Sorry, to clarify: were you or were you not born with an appendix? I'm not sure what your personal take on evolution theory is, but I've met a hell of a lot of supporters of intelligent design who have embraced it because of perceived incongruities that only really stem from a misunderstanding of what evolution theory is. Evolution is not intelligent. It does not get rid of organs because they are useless. If an organ was actually harmful to a person's physiology - enough to kill them - then it might eventually be out-evolved. A womb does not hurt anyone. However, since by and large homosexuals don't produce offspring, it's safe to suppose that they are pretty much excused from the whole process of evolution anyway.
Ok have to give you this one. However, the term is not currently in use and I had honestly never heard of it. Nevertheless, it is in the medical literature as you stated.
Have to say, the term "passive-agressive" was also in use as recently as 15 years ago. Most psychologists have since debunked it as guff. I've seen with my own eyes evidence that people who take enough anal punishment do eventually start to leak. But the guy in question was about 60 (please don't get the wrong idea about how I came into contact with this person), and I doubt the damage is any worse than that of the vagina of your average 60 year old prostitute.
back in the old days, Blackie would've burst into this conversation at some point and said 'gay babies are hot'...but since he's not here, i'll do it for him...
I took that label as a compliment. As for how hot they are, well, they come from a hot place. And the reason I haven't leapt in here is cuz this post, #251, was, I felt, enough said. So, I have only posted 4 or 5 times since then..... #448? 200 posts ago, Hippypaul said it all. Interesting to see how redundant a topic can get. Live and let live. 4 words, versus 448 pages...........sheesh.
That is not the debate that I find of critical import. Erasmus' post above holds clues to it. In the first sentence it says 'do for themselves'. This is great, mind your own business, clean up your own back yard, etc. Don't try to control others. Try to control yourself, ie: Self Control. Self control is challenging, and a worthy aim, to try to control others is disrespectful, unloving, and, in the end, futile. The author of the post wastes no time in spoiling what was a great start, with sentence number two. If you don't want him to have those feelings, too bad. They are his, you can work on your own feelings, and give him the respect he is due by letting him choose his own method of dealing with his. That is the debate, imo, between those who just want to live their lives, and do not wish to control others, and then those who don't want them to live their lives, and seek to control others. The bible says something about that..... You know, 'Don't criticize the sliver in your neighbours eye, but instead work on getting the tree trunk out of your own eye.' or something.
"The Bible says a lot of things." Incidentally, I mentioned this thread to a straight friend of mine - intelligent guy, works in the media - and we both agreed; any heterosexual man who claims not to find lesbian sex arousing is clearly a closet homosexual. So apparently Exodus doesn't work that well, and so based on all available evidence (i.e. this thread and those aversion therapy sessions in the 1930s that successfully used electrodes to turn homosexuals into homosexual masochists), it appears homosexuality is incurable anyway and clearly just another wacky facet of God's twisted design. [/thread]
Why cure what is not an illness? because of conservative ignorance? Gay people want to be gay, and wouldnt have it any other way, just as straight people want to be straight, and wouldnt have it any other way. The thought of "curing" homosexuality reminds me of "curing the orgasm" in 1984.
Just try and wrap your head around that for a minute. A Man who DOES NOT find homosexual sex arousing is 'clearly' a 'closet gay'. Please tell your friend he is a huge knob. Thanx
Actually, apologies, the exact phrase he used was a "repressed" homosexual. And I won't tell him that because it seems to have annoyed you.
You know Erasmus, why dont you just say "It was adam and eve, not Adam and Steve", go watch your NASCAR and move to some trailor in bloody Alabama where your ignorance and hatred is accepted.
I myself always liked to look at women without clothing no matter what they were doing. Having lesbian sex or mowing the lawn, it all worked for me but then again maybe I am a closet voyeur - one never knows.
No homosexuality is someones personally choice and if there okay with being gay then Im okay with them being gay! If the want to cure it themself well then thats their choice not mine! Homosexuality is okay and no one should be ashamed of it.
And it isnt a disease either. Therefore we should not even think of the words "cure" and "homosexuality" in the same sentence, unless the sentence is "Homosexuality is the cure for boredom in the Navy"
To be honest, it hardly matters whether it's a choice or not. It's pretty obvious when someone has reached a conclusion and then looked for ways to back it up, rather than examining evidence before making up their mind. If someone dislikes homosexuality enough to think that it should be cured, it's not going to matter to them whether it's a choice or not. They'll come up with a reason why it's wrong either way. I mean, suppose we're all completely wrong, talking out of our arses, homosexuality doesn't exist, and we're all just fucking our own sex for shits and giggles or because we're too retarded to go through the character-building rigmarole of rejection and emotional torment all my straight friends complain to me about every five minutes. So what?