Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-23 Thread doctordumbass
That's what *they* think. However, with my tin-foil hat firmly in place, 24/7, I am invisible - blocks *their* thought-waves, too.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-23 Thread Bhairitu
Ya got it wrong, it's the NSA who see you when you're sleeping, knows when you're awake, knows if you've been bad or good... It's the 21st century ya know! On 12/23/2013 08:55 AM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote: and what about Santa?? "He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you'r

[FairfieldLife] Re: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-23 Thread emilymaenot
Alex, Merry Christmas! This is superb. Another good day here on FFL?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-23 Thread wgm4u
Ho, ho, hooo! Said Gay St. Nick! 1 a : happily excited : merry http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/merry b : keenly alive and exuberant : having or inducing high spirits 2 a : bright http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bright, lively http://www.merriam-webster.com/d

[FairfieldLife] Re: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-23 Thread doctordumbass
Despite all your travels, Barry, you really need to get out more. The isolation and separateness you take such comfort in, is not real. Have a nice day, and may the day enjoy a nice Barry, too.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-23 Thread doctordumbass
and what about Santa?? "He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake..." and wtf, anyway - Just for a couple of presents at the end of the year?

[FairfieldLife] RE: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-23 Thread wgm4u
Those who persecute gays don't follow the teachings of Jesus Christ, who taught us to love our fellow man and woman, "let him who has not sinned cast the first stone". ---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, wrote: Important point. The suicide rate for gay teens is still disproportionately hi

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-23 Thread wgm4u
...or redneck, or pontificator, or bigot. When names start being called you know the name caller is loosing the argument! ---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, wrote: On 12/23/2013 7:37 AM, authfriend@... mailto:authfriend@... wrote: Do you know why you're heterosexual, BillyG (that is, if

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-23 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/23/2013 9:41 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: */a fairly insignificant spiral of other stars whacks off or not is totally wack./* In my opinion, what any adult does in the privacy of their own bedroom, with themselves, with two or more others, is nobody's business but their own. So, based on my beli

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-23 Thread wgm4u
No, I don't, but there must be an explanation, my best guess is that people are what they are because of the law of Karma...(so far, I'm still hetero). ---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, wrote: Do you know why you're heterosexual, BillyG (that is, if you are)? BillyG speculated: <<

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-23 Thread wgm4u
---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, wrote: On 12/23/2013 7:37 AM, authfriend@... mailto:authfriend@... wrote: Do you know why you're heterosexual, BillyG (that is, if you are)? When attempting to demonize and shoot the messenger, don't forget to sneak in a snark remark about a person's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-23 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > ---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, doctordumbass wrote: > > > > True, all religions have their codes of behavior - and many people follow them out of blind belief, or fear. > > http://9gag.com/gag/a75W5Eq http://9gag.com/gag/a75W5Eq

[FairfieldLife] Re: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-23 Thread j_alexander_stanley
http://9gag.com/gag/a75W5Eq http://9gag.com/gag/a75W5Eq ---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, wrote: True, all religions have their codes of behavior - and many people follow them out of blind belief, or fear.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-23 Thread j_alexander_stanley
---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, doctordumbass wrote: > True, all religions have their codes of behavior - and many people follow > them out of blind belief, or fear. http://9gag.com/gag/a75W5Eq http://9gag.com/gag/a75W5Eq

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-23 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/23/2013 7:37 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Do you know why you're heterosexual, BillyG (that is, if you are)? When attempting to demonize and shoot the messenger, don't forget to sneak in a snark remark about a person's sexual orientation, but never admit your own. First Rule of Snark.

[FairfieldLife] RE: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-23 Thread authfriend
Important point. The suicide rate for gay teens is still disproportionately high. It's a lot harder for gay teens to "come to terms with where they're at" because of a lack of understanding of homosexuality among their peers. Any teen who is perceived to be different is likely to be persecuted b

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-23 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/23/2013 4:42 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: */ Someone *told* you about the *theory* of karma, and you choose to *believe* that theory. That is not the same as "knowing." And for good reason, because there is *no such thing* as "knowing." /* We also know about karma by observation: human excrement

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-23 Thread authfriend
Do you know why you're heterosexual, BillyG (that is, if you are)? BillyG speculated: << The interesting thing is, is that homosexuals don't know WHY they're homosexual, (born or otherwise), reincarnation and karma explain all of that. The most common remark is, "I was just born that w

[FairfieldLife] Re: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-23 Thread wgm4u
Thanks, you just answered Barry's question vis-à-vis *knowing*. ---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, wrote: Knowledge is embedded in consciousness, in awareness. By expanding consciousness, we have the capability to know more. Infinite consciousness equals the capability for infinite know

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-23 Thread wgm4u
The interesting thing is, is that homosexuals don't know WHY they're homosexual, (born or otherwise), reincarnation and karma explain all of that. The most common remark is, "I was just born that way", or "as far back as I can remember", but, that explains nothing. Perhaps they really

[FairfieldLife] Re: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-23 Thread wgm4u
All we KNOW is that the law of karma exists, only you (or I) decide if it's believable. Apparently you don't believe in it, so be it, I do. Knowing OF the law and knowing that the law is true are two different things, surely you can see that, (I hope). BTW, how do you KNOW there is no such t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-23 Thread doctordumbass
Knowledge is embedded in consciousness, in awareness. By expanding consciousness, we have the capability to know more. Infinite consciousness equals the capability for infinite knowledge. At first, this occurs with physical differentiation and growth, and that is why, for example, second grader

[FairfieldLife] Re: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-23 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wrote: > > We really don't know what those exact choices were, we do have some theories, what we do know is the law of karma. With all due respect, you "know" the "law of karma" the same way that people "know" that the Earth is flat or that humans never

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-23 Thread wgm4u
---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, wrote: BillyG pontificated: << Unfortunately for some (gays) it's a bitter pill to swallow that they are the product of their own making >> Homophobes like to imagine that gays must be miserabl

[FairfieldLife] RE: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-22 Thread s3raphita
Re "most gays are perfectly happy with who they are.": All the homosexuals and lesbians I've known and worked with over the past decades have been perfectly happy with their "orientation" (not sure if I like that word). Not a single exception to that rule. It only seems to be a worry f

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-22 Thread emilymaenot
---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, wrote: BillyG pontificated: << Unfortunately for some (gays) it's a bitter pill to swallow that they are the product of their own making >> Homophobes like to imagine that gays must be miserable just because they're gay. But actually, the only r

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-22 Thread authfriend
BillyG pontificated: << Unfortunately for some (gays) it's a bitter pill to swallow that they are the product of their own making >> Homophobes like to imagine that gays must be miserable just because they're gay. But actually, the only reason being gay was ever a "bitter pill" was becaus

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-22 Thread s3raphita
Re "we all alternate male and female lives. The first year when we're in a new gender we may still have tendencies, etc. from the previous life in the other gender. I like this theory because it's not punitive. What do you think?": Yes, I've always liked that speculation. Although I don't be

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-22 Thread Share Long
wgm, I like the theory from Charlie Lutes that Mike shared. That we all alternate male and female lives, three each way. The first year when we're in a new gender we may still have tendencies, etc. from the previous life in the other gender. I like this theory because it's not punitive. What do

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-22 Thread wgm4u
You're not "just born gay", somehow, someway you/they had a hand in their own destiny, is that so hard to understand?; yikes. We are ALL products of our own destiny, we're NOT victims of some capricious God. And who knows maybe I was gay in a past life, so what, that's not the issue here. th

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-22 Thread Bhairitu
So maybe next lifetime you'll be born gay and can find out. On 12/22/2013 02:42 PM, wgm4u wrote: We really don't know what those exact choices were, we do have some theories, what we do know is the law of karma. You'll have to ask those individuals whether it was/is a reward or punishment,

[FairfieldLife] RE: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-22 Thread wgm4u
We really don't know what those exact choices were, we do have some theories, what we do know is the law of karma. You'll have to ask those individuals whether it was/is a reward or punishment, and maybe only time will tell. Some already know, each individual is different, though the scriptu

[FairfieldLife] RE: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-22 Thread s3raphita
Re "homosexuals are all products of freewill choices made in this and/or past lives": So what choices did they make exactly? And is having homosexual tendencies a reward or a punishment?

[FairfieldLife] RE: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-22 Thread wgm4u
---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, wrote: >Nature did make them homosexuals - possibly based on their past choices. As was my point my friend; also, this has nothing to do with being judgmental. Don't confuse 'making Judgments' about things and 'sitting in Judgment' of someone, they

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-22 Thread Share Long
Thank you Marty, for this beautiful reminder that we're all in the boat. Then we can take turns rowing and resting (-: On Sunday, December 22, 2013 9:29 AM, "marty...@yahoo.com" wrote:   Nature did make them homosexuals - possibly based on their past choices. MMY taught that every state

[FairfieldLife] RE: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-22 Thread authfriend
martyboi wrote: << So don't worry about gay people so much...you'll get your turn. >> Comment of the Month. Maybe of the year. Nicely done, martyboi.

[FairfieldLife] RE: Understanding Homosexuality

2013-12-22 Thread martyboi
Nature did make them homosexuals - possibly based on their past choices. MMY taught that every state of consciousness has physiological correlates... so yes, "they" were born that way. Everyone has a huge, infinite storehouse of karma..therefore, judging others for their peccadilloes is kind