

    Believe I had this thought once…when I was checking to seem how much rum was still in the bottle.

    ralph believes this post is a forgery; bitblt refers to himself in the first person.

    Obviously an imposter.


  139. Jonathan111 says:

    Well, livelongandprosper, I’m assuming youre a Trekky. Don’t get me wrong, I like Star Trek as much as the next guy. But, I kind of get the feeling you don’t believe in God. Now, where do you think this whole universe came from? Do you assume it just came from thin air? The big bang thing? That would be the easiest thing to believe. Then, I could say “There is no God, there are no reprocussions when I die. I can live like I want!”


  140. EugeneDebs says:

    Jonathan111 Says:

    Once again Eugene, the Old Testament and New Testament have seperate laws. And by the way, I do not hate anyone. Believe it or not, 2 of my closest friends are lesbians. I do not hate homosexuals at all. I do not approve of what they do (or who they do), but, I do not hate anyone.
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    NO THEY DONT. Jesus said I came to fulfill the law NOT TO CHANGE IT. IF however they DID then homosexuality was NOT spoken against by Jesus so you have no rationale to your hateful bigotry about it if you discount the old testament. It is spoken against in EXACTLY the same place as all those other levitican laws. You dont care, the only thing you care about is an excuse for your hateful bigotry.

    If you dont hate anyone you are still a hatefilled moron perhaps its just self loathing due to your abject stupidity. Your first post was a disgusting piece of filth that only a hatefilled moron could possibly have posted.


  141. bitblt says:

    ralph the wonder llama Says:
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    Perhaps bit does often speak out against the evils of divorce with the same fervor he uses in condemning homosexuality, but he seldom does so here, unless prompted to when he uses Matthew 19 to justify bigotry against gays.
    November 4th, 2008 at 5:58 pm

    Divorce, for most people, is still kept very quiet, and often not something about which one is proud. Many people experience it as a kind of failure in their lives.

    Of course, many heterosexuals behave in ways that make the nation not worth preserving.

    Homosexuality, on the other hand, has achieved a very much a in-your-face attitude. “We’re going to make you accept this,” seems to be the attitude.

    Perhaps you like the Conservative Christian saw that if the heterosexuals were behaving the homosexuals would simply go back into the closet.


  142. bitblt says:

    ralph the wonder llama Says:
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    Obviously an imposter.
    November 4th, 2008 at 5:59 pm

    It was intentional.


  143. ralph the wonder llama says:

    Jonathan111 Says:
    Well, livelongandprosper, I’m assuming youre a Trekky. Don’t get me wrong, I like Star Trek as much as the next guy. But, I kind of get the feeling you don’t believe in God. Now, where do you think this whole universe came from? Do you assume it just came from thin air? The big bang thing? That would be the easiest thing to believe. Then, I could say “There is no God, there are no reprocussions when I die. I can live like I want!”

    It’s kind of weird that some people who take their moral cues from religion (nothing wrong with that, in general) assume that there is no other possible source for a responsible moral code — that there is no other reason for not doing ill to your fellow man than the threat of ultimate judgment by a big guy in robes and a white beard sitting on a cloud somewhere.

    Most curious, this narrow view of the source of human morality.


  144. dbadass says:

    Jonathan111
    I think it might be more appropriate to say there are many gods rather than there is no god


  145. Jonathan111 says:

    All I said in my first post is why is this guy so upset about being called a fag. If he chooses to do this, he should own it. It does not bother me that you call me a “hatefilled moron” because I stand up for what I believe in. If he is proud of being gay, then it should not bother him to be called a fag. But, like I said, God did not create homosexuality, so, somewhere deep down, there is some shame there. That is why the word Fag cuts so deep to homosexuals


  146. dbadass says:

    Jonathan111.
    And all I said in my first was hey maybe he is just into femoral sex and besides who cares?


  147. dbadass says:

    ralph the wonder llama:
    Might I suggest DeWaal’s Good Natured: The Origins of Right and Wrong in Humans and Other Animals?


  148. Jonathan111 says:

    Good evening to all, and to all a good night. I have to go now and spread the Word of the Lord which is filled with hate and mis-understanding for the poor homosexuals who God said was against him but he allowed them to be that way. Apparantly :)


  149. ralph the wonder llama says:

    bitblt Says:
    ralph the wonder llama Says:

    Perhaps bit does often speak out against the evils of divorce with the same fervor he uses in condemning homosexuality, but he seldom does so here, unless prompted to when he uses Matthew 19 to justify bigotry against gays.

    Divorce, for most people, is still kept very quiet, and often not something about which one is proud. Many people experience it as a kind of failure in their lives.

    Of course, many heterosexuals behave in ways that make the nation not worth preserving.

    Homosexuality, on the other hand, has achieved a very much a in-your-face attitude. “We’re going to make you accept this,” seems to be the attitude.

    Perhaps you like the Conservative Christian saw that if the heterosexuals were behaving the homosexuals would simply go back into the closet.

    Once again, bit misses the point ralph was making; the religious right has made a crusade for itself against gay rights, and bit frequently cites Matthew 19 as a biblical justification of this.

    Yet the religious right is conspicuously silent on the scourge of divorce, which was the actual focus of Matthew 19.

    No all-out crusade to end that most immediate threat to “traditional marriage” – and , need it be said, ralph cannot see how gay marriage is in any way a threat to “traditional marriage” in the first place. Ralph’s marriage to his wife is not threatened.

    As for bit’s last sentence, ralph cannot make heads nor tails of it.


  150. ralph the wonder llama says:

    Jonathan111 Says:
    All I said in my first post is why is this guy so upset about being called a fag. If he chooses to do this, he should own it.

    Yeah, and why should Barack Obama or any black man be upset about being called a “ni__er”? If he chooses to be black, he should own it.


  151. EugeneDebs says:

    Jonathan111 Says:

    And as I said in my first post you are a hatefilled moron and a bigoted jerk. You can hide behind calling your bigotry a beleif. Hey what if I believe you molest small furry animals does THAT make it true? I guess you dont mind being called a hatefilled moron because you ARE a hatefilled moron. You are defending calling someone a hateful slur. So I have no problem treating you the same way. My understanding of Christianity is that you try to fix YOURSELF and love others. YOU seem to think it means you need to FIX others and love yourself. Truth is I find you disgusting


  152. ralph the wonder llama says:

    Jonathan111 Says:

    God did not create homosexuality,

    Wow. Pretty limited “all-powerful” God you have there.


  153. Jonathan111 says:

    Haha, yea, Ralph, but the Bible never said it wasn’t okay to be black. I myself am a black man


  154. EugeneDebs says:

    Jonathan111 Says:

    You didnt do ANY spreading of the word of God HERE. You spread YOUR hateful bigotry and OPINION. Nothing more


  155. pete says:

    No one who understands the Big Bang Theory would be stupid enough to say the universe came from “thin air”. Or “nothing” as the “you can’t get something from nothing” argument goes.

    The Big Bang Theory states that all the mass and energy in the universe was, about 13-14 billion years ago, contained in a singularity. Before that time it’s impossible, at this time, to theorize what conditions were like because the laws of physics, as we know them, didn’t apply.

    NO ONE HAS EVER CLAIMED THE UNIVERSE CAME FROM NOTHING.

    Now. There are alternative theories but the available evidence points to the universe, and the laws of physics, begging to resemble the observed universe in a rapid expansion (not an explosion) of the singularity. Some of the hypotheses include a cyclical universe- an endless series of big bangs and “big crunches”- and multiple universes which force matter and energy into a singularity which expands when the pressure of the outside universes is lower than the energy/matter contained in the singularity. Then, of course, one needs to consider more exotic theories like string theory and n-dimensional geometry.

    In short. If one is too damn ignorant to examine a theory, and understand it, one is too damn ignorant to form a legitimate counter argument. Simply stating the “thin air” meme is proof positive that one is incapable of a knowledgeable discussion of the origin of our universe.


  156. ralph the wonder llama says:

    EugeneDebs Says:
    Jonathan111 Says:

    And as I said in my first post you are a hatefilled moron and a bigoted jerk. You can hide behind calling your bigotry a beleif. Hey what if I believe you molest small furry animals does THAT make it true?

    EugeneDebs, I think the point is not that it’s true that Jonathan111 molests small furry animals; what matters is that you believe his behavior is sinful, and therefore he is a sinner.


  157. Jonathan111 says:

    Eugene, I love ruffling your types feathers :)


  158. EugeneDebs says:

    Jonathan111 Says:

    Haha, yea, Ralph, but the Bible never said it wasn’t okay to be black. I myself am a black man
    <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

    It also nevera said it wasnt ok to be an idiot. YOU yourself ARE an idiot


  159. Jonathan111 says:

    Haha, yea, if I molested small furry animals I would be a sinner on that part, because, the same as homosexuality, it is sexual perversion


  160. ralph the wonder llama says:

    Jonathan111 Says:
    Haha, yea, Ralph, but the Bible never said it wasn’t okay to be black. I myself am a black man

    Oh, I see. I didn’t realize you were basing your right to call a homosexual a derogatory name in your view of biblical teaching. I thought your original argument was “what’s the big deal?”

    Was I wrong about that?


  161. dbadass says:

    I am beginning to think that we need to consider restricting the number of players upon the field. It really isn’t fair to put the consistent logical thought of pete, the llama and EugeneDebs (with his own special touch of harsh call out)on the field all at the same time…


  162. EugeneDebs says:

    Jonathan111 Says:

    You have delusions of adequacy. You are way too stupid to do ANYTHING to my feathers. I amuse myself slapping you around and destroying your logic free posts. Where do conservative idiots get the idea they have amazing mind reading powers and can tell how I feel or what I am thinking when I toss these posts out? You DONT read minds you DONT know how I feel. Thinking you do is just another in your LOOOOONG line of delusions


  163. Jonathan111 says:

    Yea, what is all the fuss about? Like I said, Eugene said it doesn’t bother me to be called a hatefilled moron BECAUSE I’m a hatefilled moron. It shouldn’t bother him to be called a fag because he is a fag.


  164. EugeneDebs says:

    Jonathan111 Says:

    Haha, yea, if I molested small furry animals I would be a sinner on that part, because, the same as homosexuality, it is sexual perversion
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    Homosexuality is NOT a pervestion just because really stupid people like YOU say it is. Just like it isnt necessarily true that you molest small furry animals just because I say you do. You really arent very bright. You do KNOW that dont you?


  165. dbadass says:

    Jonathan111:
    Excellent! I have been looking for an expert on perversion from some time. Might you help clarify I few things? I figure missionary is not perversion, right? Now there is a whole lot of stuff that me and the ladies have enjoyed through the years. Can you help me sort them into the kosher and nonkosher piles of perversion? It would be so helpful to have an expert available


  166. ralph the wonder llama says:

    Jonathan111 Says:
    Haha, yea, if I molested small furry animals I would be a sinner on that part, because, the same as homosexuality, it is sexual perversion

    To you, homosexuality might seem the same as your unnatural love of small furry creatures.

    But to someone who was born gay, homosexuality is the most natural expression of their sexual being that they can imagine.

    You said “I have never had to make that decision because I have never struggled with that”. Sounds like you were born straight, as was I. I never had a choice about to whom I was attracted. What makes you think gay people have a choice that straight people don’t face?


  167. Jonathan111 says:

    Eugene, I don’t know what your’e thinking. I don’t know what your’e thinking when you toss another man’s salad, and, to be quite honest, I don’t care to. The point is, I am getting under your skin, you’re not getting under mine


  168. ralph the wonder llama says:

    dbadass Says:
    I am beginning to think that we need to consider restricting the number of players upon the field. It really isn’t fair to put the consistent logical thought of pete, the llama and EugeneDebs (with his own special touch of harsh call out)on the field all at the same time…

    I understand your concern, dbadass, but it’s not like Jonathan111 is really playing the same game as we are; logic doesn’t really faze him. So it’s no big deal.


  169. pete says:

    I would tend to agree, dbadass, but trolls have been in such short supply that one needs to take advantage of an opportunity when one finds it.

    And, personally, I just can’t resist an opportunity to point out the utter ignorance of those who argue about science from a position of Faith.


  170. Jonathan111 says:

    dbadass, to be quite honest with you, the way I see it, as long as you’re with your wife, any position is acceptable :)


  171. ralph the wonder llama says:

    Jonathan111 Says:
    Eugene, I don’t know what your’e thinking. I don’t know what your’e thinking when you toss another man’s salad, and, to be quite honest, I don’t care to. The point is, I am getting under your skin, you’re not getting under mine

    When one man tosses another man’s salad, couldn’t that be described as “getting iunder his skin”?

    From what I’ve heard, anyway.


  172. Jonathan111 says:

    So, Pete, when did Science actually prove this big bang thing? You know, it’s funny, everyone takes what scientests say to be fact. Until, of course, the scientists themselves discover that they were wrong all along. God is the only thing that rings true throughout the ages.


  173. EugeneDebs says:

    Jonathan111 Says:

    Yea, what is all the fuss about? Like I said, Eugene said it doesn’t bother me to be called a hatefilled moron BECAUSE I’m a hatefilled moron. It shouldn’t bother him to be called a fag because he is a fag.
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    Hatefilled moron is an accurate description. NOT a hateful slur. It would be like calling Barney Frank a homosexual which no one would complain about. It is NOT the same thing as calling him a fag. Anyone with a normal IQ would get that distinction. You being REALLY stupid is the reason you dont. Calling him a fag would be more like me calling you the N word since you are black. I really cant believe how ignorant you are.


  174. pete says:

    So, stupid troll, what reasearch can you quote which leads you to doubt the Big Bang Theory? String theory? Cyclical universe? Steady state universe? Special Relativity? Quantum mechanics? N-dimensional geometry or the “multiverse”?

    Or have you. like ignorant fools throughout history, decided you can’t comprehend such things and come to the uninformed opinion that God did it?


  175. EugeneDebs says:

    Jonathan111 Says:

    No MORON. I am simply amusing myself. I cant believe how stupid you are. How in the WORLD would you know if you are getting under my skin or anywhere else with me unless you could read my mind? The FACT is obviously you CANT. Find a reasonably bright six year old to explain this very simple concept to you.


  176. dbadass says:

    What if you have no wife and she is just a hot chick who enjoys the same things as you?


  177. ralph the wonder llama says:

    Jonathan111 Says:
    So, Pete, when did Science actually prove this big bang thing? You know, it’s funny, everyone takes what scientests say to be fact. Until, of course, the scientists themselves discover that they were wrong all along. God is the only thing that rings true throughout the ages.

    Exactly. Just ask those who were persecuted under the Spanish Inquisition. THEY certainly heard the ring of truth in God. Once they were “convinced” of the error of their ways, that is.

    And the truth-ringing of the Salem witch trials — how about that, huh? There was some serious truth-ringing.

    And the “conversion” of the ignorant savages in Africa and the Americas throughout history. Sure, some of ‘em were sold as slaves, but the Bible says that’s cool, so that’s just more evidence of God ringing true throughout the ages.

    Yep. God is the only thing that rings true throughout the ages. Gotta agree with ya there.


  178. dbadass says:

    pete @ 183
    Oh come now my friend, now you are just checkmating em before everyone else is done…


  179. ralph the wonder llama says:

    Oh, and Jonathan, I’ve seen EugeneDebs posting for a while now and he really is just amusing himself with you.

    You’re not really getting under his skin. Sorry.


  180. dbadass says:

    Jonathan111:
    Why do you keep implying there is only one god?


  181. pete says:

    And which God would that be, stupid troll. Last I heard there were many. And only about a fifth of modern humans share in the Belief of the Judeo-Christian creation myth. There are older beliefs and newer ones. Heck! Even the “unchanging Word Of God” has undergone several dramatic changes, and countless minor ones. Unfortunately, Believers discard evidence of these changes and merely postulate that their personal interpretation is the one and only.

    As for evidence, as Creationists are so fond of saying, it’s all around you. From the receding galaxies to a single atom. One can actually listen to the background roar of the Big Bang. Of course, the evidence demands a bit of work to comprehend and there’s always an error factor.


  182. pete says:

    Sorry, db. When I see an idiot at the end of a limb I find it hard to not saw it off. And I’m a little out of practice in my troll bashing. But, I’ve resolved to indulge myself today in case we don’t see any trolls for awhile.


  183. ralph the wonder llama says:

    Good strategy, pete. There’s a real good chance the trolls will be hibernating after tonight.


  184. EugeneDebs says:

    pete Says:

    Trollstabbing is a moral imperative


  185. pete says:

    Thanx for the support but, I really didn’t intend to break our “new” toy. Sigh…


  186. quicklime says:

    Man, it’s good to be able to post again without worrying about getting dogpiled on. These a-holes need to be taken down and kept down. If we don’t blast them every time they open their mouth they will cause complete chaos and stymie all attempts to move forward with the mandate.


  187. RandomChaos says:

    Yeah whack-a-troll
    LOL
    excuse the spelling, posting/browsing from my Tilt phone


  188. Howie Felch says:

    Larson is, himself, gay. In typical republican fashion, he rails against homosexuality in the full throated, self loathing way they are famous for. One day, he will be caught with his schlong in the glory hole, or on his knees on the other side.


  189. bitblt says:


    ralph the wonder llama Says:
    .
    .
    .
    It’s kind of weird that some people who take their moral cues from religion (nothing wrong with that, in general) assume that there is no other possible source for a responsible moral code — that there is no other reason for not doing ill to your fellow man than the threat of ultimate judgment by a big guy in robes and a white beard sitting on a cloud somewhere.
    Most curious, this narrow view of the source of human morality.
    November 4th, 2008 at 6:07 pm

    …assume that there is no other possible source for a responsible moral code…

    Seems like now would be the perfect time to say what the other possible source(s) for a responsible moral code might be.

    So, what would it be?

    If you read bit you of course know this John Adams quote:

    We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion…. Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other

    So, let’s have a little test about what we think Adams meant when he said “religion.”

    Chose one of the following: John Adams meant _____________ when he used the word “religion” in the above quote.
    1) Christianity
    2) Judaism
    3) Islam
    4) Hinduism
    5) Buddhism
    6) Wicca
    7) http://www.charactercounts.com
    8) big men with really big guns
    9) add you own choice
    10) scientific theories
    11) paganism

    You might also want to remember the beginning verses from Jeremiah 23:
    Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem,
    look and take note!
    Search her squares to see
    if you can find a man,
    one who does justice
    and seeks truth;
    that I may pardon her.

    Which of the eleven worldviews in the list above has the best shot at insuring justice and truth? Actually, which of the eleven worldviews is even interested in insuringjustice and truth? Further, which of the eleven worldviews has provided you with the life you live?

    If bit’s memory is correct the Old Testament has an account that goes like this:
    There was no King in the land. (Apparently the King was suppose to keep order.)
    Everyone did what was right in their own eyes, and as a result, chaos ensued.

    Most curious, this narrow view of the source of human morality.
    So, that’s the source of human morality?


  190. dbadass says:

    didn’t J. Adams say…
    “When philosophic reason is clear and certain by intuition or necessary induction, no subsequent revelation supported by prophecies or miracles can supersede it.”


  191. bitblt says:

    dbadass Says:

    didn’t J. Adams say…
    “When philosophic reason is clear and certain by intuition or necessary induction, no subsequent revelation supported by prophecies or miracles can supersede it.”
    November 5th, 2008 at 2:21 pm

    bit will assume that you believe you have quoted an accurate statement from John Adams.

    Since this quote seems to be a remark on the reasoning process, it seems to bit to need an object. What is dbadass suggesting would be the “…clear and certain…” conclusion of philosophic reason and intuition? Adams could have been training his children to raise stock with this remark.

    In any case, does the logic contained in your Adams’ quote confirm or deny the logic contained in bit’s Adams quote?

    We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion…. Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other

    IOW, is there some reason both statements can’t be true?

    The last Adams quote was from a speech
    delivered to military officers of the First Brigade of the Third Division of the Militia of Massachusetts on October 11, 1798.


  192. bitblt says:

    Sometimes bit tries to resist, and sometimes he just goes with it.

    dbadass Says:

    didn’t J. Adams say…
    “When philosophic reason is clear and certain by intuition or necessary induction, no subsequent revelation supported by prophecies or miracles can supersede it.”
    November 5th, 2008 at 2:21 pm

    bit can’t seen how the reasoning behind the practice of destroying the pre-born and behind the practice of same-same gender marriage can be twisted, folded, pounded, or crushed to fit the logic of this quote.


  193. EugeneDebs says:

    Bitbit cant see ANYTHING he is a moron. Bitbit seems too stupid to remember that John Adams also signed the Treaty of Tripoli which says DIRECLY that the US is NOT founded on Christianity. Bit can google it. Bit can continue in his delusions if he wishes but it is CLEAR the founding fathers didnt want religion within a country mile of government. Bit apparantly didnt know that Adams was a DEIST. Great libraries are filled exclusively with things bit doesnt know


  194. bitblt says:

    We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion…. Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other

    IOW, is there some reason both statements can’t be true?

    The last Adams quote was from a speech
    delivered to military officers of the First Brigade of the Third Division of the Militia of Massachusetts on October 11, 1798.

    Adams made this speech abuot a year after the Treaty of Tripoli was signed.

    widipedia.org

    The treaty was signed at Tripoli on November 4, 1796 and at Algiers (for a third-party witness) on January 3, 1797, finally receiving ratification from the U.S. Senate on June 7, 1797 and signed by President John Adams on June 10, 1797.

    Treaties, or laws, don’t necessarily reflect the personal opinions of those who sign them.

    This is also true of the RvW ruling. This ruling doesn’t reflect the views of many who live in this nation.

    The quote and the treaty were not all Adams had to say:

    John Adams played a central role in the birth of our nation, as evidenced by a string of significant participatory activities, including delegate to the Continental Congress (1774-1777) where he signed the Declaration of Independence, signer of the peace treaty that ended the American Revolution (1783), two-time Vice-President under George Washington (1789-1797), and second President of the United States (1797-1801). Yet, Adams’ sentiments regarding Paine’s writing were, to say the least, blunt: “The Christian religion is, above all the religions that ever prevailed or existed in ancient or modern times, the religion of wisdom, virtue, equity and humanity, let the Blackguard Paine say what he will” (3:421, 1856). “Blackguard” was an 18th century term for a thoroughly unprincipled person—a scoundrel.

    Quoted from:
    http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/650
    which references:
    Adams, John (1856), The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States, ed. Charles Adams (Boston, MA: Little, Brown, & Co.).

    In addition, the founders want the government to be influenced by Christianity, but not be a particular sect of Christianity. This is obvious from those who prepared the First Amendment.


  195. bitblt says:

    The founders were imbued with the ideas of those who came before them:

    consitution of the
    New England Confederation
    May 19, 1643

    “Whereas we all came to these parts of America with the same end and aim,
    namely, to advance the kingdome of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to injoy the
    liberties of the Gospell thereof with purities and
    peace, and for preserving and propogating the truth and
    liberties of the gospell…”

    Articles of Confederation of the United colonies of New England,
    The
    (Online). (1643, May 19). The Avalon Project at Yale Law School.

    We still are. As bit has said previously, and several times, the Constitution of the U.S. was not written to support, endorse, promote, or allow immorality. These words from the Articles of Confederation… seem to support bit’s assertion.



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