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[Angry_Panda]

No, dude. There is no sect of Islam or Christianity that accepts LGBT stuff. In both religions, it is considered a major sin and is clearly stated as such in their scriptures.

A fair portion of denominations within Protestant Christianity (excluding the evangelicals) do accept LBGT members to some degree. In some cases they are also allowed to serve as clergy.

 

[panzerkampfwagyu]

A fair portion of Protestant Christianity (excluding the evangelicals) do accept LBGT members to some degree. In some cases they are also allowed to serve as clergy.

Here in germany, we also recently had a conflict in the catholic church, due to a group of german bishops pushing for a reform that would liberalize who could become a priest, as an example. It's called the Synodal Way

 

[kingzzoof]

Brother, I live in the deep south. I was raised Christian, and so was my gay ass brother. It's not as clear cut as you want to believe, especially not in the modern day.

By the letter of a text that was written hundreds of years ago for an entirely different era when sodomy and the like could be actually life-threatening, yes, it's a sin. But now?? I haven't met a single Christian (OR Muslim) who cares about who I'm bumping uglies with.
In other parts of the world, it's likely worse. But where I live, people have the freedom to choose to follow the letter of love within their religion.

Huh, you are one of those who try to excuse their sins by playing mind games trying to find loopholes in the scripture.

If you don't want to follow a religion, there is a simple solution be an atheist.

 

[panzerkampfwagyu]

Huh, you are one of those who try to excuse their sins by finding loopholes in the scripture.

If you don't want to follow a religion, there is a simple solution be an atheist.

But abusing loopholes makes it very fun.
Heck, Maultaschen were invented by monks to get around circumventing the Meat ban during lent. Hide the Meat in dough and god can't see it, giving it the nickname "Herrgottbescheißerle"

 

[Tidebreaker_Lucas_2006]

If this is the direction we are going please just let this site rest

 

[kingzzoof]

If this is the direction we are going please just let this site rest

True, we should build a grave for it.

 

[Keetonman]

Refusing to actually engage in the argument, going back to bullshit rules, giving excuses, refusing to acknowledge foul play, selective rule enforcement, hypocrisy, moralizing about "illegal content" despite being primarily a piracy platform.

Shame on you MD staff. This place deserves its slow but inevitable death. Completely disrespectfully: Fuck you, I spit on MD's grave.

 

[sillyangelboy]

Huh, you are one of those who try to excuse their sins by playing mind games trying to find loopholes in the scripture.

If you don't want to follow a religion, there is a simple solution be an atheist.

I mean, you're in luck, because I am. I was  raised Christian. I'm not  still Christian, and I haven't been for awhile. Even if I was, you don't have to follow every single rule written by man in order to have faith in a higher being and find positive things to pull from it... That's like saying every recipe has to be followed to the letter. They don't. Many people just follow the 10 Commandments and the most basic of parables and leave it at that, while others have a pocket Bible to reference for every aspect of their lives. It's a subject that varies wildly, nothing is ever so black and white.
I mentioned my upbringing because I was swimming in this culture for my entire life and still have loved ones who are Christian, and despite that, I still have never once gotten harmed or told off for who I love. That's all I was trying to get at.

 

[kingzzoof]

I mean, you're in luck, because I'm not. I was  raised Christian. I'm not  still Christian, and I haven't been for awhile. Even if I was, you don't have to follow every single rule written by man in order to have faith in a higher being and find positive things to pull from it...
I mentioned my upbringing because I was swimming in this culture and still have loved ones who ARE Christian, and despite that, I still have never once gotten harmed or told off for who I love. That's all I was trying to get at.

No one is forcing you to follow all the rules. There is a difference in how grave the sins are, and things like not being LGBT are part of the pillars of most religions.

If you want to ignore the most important parts of religion, then what's the point of following it at all?

 

[OisE]

True, we should build a grave for it.

We should build a cradle for you. Happy first day in this forum.

 

[kingzzoof]

We should build a cradle for you. Happy first day in this forum.

Thank you, i lost my old account.

 

[OisE]

Thank you, i lost my old account.

A most needed account no doubt.

 

[Nekomizus]

No one is forcing you to follow all the rules. There is a difference in how grave the sins are, and things like not being LGBT are part of the pillars of most religions.

If you want to ignore the most important parts of religion, then what's the point of following it at all?

You're saying this in a thread about sexual manga.

 

[HolyZymurgist]

You're saying this in a thread about sexual manga.

sexual manga about children no less

 

[kingzzoof]

NoYou're saying this in a thread about sexual manga.

No, i’m replying to sillyangelboy post

 

[Pyoro]

Many people just follow the 10 Commandments

Fun fact: there's multiple versions of the 10 Commandments in the Bible.

... people who are biblical literalists are a tiny, tiny minority. "The Book" is full of contradictions, updates, and in the first place, its content depend on what you accept as being part of it and what not, and even then, on how you translate it, and what you then take from the allegorical bits.

How many know that at times stories where Jesus went after dragons was part of the cannon at some point?


To bring some relevancy to this thread: people aren't machines. It's entirely possible to hold contradictory convictions - I think the death penalty is a travesty and shouldn't exist. I also think someone should shove an explosive drone up Putin's arse.

In the same way, there's no point moralizing about mangadex banning one form of content and not another. Yes, it's hypocritical. But it's run by people, and they can view things in more ways than just "this is all black, and that's all white". They can absolutely draw a wobbly line around content and be all "well this is too much, for some reason, while that's okay, even if it's technically quite similar"; for now fortunately nothing on here is enforced by AI algorithms so it's doable ^^

That of course does not excuse the reaction, how they went about it, and least of all does this mean it's definitely a good idea to do so. But those are different arguments.

 

[HolyZymurgist]

Fun fact: there's multiple versions of the 10 Commandments in the Bible.

... people who are biblical literalists are a tiny, tiny minority. "The Book" is full of contradictions, updates, and in the first place, its content depend on what you accept as being part of it and what not, and even then, on how you translate it, and what you then take from the allegorical bits.

How many know that at times stories where Jesus went after dragons was part of the cannon at some point?


To bring some relevancy to this thread: people aren't machines. It's entirely possible to hold contradictory convictions - I think the death penalty is a travesty and shouldn't exist. I also think someone should shove an explosive drone up Putin's arse.

In the same way, there's no point moralizing about mangadex banning one form of content and not another. Yes, it's hypocritical. But it's run by people, and they can view things in more ways than just "this is all black, and that's all white". They can absolutely draw a wobbly line around content and be all "well this is too much, for some reason, while that's okay, even if it's technically quite similar"; for now fortunately nothing on here is enforced by AI algorithms so it's doable ^^

That of course does not excuse the reaction, how they went about it, and least of all does this mean it's definitely a good idea to do so. But those are different arguments.

this requires a level of intellect and introspection that the average person is literally incapable of doing.

 

[kingzzoof]

A most needed account no doubt.

I will still take the cradle tho.

 

[sillyangelboy]

No one is forcing you to follow all the rules. There is a difference in how grave the sins are, and things like not being LGBT are part of the pillars of most religions.

If you want to ignore the most important parts of religion, then what's the point of following it at all?

The thing is, not being LGBT isn't a pillar of Christianity. It's nowhere near foundational to the faith, and in fact, the few places it is mentioned are highly contentious because of the difficulty in translating Hebrew to English, since we are so far removed from the time the original text was written that we have very little cultural context for the words that were chosen.
The core beliefs of any Christian faith are the 10 Commandments and the parables of Jesus, but even then, as someone else mentioned, those are also up to interpretation simply by nature of the people subscribing to these faiths being human. Everything else, likewise, is highly up to interpretation. There are countless different denominations for this very reason.

 

[kingzzoof]

The thing is, not being LGBT isn't a pillar of Christianity. It's nowhere near foundational to the faith, and in fact, the few places it is mentioned are highly contentious because of the difficulty in translating Hebrew to English, since we are so far removed from the time the original text was written that we have very little cultural context for the words that were chosen.
The core beliefs of any Christian faith are the 10 Commandments and the parables of Jesus. Everything else produced "AD" is meant to be interpreted and applied to one's life as they see fit, there are countless different denominations for this reason.

Can we stop with the excuses to make ourselves feel better and see things as they truly are?

The Bible addresses same-sex sexual behavior clearly and consistently as sinful, not open to interpretation not implied, there is not 1 bible i have read without text against same-sex sexuality.

10 seconds on google all you need.