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It doesn't invalidate my definition, it just means that some peoples' definition of Christian are more personalized and aren't as widely applicable. And as I've said previously, not behaving in "a Christian manner" does not mean one is not a Christian.
Both of your definitions are valid, which is the point. You and others in the thread were trying to imply that calling bigot "not a true christian" was a "no true Scotsman" fallacy, it is not.
It is when the goal posts for the definition of a Christian were being moved, which they were.
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/08/08/655951/bryan-fischer-children-of-same-sex-couples-must-be-saved-through-underground-railroad-kidnapping/ So crazy.
Basically, the dude had his birthday over the weekend, and came back the next day with photos of his busted up face that he put on Facebook and gave to police, saying he was beaten by 3 guys because he was gay. He convinced the whole Internet of this, and then a video came out proving that he actually suffered the injury attempting a backflip off a curb.
So, attention whore?
The discussion part is basically nonsense, but that's hardly unexpected from a non specialist encyclopedia.
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That's a sad story. And would be just as fucked up if one of the parents had happened to have a penis. AFA's ideas of an underground railroad is ridiculous.
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Nah, some of us are freaking vampires and can't expose our eyes directly to sunlight without mad squinting.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: There is no organization that poses a greater threat to gay rights than the Catholic Church.
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There needs to be a parody movie of that with the background music replaced with kazoos.
Seriously, why doesn't the Catholic Church pay taxes again?
I think the IRS needs to maybe start reevaluating the tax-exempt status of a few religions next year.
However, it is most definitely full of derp.
Strength through unity, unity through faith
Parody video's of that need to be made in general. Over-dramatics like that has the potential to be hilarious.
Also, it's somewhat amusing and a bit sad that all the related video's for that vid lead to more wack-a-doo stuff. Heh.
Maybe Funny or Die will do one like they did with A Gathering Storm back in 2010.
Although the second you see George Takei standing the background sort of ruins it because after that you're just waiting for him to say something funny.
Well, you are making the incorrect assumption that if you are a member of a denomination then you follow that denominations tenets completely. I grew up Presbyterian, I now go mostly to Methodist churches, but I've also been to Catholic, Episcopalian, and Baptist services with friends. I couldn't really tell you what each denomination believes about x minute thing, but I do know that the all think Christ died for our sins. Typically, I go to the one with the best contemporary music/band
Don't make lazy generalizations. Equating all Christians with the beliefs of organized Christianity is just that. There are plenty of Christians who support gay marriage even if official church doctrine does not.
Edit: didn't mean to derail anything, but a bigot calling others a bigot should be pointed out.
It sure as hell isn't bigotry, and that third-grade level of deflection isn't going to be very effective in this thread.
But they are still attending these churches and giving them money, which the churches in turn use to craft and support anti-gay legislation.
So the private views of these non-bigoted Christians doesn't amount to much.
Did you mean to imply that gay rights are a 'minute thing', that you are happy to be unaware of the actions of the groups you support, and that you either financially support those churches and thus their anti-gay activities or just leech off their charity in putting on musical shows...
... or was that unintentional?
"Peace through Power"?
Kane? Is that you?
What is your guess on the percentage of Christians that go to church more than once or twice a year?
How about on the percentage of Christians who tithe?
My guess is the real number is lower than you think.
Half the country cares enough to vote Republican against personal interest. I'd say the hooks go pretty deep.
Pretty much this.
I don't have a lot of respect to hand out to people who say things like, "Oh, I'm a Catholic, but I don't support their positions on gay marriage or abortion or child abuse." It's like saying, "Oh, I pay to watch pornography, but I don't support the sex industry's treatment of women," or "Hey, the Klan does a lot of good stuff for the community, too!"
Are you going to a church that espoused bigoted viewpoints? Are you tithing to them? Are you a surrogate for them in your community? Guess what? You're supporting bigotry.
Unfortunately a lot of youth just don't give two craps about elections other than getting smug about "my guy beat your guy" ideal. So while most of te country might be accepting-to-neutral on gay rights, it's the ones who are against the idea that end up turning in ballot numbers, which results in under-represented cultural opinions and a false consensus.
I'm actually amazed that things like the Health Care Act got as far as it did personally.
So... the type of music at the church is more important to you than how much they oppress people?
And you guys insist that you don't understand why we react so negatively to the faithful.
No true scotsman involves setting or having an established threshold for "Scotsmanhood," which is then revised because the actions taken by someone who previously fit within your definition of the identity is not one you want to associate with, which is sort of an inverse "moving the goal posts." "Christians have to accept Christ as their savior, that makes them Christians." Well, ok, then, the majority of Christians oppress homosexuals, and virtually all of their leadership advocates doing so. "Well, REAL Christians wouldn't do that, they'd donate all their money and hang out with prostitutes because Christ loved everyone." NO ONE IS DOING THAT. MOSTLY YOU PICK YOUR FAVORITE CONTEMPORARY MUSIC CHURCH, STARE OFF INTO SPACE WHILE BEING HANDED YOUR MORAL GUIDANCE, THEN PITCH FIVE BUCKS INTO THE "OPPRESS A GAY PERSON" BOWL.
Fuck off Sean Penn, Heath Ledger, James Franco, Jake Gyllenhaal, guy from Dexter, Colin Firth. Your performances were absolutely ludicrous.
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