"is pathological lying a disease or a habit?" I've been reading your posts for quite some time and I would say it's a result of a need to justify one's codependent manifestations such as homosexuality, alcoholism, drug abuse and such which results in quoting bloodletters as experts. You'll find Jesus can help you with that.

Truth, by nature, requires pontification or it wouldn't be truth now would it? :D Most of the planet from religious leaders to political leaders (and even many science types) believed the earth was flat back in the day. That didn't make them right. The true test of the answer to a puzzle is if it solved the puzzle. "Gay" people being freed from the trap of homosexuality means their answer sol...more

Truth, by nature, requires pontification or it wouldn't be truth now would it? :D

Most of the planet from religious leaders to political leaders (and even many science types) believed the earth was flat back in the day. That didn't make them right. The true test of the answer to a puzzle is if it solved the puzzle. "Gay" people being freed from the trap of homosexuality means their answer solved the puzzle. They were gay and now they are not. Repentance in Jesus is that answer.

Benjamin Rush is in the Unitarian / Universalist movement. This is not Christianity by ANY stretch. Please keep your religions straight.

"Rush was a proponent of bloodletting[6] and calomel therapy"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Rush

You're quoting someone who beleived in bloodletting??? Oooo...let's bloodlet the alchololism out of people until they stop being alcoholics???

It seems you are grasping at straws!!! Nice try though....less

Actually... 1Cr 7:8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. 1Cr 7:9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn. The question is a matter of context. God says the correct context for sex is within marriage between one man and one woman : Mat 19:4 And he answered and said unto them, Have...more

Actually...

1Cr 7:8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

1Cr 7:9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.


The question is a matter of context. God says the correct context for sex is within marriage between one man and one woman :

Mat 19:4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made [them] at the beginning made them male and female,

Mat 19:5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

My obsession is with obedience to the Jesus I love. He made everything very simple. Going outside of what HE has said is displeasing to Him. Those who have no problem with displeasing Him do not love Him.less

Actually, all those things you have listed have no bearing on your psycological state. The fact that you are using external things such as what you own or how much money you make as your basis for self worth are a really big red flag (gay or straight). What was your major at UCLA?

Civil liberties are always up for public vote. Civil rights are not. Being gay is not a civil right. It is a manifestation of severe codependency. Enabling that codependency is hateful and self-serving. The loving thing is to confront the codependent person and help them get the help they need.

Wow!!! Bigot is REALLY confused!!! You are the one who is bitter, bigot. It is one of the main symptoms of severe codependency. The name calling, put downs, insults and all the rest of the personal attacks are proof of a deep seeded need to show self worth. My self worth comes from my acceptance from Jesus. When He fully accepted me I was able to die to those things which made me love sin a...more

Wow!!! Bigot is REALLY confused!!!

You are the one who is bitter, bigot. It is one of the main symptoms of severe codependency. The name calling, put downs, insults and all the rest of the personal attacks are proof of a deep seeded need to show self worth.

My self worth comes from my acceptance from Jesus. When He fully accepted me I was able to die to those things which made me love sin and I picked up the life HE laid down. That is the life I live now. Bigot, everything you are looking for is found in a relationship with Jesus the Christ. The more you post, the more you expose your true self. You are bitter and angry. How dare anyone tell you there is a right and wrong that you cannot control. Still, you can't walk away from this board! God's getting a grip on you. Why don't you surrender to HIS will and find out what love really is?less

There is quite a bit of misunderstanding concerning the scouts and public land. They have the same access as anyone else to public lands including using school buildings. Not only that but the Office of Civil Rights at the US Dept. of Education has responisbility for protecting the Scouts when it comes to equal access. http://www2.ed.gov/policy/rights/guid/ocr/boyscouts.html This issue came ...more

There is quite a bit of misunderstanding concerning the scouts and public land. They have the same access as anyone else to public lands including using school buildings. Not only that but the Office of Civil Rights at the US Dept. of Education has responisbility for protecting the Scouts when it comes to equal access.

http://www2.ed.gov/policy/rights/guid/ocr/boyscouts.html

This issue came up from a specific situation in a specific area which is not common for most scouting groups. The issue was that the scouts leased land from San Diego. The local (liberal wacko court) said it violated separation of church and state. You can find the updates at:

http://www.bsalegal.org/less

What if she had an abortion after she birthed Tim and that doctor would have developed the cure for AIDS? What if is SUCH a fun game.... :D

You are correct. However, the Dems were trying to (and still are) push an act that would force Christian stations to broadcast non-christian content. November is just around the corner. Time to clean house in DC....

εὐοδόω (euodoo) prosper 1) to grant a prosperous and expeditious journey, to lead by a direct and easy way 2) to grant a successful issue, to cause to prosper 3) to prosper, be successful I find it interesting that the word 'prosper' is only used 3 times in the NT. Romans 1:10 refers to a journey I Cor 16:2 is about GIVING!!! ("as God hath propspered you" as in the more you ha...more

εὐοδόω (euodoo) prosper

1) to grant a prosperous and expeditious journey, to lead by a direct and easy way
2) to grant a successful issue, to cause to prosper
3) to prosper, be successful

I find it interesting that the word 'prosper' is only used 3 times in the NT.

Romans 1:10 refers to a journey
I Cor 16:2 is about GIVING!!! ("as God hath propspered you" as in the more you have the more you give)
3Jo 1:2 "Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth." which I find interesting because it is tied to the soul and not the flesh.

The big name it and claim it...blab it and grab it theology is based on the law and not Grace.less

"These ads are bought. They're a commodity. Free speech doesn't apply here" OK...here goes the broadcast vet chiming in. Yes and no. Equal access is based on "free speech" which is tempered by the decency acts. Broadcasters have the right to refuse commercials for any or no reason provided they do not violate equal access which again is tempered by religious freedom meaning Christian stations d...more

"These ads are bought. They're a commodity. Free speech doesn't apply here"

OK...here goes the broadcast vet chiming in. Yes and no. Equal access is based on "free speech" which is tempered by the decency acts. Broadcasters have the right to refuse commercials for any or no reason provided they do not violate equal access which again is tempered by religious freedom meaning Christian stations don't have to run commercials offensive to their faith. It REALLY is quite an issue full of rules and regulations.

The bottom line is the Tebow commercial does not violate any FCC regulation or law. Therefore, it can air. Planned Parenthood could have made their own commercial and provided it does not violate any FCC regulation or law...it would air.less

Hey TLC!!! There are way worse things than being single! Being married to a person God didn't choose for you would be right there at the top of THAT list! I waited on the Lord and HE brought me a GREAT wife!!! Don't worry about people like amalgamate who seem to live for lust. We know better.... :D

It's time to get these codependent people the help they need and stop enabling them! This year America will make Obama the lame duck he deserves to be. 2012 America will stand up once and for all and make marriage between one man and one woman as a matter of US Constitution.

In short, the ruling did violate the right of the mother to the "free exercise there of". It is so common place that people like you cannot even see it for the anti-American thinking that it is. Still, as I understand it the father was upset because the child was being taught that gay was not OK. Right? That being the case, he ABANDONED his responsibility to be a husband and went out for what h...more

In short, the ruling did violate the right of the mother to the "free exercise there of". It is so common place that people like you cannot even see it for the anti-American thinking that it is.

Still, as I understand it the father was upset because the child was being taught that gay was not OK. Right? That being the case, he ABANDONED his responsibility to be a husband and went out for what he SELFISHLY wanted. That is the problem I have with the dad...gay or straight. It is the gays who have made this into a anti-gay issue.less

I guess the same court upholding Prop 8 shows that gays make themselves second class citizens. Repent and join the rest of us!!!

OK...I was in the news biz for about 12+ years. The average station gets what would take 10-12 hours to read from each news source each day. The computer that processes that now puts through the news according to the classification code for each story. For example, spanish stations have stories of interest to the spanish community as a higher priority...thus they get more stories for their "market...more

OK...I was in the news biz for about 12+ years. The average station gets what would take 10-12 hours to read from each news source each day. The computer that processes that now puts through the news according to the classification code for each story. For example, spanish stations have stories of interest to the spanish community as a higher priority...thus they get more stories for their "market".

Between AP, UPI and EP a group like CP could get from a hundred to a thousand stories each day just within their "market".

Now, here in the south I can tell you many churches here are the 1st Church of the Fridged Air! So, it would depend on where the story was written, where the poll was taken and so forth.

Hope that helps....less

Did I miss something? I don't recall agreeing with the story!!! I do know that home schooled kids (even those in a public home school) turn out better than the majority of those who are left to the public schools. It's just the numbers. If the mother was here in SC she could enroll the student in any number of public charter schools which are home based and that would meet the requirements of t...more

Did I miss something? I don't recall agreeing with the story!!!

I do know that home schooled kids (even those in a public home school) turn out better than the majority of those who are left to the public schools. It's just the numbers. If the mother was here in SC she could enroll the student in any number of public charter schools which are home based and that would meet the requirements of the court order.

Once again, Bigot, your confused codependency is causing you to see persecution where none exists.less

We have 32 states that say they are wrong. So, your ruling means nothing to us in those 32 states. By 2014 that will be overturned by a US Constitutional ammendment which NO court can touch.

How loving is it to leave a person to their own destruction? That is what YOU call love! It as hate. I love you enough to confront you and your sin. I DON'T want you in hell! I want you in heaven with Jesus when this is all over! It is your sin that treats you like garbage and makes you feel the need to defend yourself! I'M DEAD!!! This is why I keep going back to what the Bible says. The life I ...more

How loving is it to leave a person to their own destruction? That is what YOU call love! It as hate. I love you enough to confront you and your sin. I DON'T want you in hell! I want you in heaven with Jesus when this is all over! It is your sin that treats you like garbage and makes you feel the need to defend yourself! I'M DEAD!!! This is why I keep going back to what the Bible says. The life I now live I live by faith in the Son of God who LOVES me AND you! HE gave Himself for you so that you don't have to live in the garbage of sin.less

Just so people know...when you log on you have an IP address. So, when you are logged on in multiple tabs with different ID's the system recognizes that.... Nice try though.