Quote from: Jill F on December 05, 2014, 04:22:24 PM
Bubonic plague is a b*tch, isn't it?

Yeah, I'm pretty sure AIDS didn't start/come from gay people. Such a misconception!

Quote from: Shana-chan on December 26, 2014, 10:21:17 PM
Yeah, I'm pretty sure AIDS didn't start/come from gay people. Such a misconception!

The HIV-1 prevalent in the US and other places probably came from a chimpanzee or a gorilla bite between 1915 to 1930 in Africa. The retrovirus was more benign back then before it started to show a more aggressive strain in the late 1960's and early 1970's. Most of the African nations had gained their independance from the European countries since the 1930's and their economic structures changed because of that. The males in the small subsistance farm villages migrated to the large cities such as Nairobi to get jobs for money, leaving the women and children on the farm. These men would spend some or a lot of their earnings on prostitutes and booze and then return to the farm during harvest with the little they earned. When the HIV strain roared in the early 1980's, it was spread to those African populations first then to the travelers who brought to the rest of the world. In Africa, being Gay is a death sentence often meted out on the spot of discovery to this day.
  The people who traveled from the afflicted parts of Africa then spread it through prostitutes and by bisexuals who linked it to the Gay community. The Gay community was quite promiscous during the 1980's, with the male Gays each having an average of about 37 different sexual partners a month. Of the original Gay choir "Boys in the Band", only one survived that epidemic. Today that disease crosses all sexual and ethnic lines with those countries with the more promiscous population with the higher infection rates. It is also transmitted through shared needles and from blood transfusions. Tennis great Arthur Ashe got it from a transfusion when he had a massive heart attack during the beginning of the US AIDS epidemic.
  Cats have a non-primate feline version called FIV, FeLV and FFV. FeLV causes leukemia in cats. There are vaccinations for these for your cat.

Joelene
 

This same guy just declared his hatred for "satanic" metal bands like Judas Priest, Pantera and Black Sabbath.

Get a clue, dude.  Apparently he wouldn't know a satanic band if it poked his bum with a pitchfork.

I'm also curious why he didn't mention Hall and Oates.

Quote from: Jill F on December 27, 2014, 05:18:09 PM
I'm also curious why he didn't mention Hall and Oates.

Hall and Oates aren't satanic, nothing that wholesome. They're a product of alien elder gods from outside of space and time, the mere thought of which drives most people irrevocably insane.

This guy, on the other hand is a more plebian evil, pandering to the prejudices of his followers to line his own pockets and stroke his ego.

This is one of the reasons I was afraid to come out in public growing up in a Catholic family. I have heard plenty of horrible things from the church but not this. He wants to kill LGBT people. How can he not get in trouble saying that like a threat?

No Offense but I'm glad I'm pagan lol

Quote from: Dawn B. on December 28, 2014, 12:56:40 AM
No Offense but I'm glad I'm pagan lol

To be fair, pagans have had their fair share of nutjobs as well. I've met a couple. It just goes to show that religion is a tool, and just like any other tool it can be used for good, or for bad.

I'm Pastafarian. We're perfectly sane.

Now if you'll excuse me I need to get my colander to put on for my new driver's license photo.

Generally speaking, Christians are good a playing up hate. Hellfire, brimstone, etc .. it's all about controlling your audience. I find it hilarious that more often than not they know more about Hell than Heaven. Makes me wonder what God they serve. I personally am a pagan, and that being said, I have never met a real Christian, and according to their theology, their God does not forgive people like me. He burns them. Preferably on a stake.
Of course there may be an exception to the general Christian population, but that exception is probably in a mental institution.

There are many kinds of Christians, many of them quite nice. The one thing they all have in common is that they think they are "real" Christians. Don't let the loudmouthed judgmental televangelists put you off. They can get so insular that they consider only those in their own congregation "real". See http://splitframeofreference.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-greatest-religious-joke-of-all-time.html

There are hateful people within any group regardless of religious affiliation or absence. However generalizations and presumptions of any group due to a vocal minority or majority does no one any good, and serves as a barrier to learning from and understanding others.

The sentiment expressed by this pastor is very common. I do not understand how a God that purportedly loves you, can create you the way you are, and then condemn you to eternal torture for it. At best, transitioning is seen as a mutilation, and at worst it is seen as homosexuality, fueled by unnatural lusts, and your choice to live outside of God's law; committing abomination after abomination. No I don't hate them, but I have had to defend myself from them. I am not a broken thing that needs rehabilitation or fixing. So please don't tell me about generalizations, because I seriously doubt that you have had any real life encounters with these self-righteous fanatics. And because we are outside the law of God, it is not a sin to kill us. In fact it is often encouraged in the old testament.  So in short, your conclusions are wrong. And if there was a person who follows Jesus Christ to the fullest possible extent, he or she would be heavily medicated and placed in a mental institution.

This thread is veering dangerously close to bashing and will be locked if it continues as such. Please review the TOS and keep things pleasant.

Quote from: Illuminess on December 03, 2014, 03:15:27 PM

Arizona pastor predicts 'AIDS-free Christmas' if all gays are killed, as God commands



A Baptist pastor in Tempe, Arizona called for the mass extermination of LGBT people on
Sunday in a sermon entitled "AIDS: The Judgement of God."

http://bit.ly/15P39Ke

Hmmm, according to this guy, homosexuality is a sin but committing murder is okay based on his interpretation of religious beliefs and/or affiliation?

Wasn't there someone named Adolf who followed the same sort of logic years ago and managed to convince several others to help him murder over 6 million people?

According to Internet tradition, this thread is now over. Any reference to Hitler not in a thread about WW II, etc.

Actually this situation is very similar to was was going on then. Its just a different group being oppressed that's all.

Quote from: Dee Walker on December 30, 2014, 09:02:31 AM
According to Internet tradition, this thread is now over. Any reference to Hitler not in a thread about WW II, etc.

Quote from: Dee Walker on December 30, 2014, 09:02:31 AM
According to Internet tradition, this thread is now over. Any reference to Hitler not in a thread about WW II, etc.

...says the wise woman! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law

It was the first thing I thought of when I saw this topic. It had nothing to do with the length of the thread. There is a definite parallel here.

Quote from: Devlyn Marie on December 30, 2014, 11:23:29 AM
...says the wise woman! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law

The thread was Godwin'd so it should be locked.