The current state of marriage is the reason why dating is so difficult.

Graphic You Tube.com wrote:

teacher wrote:

True, but there are exceptions. I taught about marriage, dating and sex to my church class last week.

Almost all in my church normally attend, by the way.

Thank you. My church has never done well with this subject. No one would choose to be a homosexual.

They would have to be a complete idiot. Also no one would choose to be blind.

I think that no book has everything we need to know about anything. Frank Turek a top evangelist

has stated this. I think we were given brains for a reason. I'm not sure what this means for homosexuals

and marriage. Yes, it seems the bible is clear but what does it mean for those experiencing blindness?

"“Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him..."

No one is born a monogamist. And yet God expects this behavior. Some people have a genetically high predisposition to alcohol addiction. Are they alcoholics even if they never have a drink? Does their predisposition excuse their behavior? Should they get a special "allowed-to-drive-while-drunk" pass because of their genetics. Therefore, there is no such thing as a homosexual. There is only same sex attraction that is either acted upon or not.

Everyone's thinking on the topic of homosexuality has been diluted because the behavior and the identity have been conflated (this was the purposeful plan of those championing their politically correct totalitarian philosophy). But truth is that we all live with the burden of being drawn toward behavior that is wrong. Overwhelming temptations toward a particular act can't be used to justify that act.

So to circle back to the start of my post "There is none righteous. No, not one." We are all born under condemnation, that "the works of God can be revealed in us." So that we can all be re-born unto good works.

STSBO wrote:

wtfunny wrote:

Any book with talking snakes in it shouldn't be taken seriously.

Any book that advocates for slavery simply illustrates the ignorance and bigotry of its author/s.

This ^

Clearly, you haven't looked much into slavery and how the Bible deals with it. The Hebrew word for "slave" is the same as the word for "servant." God put into place regulations for how they were to treat their servants.

Exodus 21:16 says, "He who kidnaps a man and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, shall surely be put to death." Meaning, God (the author) did not advocate slavery, only servants, which have been commonplace for many years.

Also, a word on the "talking snakes" - Satan talked to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden in serpent form. This was before any sin had taken place, and after Adam and Eve sinned, God changed the Garden and all of Creation in multiple ways. We have no way of knowing what the entirety of Eden was like before this change took place. Therefore, all of the animals could've possessed the ability to speak.

STSBO wrote:

wtfunny wrote:

Any book with talking snakes in it shouldn't be taken seriously.

Any book that advocates for slavery simply illustrates the ignorance and bigotry of its author/s.

This ^

Quick, name me a literary tradition that stretches back to the late bronze age. On that has been maintained and seriously following with unbroken allegiance, generation after generation. for at least 3000 years. Name me any other literary tradition beside the Judeo-Christian scriptures that offers the same exactness in transmission through the centuries, and stretches back to the dawn of written language and civilization. There is none other than the Old and New Testament. Humanity has one literary tradition, and it is the Bible. You can shrug it off with your ungrounded intellectual pride. You can mistakenly assume that you are wiser than all the generation of mankind that came before you. You can say LOL to every post that references the wisdom of past ages (instead of offering any real counter arguments). But you do this to your own peril. You are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of judgment.

There’s no such thing as a homosexual because some people are predisposed to alcohol addiction? Sound logic.

OMGROFLOL!

Thanks, dude! That was awesome.

mwebster3 wrote:

There’s no such thing as a homosexual because some people are predisposed to alcohol addiction? Sound logic.

I progressed down a logical pathway that lead to this statement "Everyone's thinking on the topic of homosexuality has been diluted because the behavior and the identity have been conflated."

I try to explain my ideas as clearly as possible. I'm truly sorry you couldn't follow the logic.

The Times They Are A Changin' wrote:

The Gay Marriage Act is not helping. (Many of my former girlfriends turned out to be lesbian.)

The current rate of divorce is probably around 60% at the moment.

All of this leads to real fear among men and women when it comes to dating.

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There is no more "can I buy you a coke," either because modern romance leads us to believe a couple must go straight to the bedroom for an all-nighter.

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Some polls have said that 70% of the time it is the woman who breaks off a relationship.

Yet it is said by many that marriage is for the woman and not something men want.

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Churches do not as a rule discuss marriage, dating, and sex.

People do not go to church as much as they used to either.

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Discus.

Keep it clean boys and girls.

No one is replying to your questions about dating because none of us have the answers regarding that topic. I agree with you, dating sucks. I thank God every day that I'm not single anymore.

mwebster3 wrote:

There’s no such thing as a homosexual because some people are predisposed to alcohol addiction? Sound logic.

There is no such thing as a true homosexual because homosexuality is a sin, and God would never create a sinner. It’s each person’s choice how they wish to live their lives.

Some people are more genetically predisposed to alcohol addiction, but then again, they have the choice to never take a drink of alcohol. By never taking that first drink, they will never become an alcoholic.

What are you laughing about. Everything this man said is true and possibly the main reason why marriage is not respected in this country and many others. It makes me made because of the many girls I have dated that chose to become lesbian.

It's not right.

mg1228 wrote:

mwebster3 wrote:

There’s no such thing as a homosexual because some people are predisposed to alcohol addiction? Sound logic.

There is no such thing as a true homosexual because homosexuality is a sin, and God would never create a sinner. It’s each person’s choice how they wish to live their lives.

Some people are more genetically predisposed to alcohol addiction, but then again, they have the choice to never take a drink of alcohol. By never taking that first drink, they will never become an alcoholic.

As one with a porn addiction, I think the man has a point. I have to do the things it takes to quit porn.

Porn addiction harms the people I love and me. I have to find a way to kick this.

Good post. I need to take steps to eliminate porn addiction so that I can enjoy life in this world and the next.

How can I do that? This is serious question. I have been a Christian for many, many years. My porn addiction coincides almost with the advent of popular computer use. Unfortunately my jobs are on the computer!!!

That is why this thread or another one like it is so important. Perhaps I wrote too much in the first post or asked the question wrong. Marriage should be between a man and a woman. However there is no reason why there could not

be a civil union for homosexuals. 5% of the country is telling 95% of the country how they should live.

The internet has made that possible.

10/10 No one can argue with that!!!

Smell the coffee... wrote:

The lack of awareness on here is staggering. You waste your time arguing over gay bad / gay good without even questioning why you're being set up to hold such exteme views which surely make no odds to your everyday lives. Same goes for the promotion of bailing on heterosexual marriages (hence soaring divorce rates) and the "take care of yourself" society that's being nurtured.

Who's benefiting from these developments? Is it really making you happier?

Yes, indeed who is benefitting from the passage of the gay marriage/marriage equality? 5% of the population is telling the other 95% how to live.

The reason I have a right to be upset is it reduces the number of women I can date!!! Oh we are very aware.

STSBO wrote:

I kinda think it's important wrote:

Why is it that some people enter prison heterosexual and come out gay? Sexual orientation can be a choice and it is

a sinful choice that hurts that person and society.

LOL

Yes, have you notice in debates between gays/atheists and straights/Christians; most of the laughing is done by the immature gays/atheists? It is a fact that many gay/atheists just have not grown up yet. They may be smart but not mature. Therefore they are tee-hee-heeing all the way to the bank. Satan may win in this world but the Lord will win at the end of times.

That does not mean we will give up.

Arranged wrote:

My claim wrote:

Women/men interaction in workplace is nutty.

Look at Hope Hicks.

Beautiful woman. For some reason has no other ways (OK, Internet dating sucks) to meet a guy, so hooks up with twice-divorced woman-abuser she works with? Some sort of power trip or what.

Same with that Strzok guy and his paramour. Is your job your everything?

Another obvious problem is that child-rearing is disassociated to marriage for various reasons, being taken over by the State entities (e.g. compulsory schooling, nanny government). Reducing incentives to bond, in all directions.

Anyway, dating is a maybe 100-year old invention (less for lower classes), and by now seems to have fulfilled its dire warnings when it came about.

Dating is a 100-year old invention? I'm not sure where you got that stat as "dating," cannot really be defined. Meanwhile "Marriage," is as old as humankind.

celery wrote:

mwebster3 wrote:

There’s no such thing as a homosexual because some people are predisposed to alcohol addiction? Sound logic.

I progressed down a logical pathway that lead to this statement "Everyone's thinking on the topic of homosexuality has been diluted because the behavior and the identity have been conflated."

I try to explain my ideas as clearly as possible. I'm truly sorry you couldn't follow the logic.

Your logic was fallacious. There are labels for behaviors as there are identities. Your point doesn’t hold up.

mg1228 wrote:

mwebster3 wrote:

There’s no such thing as a homosexual because some people are predisposed to alcohol addiction? Sound logic.

There is no such thing as a true homosexual because homosexuality is a sin, and God would never create a sinner. It’s each person’s choice how they wish to live their lives.

Some people are more genetically predisposed to alcohol addiction, but then again, they have the choice to never take a drink of alcohol. By never taking that first drink, they will never become an alcoholic.

Homosexuality is not a sin, and sinners are born every minute.

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