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Originally posted by ERCougar View PostI had no idea there was a ban on agnostics/atheist scouts or leaders. I guess I should know that, given that God is mentioned in the oath, but it also seems to be not at all enforceable. And silly."The mind is not a boomerang. If you throw it too far it will not come back." ~ Tom McGuane
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Originally posted by Non Sequitur View PostI have found that no one likes an atheist. When I became an Elk, I had to swear to a belief in God. At the time I didn't believe in God, but I joined because they had cheap drinks. Then when I didn't want to drink, I went to meetings and found out that step two required me to acknowledge a belief in a higher power. Again, I crossed my fingers. I've since compromised and become an agnostic. I allow for the possibility of a God, just so long as that God also allows for the occasional cocktail.
"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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Nice column in the Des News:
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8...on.html?pg=all
Third, the resolution regarding sexual orientation should be a clarion call that God loves us all. Any parent ought to divorce himself from the poisonous attitude that his son is any better than another because he happens to be a star football player, or a member of the National Honor Society, or because he isn’t experiencing same-sex attraction and someone else in the troop is."There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster
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Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
Just because God loves us all doesn't mean he doesn't think some of us are better than others. After all he set up 3 different Kingdoms didn't he?
Now, because I am better than someone else doesn't mean I can demean, harass or cause harm to that person.
My life experiences has taught me there are people better than I and I am actually smart enough to watch and learn from them.
Clarion call my ass.
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Originally posted by byu71 View PostJust because God loves us all doesn't mean he doesn't think some of us are better than others. After all he set up 3 different Kingdoms didn't he?
Now, because I am better than someone else doesn't mean I can demean, harass or cause harm to that person.
My life experiences has taught me there are people better than I and I am actually smart enough to watch and learn from them.
Clarion call my ass."There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster
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Prepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss
There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, and everything else is cream cheese. --Coach Finstock
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The Southern Baptist Conference will be held soon and they are looking to recommend that each church remove scouts from their churches etc.. But they will leave it up to each individual church..
Interesting little nugget in this article:
The Mormon church, which sponsors most of the troops, has endorsed allowing gay Scouts. The Roman Catholic Church, the second-largest troop sponsor, has said it was going to use the time before the new policy takes effect on Jan. 1 to think about how and if it would affect the church.
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Last night was the Pinewood Derby, after one of the races I said to someone "This is a great way to celebrate the change on homosexual involvement!" They just smiled and turned to talk to someone else. I think it was mostly a positive experience for all involved, plus we managed to not come in last place!Get confident, stupid
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Originally posted by Donuthole View Post
I don't know if this is a tag along to what I said, but to be clear to anyone who hasn't read what I have said in the past, I firmly believe in most all cases whether one is gay or not is NOT a choice. Even it it was, it wouldn't bother me if someone made the choice to be gay.
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Originally posted by HuskyFreeNorthwest View PostLast night was the Pinewood Derby, after one of the races I said to someone "This is a great way to celebrate the change on homosexual involvement!" They just smiled and turned to talk to someone else. I think it was mostly a positive experience for all involved, plus we managed to not come in last place!
10. Spit craft
9. Sitting in fire
8. Judy Garland lore
7. Throat clearing
6. Shallow grave maintenance
5. Afternoon with Linda Lavin
4. Trouser tenting
3. Gatlin brother identification
2. Heimliching squirrels
1. Choreography
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Originally posted by PaloAltoCougar View PostThis reminded me of a Letterman Top Ten List, "Ten Least Popular Merit Badges," that may need to revision in view of the recent change:
10. Spit craft
9. Sitting in fire
8. Judy Garland lore
7. Throat clearing
6. Shallow grave maintenance
5. Afternoon with Linda Lavin
4. Trouser tenting
3. Gatlin brother identification
2. Heimliching squirrels
1. Choreography
When poet puts pen to paper imagination breathes life, finding hearth and home.
-Mid Summer's Night Dream
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Originally posted by HuskyFreeNorthwest View PostLast night was the Pinewood Derby, after one of the races I said to someone "This is a great way to celebrate the change on homosexual involvement!" They just smiled and turned to talk to someone else. I think it was mostly a positive experience for all involved, plus we managed to not come in last place!Dio perdona tante cose per un’opera di misericordia
God forgives many things for an act of mercyAlessandro Manzoni
Knock it off. This board has enough problems without a dose of middle-age lechery.
pelagius
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Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View PostDio perdona tante cose per un’opera di misericordia
God forgives many things for an act of mercyAlessandro Manzoni
Knock it off. This board has enough problems without a dose of middle-age lechery.
pelagius
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Originally posted by pellegrino View PostI'm happy something like this is published in the Desnews. I just wish that Mormonism hadn't latched on to the terms "same-sex attraction" or "same-gender attraction." Any time it's used I feel like they're referring to a disease.
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