Originally posted by Regret
That is how cloning occurs.
WRONG 👇 Cloning occurs when you remove the genetic material from the egg cell and RE inject it back into the cell. The egg (nucleus) thinks its fertilized and will begin development.
If you inject 23 chromosones from a cell of any person and inject it into an egg cell, it is the same concept as sperm fertilizing the egg. Sperm is simply a carrier...nothing more.
Originally posted by Regret
I could care less, it still requires a man. Reproduction is a male and female experience regardless of who does what. You can try to diminish men's role, but I believe such is stupid.
I am not trying to diminish a man's role in the creation process. But the woman is responsible for far much more in the reproduction process than the male ! That is self evident, and I find it more logical that if God does exist, and is the creator, then God is female (OR a combination of Male and Female)
But for the "Divine Creator" to be Male makes absolutely no sense in my opinion.
Originally posted by Regret
Then there is no basis for comparing the two.
Yes there is.
Originally posted by Regret
I believe God works through the natural laws, I do not believe in the supernatural. I was refering to the actions prior to the occurence. Chinese medicine is highly chemical and involves localized massage. Cause and effect are science, understanding the nature of the variables associated with a phenomena. The brain cannot influence external events past the actions of the body and their impact on the environment and others. Even internally, there are extreme limits to a brain's impact on one's own physiology.
The brain has been shown to have influence beyond just the physical. Have you ever heard of "Dreaming in Tandum" It is a rare, but wierd, phenomena where two people have the SAME dream at the same time. It has happened to many people, including myself.
Originally posted by Regret
I agree, they could possibly be something not isolated to my religion. I do not believe this, but it is possible. The frequency and consistency is higher than I have heard of or experienced outside of the LDS faith though, and that is good enough for me.
I beleive every religion has some truth to it. I beleive every religion can become potentially perfect when it filters out all of its lies, hate, and qualities of disunification INCLUDING exlusitivity.
No offense, but most Christian churches, including the Mormon Church, practice a system of exclusiveness where people are ranked as being morally superior and inferior. You, yourself, have confessed that the Mormon Church only allows the "morally superior" to have a high active role in the Church.
It is discrimination whether you want to face it or not.
That is why Buddhism is more attractive. In Buddhism no one is better or higher ranked than another.
Originally posted by Regret
I do not learn about it from the Bible or any other religious source. My religion says that it is wrong, it does not teach anything else about the subject. I believe homosexuality to be a perversion and error in the nature of an individual. Homosexual practices do not promote the continuation of the species and do not fall in line with survival needs. Homosexuality does not increase the health and well being of the individual, and the behavior in men has cleanliness issues as well, imo. My education on the subject of homosexuality is wholly secular.
Homosexuality does service the continuation of the species in terms of "limitting the population". I find it absolutely HILARIOUS that you would bring up science into this, and then purposely ignore one of science's most common laws of survival: Limitting the Population.
Homosexuality is no more or less healthy than Heterosexuality. STD's, Infections, and all sickness are just as common in Heterosexuality as in Homosexuality.
Originally posted by Regret
Now, your knowledge of the subject is biased and probably mainly subjective. I do not hold your statements on the subject that are personal as having much weight unless studies support your claims. As of my readings I have not found support other than the possibility exists, and that there is no conclusive evidence either way.
My knowledge of the subject is FIRST HAND bro.....
That is like me critisizing and denouncing your religion when I really don't know anything about it. You are trying to tell me how Homosexuality is wrong, is a choice, is unhealthy, etc. ...you are telling me things that I know are not true from first hand experience.
I too have studied outside sources on this subject, so I am not solely relying on my own biases. Nice Try 👇
Your own biases go into this because of your religion, so please...the hypocrisy is getting annoying.
Scientists have found nuerological differences in the Brains of heterosexual men and homosexual men. The same study has also been done on animals such as sheep, dogs, alligators, cats, lions, birds, etc.
There is so much information out there, and you have failed to find any ? WOW
Either your Mormon-based internet service blocks all pro-gay databases, or you only google "Being Gay is a sin" anytime you try to research the topic.
If you wish, I will send you all that I have found on the subject.
Originally posted by Regret
I could care less about the subject. If asked or attacked on the subject, I do state my stance. All the same, homosexuals are people and deserve as much respect as anyone else, particularly if their behavior does not conflict with their beliefs and claimed morals. A homosexual that claims to be a follower of the Bible or any other belief system that does not condone such behavior is a hypocrite and deserving of less respect. A homosexual that attacks the beliefs of others due to another's distaste for homosexuality, when the other does not attack homosexuality without provocation, is also a hypocrite and again deserving of less respect, such behavior is showing intolerance on the homosexuals part. I believe that groups feeling persecuted or discriminated against often behaves hypocritically in this manner, and some homosexuals fit this.
It is rather hypocritical for a Homosexual to be a Fundamentalist Christian, on that I agree with you 100%.
But for a Homosexual to be Christian, in a standard meaning of the word, is not hypocritical. I've been Bisexual as far back as I can remember, but I was also once Christian.
A lot of Gay people HAPPEN to be Christian. It is just as hypocritical for a Homosexual or Bisexual to be Christian as it is for YOU or anyone to be Christian simply because we ARE ALL SINNERS. Are you trying to claim that you are , in fact, NOT A SINNER ?
Why is it that every other sin is okay ? Murderers, Rapists, Liars, Thieves, people who aim to hurt others, people who promote the Death Penalty, people who promote disunity through bigotry (Even unintentional) can claim to be Christian, but when a Gay person claims to be Christian, all of a sudden he's a major hypocrit ?
Let me tell you....I know a lot of Gay people who seem much closer to JEsus to me than Jerry Falwell.