Hasn't been a day since the new pope was elected and we already have to witness this.

[popsicle_3000]

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...and you work in the medical profession, popsicle?

i will in two years studying still

[Izzy]

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I'm contributing.

[Reincarnate]

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I think one of the core of the issues with 'gay marriages' comes from the interpretation of the word marriage. There's been a disconnect between the idea of marriage from a legal standpoint and a marriage in a 'Christian' aspect. The bible says that marriage is between a man and woman. The legal interpretation only has to do with the secular paperwork, taxes, and other worldly things. There's a number of Christian groups that have no problem with performing a 'blessing of relationship' were they ask God to bless the couple and there's a similar theme of togetherness, fidelity, ect. Rarely do they call it marriage though. The current more secular world came from a more religious world. The term marriage remained in place though the meaning has shifted. It's a matter of language changing (which is something that language is keen on doing).

Doesn't matter because marriage isn't something that religion/Christianity/etc "owns." They didn't "invent" it. Marriage didn't even originate as a religious concept -- it was about property and alliances during oldschool agricultural revolutions. It was a contract.

Christians pretty much came along and hijacked a bunch of shit (e.g. pagan rituals) to make it more palatable for people to convert.

My point is that marriage isn't something that we need religious "permission" for in any way, shape, or form. It doesn't matter if they think it ought to be between a man and a woman. Marriage as an institution has already been morphed and mutated into so many variants over the years -- they just like to pick on this one because "ewww, gay people."

[Nullifidian]

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Same for marriage between multiple people for that matter. What's the reason to stop 3 or more people from marrying if they love each other? "Ew thats gross n stuff"

[popsicle_3000]

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I'd argue an important reason for trouble with gay marriage in the religious community is in the actual ceremony.
a priest/pastor marrying two homosexuals in a way is showing agreement and acceptance of their way of life. It also why some churches wouldn't allow a homosexual pastor or priest. Allow the church to decide whether they will marry homosexuals or not. The state can perform marriages, and i'd find that much more acceptable.

[MarioNintendo]

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Damn I have exams tomorrow worth 40% on electromagnetics, can you guys stop being so entertaining for a second and let me sleep in peace!??!!!??!!??!

Also does anyone like my charts because I feel like no one talks about them. ;_;

[d4u7211]

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just fyi pretty sure spitfire won the thread with his post on second page

btw Izzy totally made this thread worthwhile lmao, saved dem gifs

Just to put in my few words - as an openly gay person:
You guys know that shit in the 1800's people were selling, this stuff?

This stuff ACTUALLY WORKS. The only reason it got discredited is because the same old guys who conjured up this crap and made people buy into their lies didn't bother to write it down in a book and mass produce it so people could continue to pretend with them and give them money. And, yknow, believe everything they said, cause yknow, it was written down.

btw black people should be slaves still. Columbus was kinda cool too. Let's just keep going back in time, it's kinda nice to be blissfully uncivilized.

lmao this whole thread is a joke. Oh btw you know that two cases of HIV have been cured now? Apparently that's God's doing - praise Je-! wait...homosexuality was a sin we were born with, right, to condemn us to Hell and do the Devil's deeds? Why did God give us that cure, I wonder
(no shit lots of Christians believe that but don't think about the initial "reason for homosexuality"

just one more, I'm having fun

THE BIBLE SAID THIS YO VVVVVVVVVV


Time to kill some bitches! No but really, we don't follow that. And NO ONE in this thread better say a mother fuckin thaaang about how most/all christians actually practice abstinence before marriage.

[Izzy]

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Izzy totally made this thread worthwhile lmao, saved dem gifs

Thank you. I collect gifs actually. I think I have about 7gb worth.

[MarioNintendo]

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Really? Where's the best place to find gifs?

[NeoMasterPie]

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>quoting laws from the Old Testament

the less you know

okay that's my input bye guys

[Izzy]

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Really? Where's the best place to find gifs?

I guess I've just been saving every good one that I see on 4chan. Recently they added the /wsg/ board so you don't need to sift through 8 pages of dicks to get to 1 thread of non porn gifs.

[d4u7211]

Re: Hasn't been a day since the new pope was elected and we already have to witness t

Thank you. I collect gifs actually. I think I have about 7gb worth.

omf that's so win - i have a tiny ass collection. I need to save more and sort them for the kind of reactions I have (I actually ended up making quite a few of my own for that reason alone)

That face smash one near the beginning of this derpfest was hilarious

[Reincarnate]

Re: Hasn't been a day since the new pope was elected and we already have to witness t

Eight Pages of Dicks

new band name

[Nullifidian]

Re: Hasn't been a day since the new pope was elected and we already have to witness t

Eight Pages of Dicks

new band name

[eastsideman09]

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I'd argue an important reason for trouble with gay marriage in the religious community is in the actual ceremony.
a priest/pastor marrying two homosexuals in a way is showing agreement and acceptance of their way of life.

What difference would it make? And why would that even be an issue? In a religious sense, the pastor would effectively be passing judgement upon them, and he of all people should know it's not his place to do that, right?