The Lost Shepherd

He isn't much of a salesman, he recently told the Colorado Springs Gazette that he hasn't sold a single insurance policy. It's hard to trust someone who won't even admit the truth about himself.

In the name of a god/allah, man justifies the most atrocious behavior. When will the followers use their brains and question the rubbish the preacher man sells? Exempt from paying taxes, shouting morality, Religion is a fraud: selling an afterlife insurance they cannot pay out. Fear of the Unknown is the tool theologians use to control the populace: the wicked in control to deceive their fellow man.

"Theology: The Sublime Degree awarded by/to the pompous arrogant ignorant who claims to know what he doesn't know. They even invented a PH.D. in this Delusional Grandeur"

Lets stop the tax exempt treatment of these con man. The Religions Institutions are at the bottom of the dirt. All they care about is control and power. ???The more you investigate what we think we understand, where we came from, how we evolved, and who we are, the more you see how much we have been lied to by every Religious institution.

Religion is the Natural Selection to gather together the mediocre brains." The reason organized religion merits outright hostility is that, unlike belief in Russell's teapot, religion is powerful, influential, tax-exempt and systematically passed on to children too young to defend themselves.

The latest biological research shows an acutal difference in brain structure between gay men, women, and straight people. This has been shown before regarding the hypothalmus region of the brain but now even more diffrences are being found.

I'm sick of these rock star preachers who are only in it for money, power and a special place at the GOP table of greed and stupidity. You would have to be a fool to follow these idiots.

Posted By: cpipkins @ 01/10/2009 2:15:33 PM

If you truly understood what Jesus said, then you would understand. He said, "FIRST take the beam out of your own eye and then you will be able to remove the speck out of your brother's eye." The intent here is to live a life of CONSTANT repentance to help others toward repentance.

Everyone, including myself, must repent daily.


Why would a "superior being" demand such of a being it created, one that was given "free will?"

So not one shred, cpipkins...

So if you decided to have a homosexual relationship, because you chose to, you could perform? How sad and shallow of you don't have that ability.

If I am not physically capable of sexual performance with another unless that person is a person I find physical attractive and have established a psychological bond with. I'm not suggesting I don't find certain people attractive, or that I believe that I might find several people that meet that criteria at the same time, those are my unique criteria in sexual relationships.

these criteria have been with me since childhood if not birth, and I could no more change that than eye or skin color.

I love you with the love of Jesus. And I pray that you will see the truth and light, just as I have. LOVE Ya!!!

The power that comes with a pastoral position can corrupt a man as surely as the power that comes with a corporate leadership position. When churches focus on piety and judgment instead of love and understanding they create these kind of situations. What is a man in a position of Church power who finally discovers he doesn't agree with every point of church doctrine supposed to do? Most church structures are set up under the assumption that this couldn't happen, but it does and it causes many to become liars to keep their paychecks, status, and health insurance.

Ally_4 Cchrist,
First of all I do know and believe that God has made every human bieng a man or a woman. God is God and he is Perfect and Holy and we are not. God can not error nor will he error, because he is not human. We are created in his image and by him. We can not change our physical or sexual prefernce, even if we want to or try. Our organs, DNA, and desires are soley made by God, to be who He has made us to me and created.. God did created us with choices, choices that can better our lieves or damage our life. Are we perfect "No". For we All Sin and come short to God's Golry. Does that mean we can't ask Christ for forgiveness and repent. "Surely", that is why Christ died for our sins, to ask for forgiveness and repent. Which repentance means to trun away from that which one has commited wrong.
Homosexuallty is a sin; just like lieing, stealing, adultery and so forth. Yes God loves us as sinners, but he hates sin. "Why", again, because he is a Holy God and can not allow sin. That is why we must ask Christ to forgive us our sin and repent. And seek the Lord with all our Heart, Mind and Soul. We can fall from grace. But, we can ask forgiveness and God will surely forgive us (through Christ). Once we accept Christ as our Lord and Savior and live for him. That is where God gives us His Holy Spirit to guide us, teach us and help us live a good and pure life for him. Do we get tempted of cours, so did Christ. "But" we have a choice to call on God's Spirit to help us and lead us not into the temptation, but deliver us from it.. And I know that I know that He will. So the choice is yours and mine to make. Serve Christ with all our hearts and gain eternal life in Heaven with God, or choice sin (death) and live in eternal damnation with Satan, who is the father of all lies and hatered towards God. Satan wants us not only to reject Christ, as our Lord and Saivor. But to deny his (God) existence. So dear friends, let me ask you. Do you rather choice Hell or Eternal Salvation with God? Which will be your choice today? Lots of Love, a true child of God.

For all of you who think being gay is a choice, tell me one thing. Why would someone choose a life where they would be treated the way gay people are treated?

There's is an ongoing scientific analysis to try to better understand the nature of human sexuality. To date, there is no evidence that indicates that sexual orientation is strictly nature, or nurture. But there have been peer reviewed studies that offer some clues:

Studies of twins have shown a higher incidence of same sex orientation in one fraternal twin if the other twin is also homosexual. And the incidence is even greater in identical twins.

Studies of intersexed children who were born with ambiguous genitalia also offer some insight on the nature vs nurture argument. Until recently, it was common practice for surgeons to convince parents to "fix" their childs genitalia soon after birth so they could be raised unambiguously as a single sex. But later studies of these children have shown the devastating effects of trying to "nurture" a child - even with supplemental hormone therapy - into a simple, single gender box.

Yet that isn't proof that same sex orientation is strictly genetic, just that there may be some (or most? or all?) people born with a genetic predisposition to be attracted to the same sex. It's entirely possible that there are both genetic and in utero causes for same sex orientation and that nurture may have a role to play in all this as well.

But I'd have to reject as illogical that nurture can be the sole cause of homosexual orientation. And as proof I think the best example is the so-called "ex gay" or "reparative therapy." Here we have people who are gay, but due to strong religious convictions do not want to be gay. They are so desperate to be straight that they try to fold, spindle and mutilate their gay bodies to fit into a straight mold. If nurture could make a person gay, then certainly the ex-gay therapy should be successful in making people with gay behavior into straight - right? But let's look at the stats: less than one percent of people who identify as gay or bisexual ever enter one of these programs voluntarily. And of those highly motivated individuals who enter the program, less than 10% are still "participating in their own recovery" ten years later. And even among those who are still participating, over half of those admit they are living as heterosexuals but still feel homosexual inclinations. With a success rate so low, the only proper description for ex-gay/reparative therapies is "quackery."

I realize this guy made headlines. After all, attention-seeking is what he's all about. But how can he think his sexuality is any more important than that of my next door neighbor? Enough already! We need to drop all mention of the Haggards, the Palins, and their ilk. They are a social blight.