• Starting today August 7th, 2024, in order to post in the Married Couples, Courting Couples, or Singles forums, you will not be allowed to post if you have your Marital status designated as private. Announcements will be made in the respective forums as well but please note that if yours is currently listed as Private, you will need to submit a ticket in the Support Area to have yours changed.

  • CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.

Brieuse

Veteran
Mar 15, 2007
261
90
Randburg, South Africa
Visit site
✟17,003.00
Faith
Protestant
Marital Status
Single
So have I, and most anyone else who has debated this issue for some time. That's why it should be common knowledge that those stats were invented by a homophobe to slander gays.
Of course they were. Small sample of a high risk group. Seriously flawed.
 
Upvote 0

TheFathersDaughter

The Revolution has Started
Mar 3, 2007
480
84
34
✟17,292.00
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
In Relationship
Politics
US-Green

I stopped when I got to the part about not living until they're 40 and 50 because they're sexually active. Are you condoning that heterosexual men are allowed to be sexually active?

You're generalizing that, to be gay, you have to have sex with every man you see. Sorry to break it to you, thats simply not the case.
 
Upvote 0

IamRedeemed

Blessed are the pure in Heart, they shall see God.
May 18, 2007
6,079
2,011
Visit site
✟39,764.00
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
Married
The stats were based on homosexuals who were involved homosexually throughout their lives.

No generalized statements were made.




 
Upvote 0

IamRedeemed

Blessed are the pure in Heart, they shall see God.
May 18, 2007
6,079
2,011
Visit site
✟39,764.00
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
Married
They were statistics taken off an anti-gay website, I've seen them before.

Who would have to write the stats for you to believe them?

And do you think that Gays would post those stats?
That would defeat their purpose wouldn't it?

I am sure you won't find them recanting the "gay gene" on their web sites either, yet it has been disproven.

 
Upvote 0

Bianca87

Senior Member
May 5, 2007
733
41
Oxford
✟23,770.00
Faith
Catholic
Marital Status
In Relationship
Politics
UK-Liberal-Democrats
those researches are from dr paul cameron, a man who labels himself as anti-gay activist, was thrown out of the American Psychological Assn and the AAAS calls "surely the opposite of a scientist". seriously?
are you going to back up your next claims quoting the kkk ?
 
Upvote 0

EnemyPartyII

Well-Known Member
Sep 12, 2006
11,524
893
39
✟20,084.00
Faith
Catholic
Marital Status
In Relationship
Stats that come from any form of peer reviewed article would be acceptible... also, government and UN census organisations are usually fairly objective, so their stats are reliable. Medical umbrela organisations like the AMA or the PAMA can often have useful and objective stats, although stats from smaller, more specific organisations can be a touch biased. Stats from drug companies or organisations offering treatment for a condition should not be trusted without reference to some form of empirical, objective testing.

Stats that come from a site that has an agenda in EITHER direction are often skewed, or only give half the picture.

It is therefore best, if one wishes to truly learn about a topic, rather than force one's pre-existing viewpoint onto others, to try one's hardest to find objective sites. Its not hard.
 
Upvote 0

EnemyPartyII

Well-Known Member
Sep 12, 2006
11,524
893
39
✟20,084.00
Faith
Catholic
Marital Status
In Relationship
You're generalizing that, to be gay, you have to have sex with every man you see. Sorry to break it to you, thats simply not the case.
I'm gay, and I solemnly swear i don't have sex with everyman I see.

Please feel free to use me as an example
 
Upvote 0

dawnsday

Senior Veteran
Nov 19, 2004
2,398
151
STL, MO
✟25,844.00
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
Married
Politics
US-Libertarian
I'm gay, and I solemnly swear i don't have sex with everyman I see.

Please feel free to use me as an example


i'm straight don't even feel attracted to every man i see, so why would a gay person be attracted to every person they see?
 
Upvote 0

IamRedeemed

Blessed are the pure in Heart, they shall see God.
May 18, 2007
6,079
2,011
Visit site
✟39,764.00
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
Married
Actually, the information was originally obtained by PRO-GAY RESEARCHERS who were conducting the study so that they could find or create better ways to serve the gay population medically. And they are angry that their findings are being used against the promotion of the gay lifestyle.

Here is just one of many such reports that support their origin as well as the Pro-Gay Researchers anger that their findings were being used against the promotion of homosexuality.

Dr.Paul Cameron's, President of the (Family Research Council located in Washington, DC.) study only confirmed that which the PRO-Gay Researchers of Vancouver, already concluded.

<<<WASHINGTON, DC, June 6, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) &#8211; A new study which analyzed tens of thousands of gay obituaries and compared them with AIDS deaths data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), has shown that the life expectancy for homosexuals is about twenty years shorter than that of the general public. The study, entitled &#8220;Gay obituaries closely track officially reported deaths from AIDS&#8221;, has been published in Psychological Reports (2005;96:693-697).>>>


<<<One such study was conducted in Vancouver British Columbia and published in 1997 in the International Journal of Epidemiology (Vol. 26, 657-61: http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/26/3/657). It almost exactly mirrors the findings of Cameron&#8217;s research.
The Vancouver study was conducted by a team of pro-gay researchers, who, upon finding that pro-family advocates were using the results of their research as confirmation for their beliefs about the risks of the homosexual lifestyle, issued a statement trying to curb this unintended after-effect. &#8220;The aim of our work,&#8221; said the research team, &#8220;was to assist health planners with the means of estimating the impact of HIV infection on groups, like gay and bisexual men, not necessarily captured by vital statistics data and not to hinder the rights of these groups worldwide. Overall, we do not condone the use of our research in a manner that restricts the political or human rights of gay and bisexual men or any other group.&#8221;
>>>
All quotes were taken from this article

http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/jun/05060606.html

And here is another article from the Oxford Journal where they express their frustration that their research findings backfired.

http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/30/6/1499


 
Upvote 0

Der Alte

This is me about 1 yr. old. when FDR was president
Site Supporter
Aug 21, 2003
29,122
6,150
EST
✟1,147,688.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
Baptist
Marital Status
Married
Politics
US-Others

Evidence? Substantiation? I doubt very seriously that any professional organizaton such as the APA would throw out any dues paying member unless they were convicted of a breach of ethics, malpractice, etc. Certainly not for having a different opinion.

Are you going to back up your next claims quoting the scribblings from the nearest public rest room wall?
 
Upvote 0

Bianca87

Senior Member
May 5, 2007
733
41
Oxford
✟23,770.00
Faith
Catholic
Marital Status
In Relationship
Politics
UK-Liberal-Democrats

this is the guy's website http://familyresearchinst.org (viewer discretion is advised....)





http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/html/facts_cameron_sheet.html
 
Upvote 0

IamRedeemed

Blessed are the pure in Heart, they shall see God.
May 18, 2007
6,079
2,011
Visit site
✟39,764.00
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
Married
Upvote 0

Bianca87

Senior Member
May 5, 2007
733
41
Oxford
✟23,770.00
Faith
Catholic
Marital Status
In Relationship
Politics
UK-Liberal-Democrats

American Sociological Association (ASA) adopted a resolution which asserted that "Dr. Paul Cameron has consistently misinterpreted and misrepresented sociological research on sexuality, homosexuality, and lesbianism"

that's the point i was trying to make with the previous post: a well know homophobe has misinterpreted due to his prejudice information and statistics (how ASA, APA etc.. confirm) that had to do with the connection between gays and AIDS (when it was first discovered and in western countries was mainly an homosexual's problem, now it's not) not with the gay lifestyle in general( that i'm guessing mean a different type of intercourse and nothing else).
the kkk was a joke, meaning that if you want to quote some fascists, should do it big...
 
Upvote 0

Tenebrae

A follower of The Way
Sep 30, 2005
14,294
1,998
floating in the ether, never been happier
Visit site
✟48,648.00
Faith
Anglican
Marital Status
Private
Source for this please
 
Upvote 0

IamRedeemed

Blessed are the pure in Heart, they shall see God.
May 18, 2007
6,079
2,011
Visit site
✟39,764.00
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
Married
The information I provided proves that the "anti-gay" Dr.'s study produced nearly the same exact results as the PRO-GAY RESEARCHERS, so how does this help your slanted version of the truth any? These studies were not conducted (neither of them) when Aids first became a known problem either) The PRO-GAY Researchers did their study I believe in 1997, while Dr. Cameron did his in 2005.

Dr. Cameron did not misinterpret their study, he conducted a study of his own that confirmed their study.




 
Upvote 0

TheFathersDaughter

The Revolution has Started
Mar 3, 2007
480
84
34
✟17,292.00
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
In Relationship
Politics
US-Green

Maybe if you sleep around, but that's wrong even if you're sleeping with the opposite gender. Way to generalize.

Homosexuality is the most harmless sexual attraction out there because since you can only love once with all the pressure, the love is usually stronger than ever. It's NOT harmful, let alone destructive. Whereas if you overeat (once in a while is fine, it's constant that's harmful) you're bound to weigh down on your health. Your body is not yours, so putting more than you can handle inside you is degrading God's property.

Sexual sins are not any more self destructive than any other sin in retrospect. BUT when society is jabbing at you it becomes more destructive. It's societies generalizations that do it most of the time.
 
Upvote 0

IamRedeemed

Blessed are the pure in Heart, they shall see God.
May 18, 2007
6,079
2,011
Visit site
✟39,764.00
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
Married
Actually, according to the Word of God, Sexual sin IS more destructive to your body than any other sin.

1 Corinthians 6:18


"Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body"



But more important than what happens to the body, in this temporal life, is what happens to the eternal soul after the shell for it has died. Don't let the father of lies deceive you into believing him and his words over the Lord and His Word. Satan was a murderer from the beginning and there is no truth in him. John 8:44

 
Upvote 0

TheFathersDaughter

The Revolution has Started
Mar 3, 2007
480
84
34
✟17,292.00
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
In Relationship
Politics
US-Green

So that means it's more destructive? Just because it is declared as INSIDE ones body, doesn't make it more destructive. It just means you are destroying the rest of the world, just yourself. If anything, it justifies further that it ISN'T as destructive since it's isolated.

Again, pretty words. There is more sin in trying to justify vanity then there is in sexual pleasure. Even Christ spoke out again hypocrisy more than any other sin.
 
Upvote 0