forgiven, even if the bible did mean that, is everything mentioned as a sin in the bible really a sin? Leviticus says that eating clams, oysters, crabs, lobsters, and shrimp are abominations and that wearing clothes made of 2 different types of fabic is a sin. do you ever eat these foods? is every piece of clothing you have made of one type of fabric? no. therefore, you are just a bad a sinn...more

forgiven,
even if the bible did mean that, is everything mentioned as a sin in the bible really a sin? Leviticus says that eating clams, oysters, crabs, lobsters, and shrimp are abominations and that wearing clothes made of 2 different types of fabic is a sin. do you ever eat these foods? is every piece of clothing you have made of one type of fabric? no. therefore, you are just a bad a sinner as any homosexual (and in reality you are worse than you percieve homosexuals to be because you persecute others, which im SURE god thinks of as a sin.) if you think i will be sent to hell for not discriminating against homosexuals, then i will see you there buddy!less

whatever happened to the separation of church and state? there shouldnt be any prayer in the senate at all. i know you people wont agree with me, but separation of church and state is a founding principle of our great nation. as a christian, i dont mind this separation - i think its the right thing to do, but even if you dont agree, it is what the founding fathers wanted.

seriously, statements such as “This is the single most dangerous piece of legislation we have seen in the recent past, because of its threat to silence the Church…” are absolutely absurd. these things are said out of hate and prove that these people are just the oppsite of christian. christians should be working together, not singling out groups for discrimination. this hate crim...more

seriously, statements such as “This is the single most dangerous piece of legislation we have seen in the recent past, because of its threat to silence the Church…” are absolutely absurd. these things are said out of hate and prove that these people are just the oppsite of christian. christians should be working together, not singling out groups for discrimination. this hate crimes bill is so important i cant stress it enough. there has been way too much discrimination against homosexuals for way too long and objections to a hate crimes bill make no sense at all and only serve to degrade fellow humans/christians.less

Serge, honestly, I don’t even know where to begin with the inaccuracies in your post, but here goes. 1. Regarding the use of the word “dragon” – dragon has been used throughout the ages to refer to many different reptiles, such as the Komodo dragon, alligators, and crocodiles (which were and still are very present in Israel). The dragon well was most definitely named for cro...more

Serge, honestly, I don’t even know where to begin with the inaccuracies in your post, but here goes. 1. Regarding the use of the word “dragon” – dragon has been used throughout the ages to refer to many different reptiles, such as the Komodo dragon, alligators, and crocodiles (which were and still are very present in Israel). The dragon well was most definitely named for crocodiles. 2. Just because people drew pictures of and created stories about dragons does not mean they exist. For example, my high school mascot was a unicorn and thus there were pictures of unicorns around the school. This does not mean that they actually existed. 3. They did NOT find blood in dinosaur bones. What you are referring to was, to use the words of Schweitzer, the original author, “mysterious spheres tucked into the blood vessel chambers of a 65-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex fossil.” Carl Wieland, CEO of Answers in Genesis Ministry, then took this paper by Schweitzer, who is known in the science community for his anti-science sensationalism, took this evidence and totally misrepresented it in several non-scientific journals. Wieland (who is considered a joke in molecular bio) greatly exaggerated and distorted this data for his own profit. In sum: no one has EVER found blood in a dino fossil. 4. even had there been dinos back then, noah could still not have gathered them all, even baby dinos for the reasons I mentioned earlier. 5. lastly, to even imply that dogs could become non-dogs, sprout wings, or grow horns show that you know absolutely nothing about evolution, which does not claim this is possible (except over the course of millions of years.) Evolution is the spontaneous mutation of DNA, be it a nucleotide mutation (point mutations, deletions, insertions, etc.) or chromosome aberration (deletion, polyploidy, inversions, etc). A nucleotide mutation leads to very small structural or functional changes in amino acids, which then produce slight changes in the proteins that every cell in you body produces. These changes are very small and pile up over time to, along with natural selection, slowly produce new species. You said to me “Open your mind and think logically.” My specialty is microbiology, which encompasses genetics, molecular bio, and evolution. I argue a case of scientific fact, you argue that dragons exist because people drew pictures of them. Who here is thinking illogically? Please respond if you still think you are right.less

dannypoo, in case you didnt know all dogs are the SAME SPECIES (canis familiaris). this means that any dog can reproduce with any other dog with fertile offspring. the varience among dogs (and cats) is much like different races in humans - we look different but can still make children together. and trust me, as a biologist ive read tons of Darwin and others, and yes, a good bit of varience can...more

dannypoo,
in case you didnt know all dogs are the SAME SPECIES (canis familiaris). this means that any dog can reproduce with any other dog with fertile offspring. the varience among dogs (and cats) is much like different races in humans - we look different but can still make children together. and trust me, as a biologist ive read tons of Darwin and others, and yes, a good bit of varience can appear in a few generations, but for speciation to occur, many many generations must pass.less

actually, 1 corinthians 6:9-10 says: Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 1Cr 6:10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. nowhere in here does it mention homosex...more

actually, 1 corinthians 6:9-10 says:

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
1Cr 6:10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

nowhere in here does it mention homosexuality. please do not fudge the truth about the bible to help perpetrate your hateful lies!less

this article is nothing but homphobic slander! im outraged that this is even allowed to be published! it is nothing but complete lies. EVERY gay person i know yearns for the day they will be able to marry. i cant even count how many discriminatory insults are in this p.o.s. article. this is outrageous and this author should be banned from posting on this website!

1. Homosexuality is not a disorder; even the American Psychiatric Association will tell anyone this. 2. People who are homosexual cannot choose to be heterosexual. Sexual orientation is not just who you have relations with, it is who you’re attracted to and who you love. How would you feel if someone told you to fall in love with someone of your gender? I’m sure you wouldn’t l...more

1. Homosexuality is not a disorder; even the American Psychiatric Association will tell anyone this. 2. People who are homosexual cannot choose to be heterosexual. Sexual orientation is not just who you have relations with, it is who you’re attracted to and who you love. How would you feel if someone told you to fall in love with someone of your gender? I’m sure you wouldn’t like it and couldn’t do it. It is the same when you tell gay people that they should be straight. Also, one does not have a choice about race, but one also does not have to hide ones race from everyone else. You choose to be gay in the same way Chinese people choose to be of their race. 3. Homosexuality is not a choice. It is part biology and part conditioning. It has been proven that gay people are exposed to different levels of certain prenatal hormones and that subsequentially their brains are slightly different.less

as someone who has studied both micro and macro evolution for years, i can tell you it would take much more time for so many different species of cat. evolution is a very slow process requiring many thousands of years to produce such diversity. not only that, but if noah did take two of every kind, it would still take much longer than just one lifetime to collect that many animals and keep them ...more

as someone who has studied both micro and macro evolution for years, i can tell you it would take much more time for so many different species of cat. evolution is a very slow process requiring many thousands of years to produce such diversity. not only that, but if noah did take two of every kind, it would still take much longer than just one lifetime to collect that many animals and keep them alive in one place without them dying of old age, eating each other, or disease spreading throughout the ark which would easily kill many of them.less

Dannypoo, first, if a “homosexual” has some heterosexual desires, he/she is not homosexual, but bisexual. Homosexual people are not repressing heterosexual desires, because they have none (in the same way straight people do not desire homosexual relations). Second, I argue that homosexual acts are a choice in the same way that two straight people having sex is a choice – sure you ...more

Dannypoo, first, if a “homosexual” has some heterosexual desires, he/she is not homosexual, but bisexual. Homosexual people are not repressing heterosexual desires, because they have none (in the same way straight people do not desire homosexual relations). Second, I argue that homosexual acts are a choice in the same way that two straight people having sex is a choice – sure you can choose to be celibate, but extremely few heterosexuals do choose celibacy. Third, you cannot compare something like homosexuality to incest, adultery, or hatred. Incest is inherently bad because it reduces the genetic diversity of a population and increases genetic homozygousity, which leads to reduced genetic fitness as described by the inbreeding coefficient: F = (.5)^(distance to relative-1). This is why incest is bad for human populations; homosexuality does no such thing. Adultery is indeed a terrible thing. It is betraying the trust of the one you love most. Homosexuality betrays no such trust. To compare homosexuality to hatred is absurd – homosexuality is the expression of love between two people. There could be nothing further from hatred. You were correct in saying that desire does not justify morality, however you are comparing a form of love to incest, adultery, and hatred, which are three undeniable sins. This is an unjust attack on innocent people that in itself is spawned by evil.less

i feel so sorry for "ex-gays". living a life where one lies to oneself about oneself all the time sure must be hard. and no, IT IS NOT A CHOICE!

who doesnt like hardcore gay porn? it should be in all of our libraries!

you people hate too much. you should be more accepting of gays. its what jesus would want/do.

as a biologist/scientist, i am absolutely mortified that anyone could believe something as stupid as this. there is scientific PROOF that dinosaurs died out 65 MILLION years before humans came into existance. it honestly scares me to think that people are so gullible as to refute facts in favor of the mythology of the bible. the earth is around 4.5 billion years old, not 6000. and considering ...more

as a biologist/scientist, i am absolutely mortified that anyone could believe something as stupid as this. there is scientific PROOF that dinosaurs died out 65 MILLION years before humans came into existance. it honestly scares me to think that people are so gullible as to refute facts in favor of the mythology of the bible. the earth is around 4.5 billion years old, not 6000. and considering that there are over 1,250,000 species of just extant animals, one would have to be absolutely stupid to believe that noah could collect 2 of each - even if this were to be done, it would take many lifetimes and practially infinite space in the arc. when people open "museums" such as the one mentioned, it makes me sick to think that these people are warping our childrens minds with such lies. shame on them.less