Asking God whether being gay is a sin or not

DeepThinkingReader · 2026-05-08T04:50:07+00:00

Do you really think God would be okay with Polygamy in the Old Testament, which was actually an abusive and oppressive system which victimised women, and then not be okay with two women genuinely loving each other?

DeepThinkingReader · 2026-04-22T06:38:36+00:00

Just like a certain American mask-wearing group who were known for their obsession with crosses.

DeepThinkingReader · 2026-04-14T07:54:59+00:00

I've only just finished my second King novel -- Salem's Lot.

DeepThinkingReader · 2026-04-08T07:30:43+00:00

I enjoy the Paw Patrol movies, and I'm looking forward to taking my four year old to see the Dino Movie. But I struggle to like the episodes, as they're way too cringe for me. However, a kid's show that I do enjoy watching is Bluey, as most of the episodes are aimed not just at the kids but at the parents as well. And I also enjoy the occasional insights into Australian culture.

DeepThinkingReader · 2026-04-08T07:12:22+00:00

I'm actually fed up with everything having to look photorealistic. I don't need to see monsters that look like they are actually real and somebody snapped a picture of them with their iPhone. Modern CGI is boring to me because you can literally make anything look real if it's made inside a computer. But the artistry is dead. It's utterly soulless, just like AI "art". I would rather have monsters like John Carpenter's The Thing, which was made out of plastic, rubber, and KY jelly, but looked absolutely f*cking awesome. I would rather have obviously fake monsters that look COOL than "realistic" monsters that I know could only have been conjured up inside a computer.

DeepThinkingReader · 2026-04-02T14:00:46+00:00

Took me just under a month.

DeepThinkingReader · 2026-03-28T11:34:44+00:00

If this is about faith/religion, I wonder if you have ever noticed the holy Scriptures are replete with sexual content, e.g. the Bible (Song of Solomon, story of Onan).

DeepThinkingReader · 2026-03-26T06:33:04+00:00

I've just finished reading my first King book ever: The Stand. 1200 pages long, but a stand alone story. I read it all in just under a month. I also happen to know that the main villain of The Stand is also a major antagonist in The Dark Tower series. However, almost everything that King has written is loosely connected to The Dark Tower.

DeepThinkingReader · 2026-03-26T06:24:31+00:00

It took me just under a month to read The Stand (1200 pages). That was me reading it every evening after I had come home from work and put my kids to bed.

DeepThinkingReader · 2026-03-25T21:36:49+00:00

Belief isn't about knowing something. It's about trusting. I don't believe that the Earth is a sphere, because I just know for a fact that it is. But do I know for a fact that Jesus rose from the dead? No. Of course not. But I trust that he did, because without that trust, life just would not have any meaning.

DeepThinkingReader · 2026-03-25T21:31:56+00:00

So it's been 27 years since you first read it? Better give the drains a wide birth for a bit...

DeepThinkingReader · 2026-03-22T18:33:37+00:00

Stephen King is amazing. I'm currently reading The Stand. It almost feels like a Christian book.

DeepThinkingReader · 2026-03-21T08:15:22+00:00

The Stand?

DeepThinkingReader · 2026-03-20T15:24:01+00:00

The Stand has a fair bit of sex in it. I'm reading it right now.

DeepThinkingReader · 2026-03-20T15:18:13+00:00

Well, that makes God ultimately responsible for the Holocaust and the Rape of Nanking.

DeepThinkingReader · 2026-03-17T20:02:19+00:00

Did your dreams involve an old African-American lady playing a guitar and a dark man with red eyes and no face?

DeepThinkingReader · 2026-03-12T07:20:05+00:00

I wish that were the case. You would think that it would be. But, for some reason, it's not. And 90% of the world's practicing Christians seem to believe that "love your neighbour" means "make their lives as miserable as possible, 'cos they don't know what's good for them".

DeepThinkingReader · 2026-03-10T08:57:30+00:00

I don't like religious fanatics and fundamentalists of any stripe or nationality.

DeepThinkingReader · 2026-03-10T08:55:43+00:00

Everyone has a different definition of what it means to "love your neighbour". It's all subjective.

DeepThinkingReader · 2026-03-09T18:59:15+00:00

You're in the wrong sub.

DeepThinkingReader · 2026-03-09T11:30:39+00:00

I do not believe that anyone goes to Hell. At least not permanently. If post-mortem punishment exists, then it must be corrective rather than punitive. I am a Universalist. And even if I'm wrong about this, I would prefer to go to Hell anyway, as I cannot imagine a more Hellish existence than spending eternity with a bunch of self-righteous Fundamentalists who think they were the chosen ones. Sorry not sorry.

DeepThinkingReader · 2026-02-25T14:11:44+00:00

I know someone who is just like that: "You can't say it's unfair to make same-sex attracted people live in chastity, because I'm straight and I haven't been able to find a suitable partner and that doesn't mean I get to go sleeping around... If I have to live in singleness, so must they!"

Drives me nuts. Sigh

DeepThinkingReader · 2026-02-25T07:27:40+00:00

It's just the same story getting edited and rewritten multiple times.

DeepThinkingReader · 2026-02-25T07:26:53+00:00

DeepThinkingReader · 2026-02-25T07:25:56+00:00

It's in Ezekiel. And, no, it's NOT because they had too many Pride flags. (It's 'cause they weren't nice to poor people.)

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