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Ayn Marx 06-19-2022 11:50 PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-g...es_in_Chechnya
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Originally Posted by Celladorina (Post 2207775)
Thanks, I actually appreciate the honest perspective. It's not the end of the world if people don't understand it.
It can easily become the end of your world if you get sprung in a fundamentalist muslim country, or Russia or China and many parts of Africa.


https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...orst-countries

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-g...es_in_Chechnya

Ayn Marx 06-22-2022 04:51 PM
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On the other hand - - - -

https://historycollection.com/these-...homosexuality/


All the Periods in History When Homosexuality Was Celebrated & Embraced” David Sharp, Ranker. n.d.

“If you say being gay is not African, you don’t know your history” Bisi Alimi, The Guardian. September 2015.

“The idea that African homosexuality was a colonial import is a myth” Bernardine Evaristo, The Guardian. March 2014.

“Homosexuality in ancient Rome” Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. November 2018.

“Women’s Legal Rights in Ancient Egypt” Janet H. Johnson, Fathom Archive. 2002.

“Ancient Egyptian Sexuality: Life in Ancient Egypt” Caroline Seawright, Tour Egypt. August 2013.

“China’s Misunderstood History of Gay Tolerance” Yuxin Zhang, The Diplomat. June 2015.

“Homosexuality in Japan” Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. November 2018.

“LGBT history in Uganda” Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. June 2018.

“Mwanga II of Buganda” Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. March 2018.

“Zande” Eva Gillies, UCLA. n.d.

“Imbangala” Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. January 2018.

The Batlord 06-22-2022 05:11 PM
I believe homosexuality was derided by many as Greek degeneracy infiltrating Roman society. I don't know how it was perceived throughout all 1000 years of the Republic and Empire but Rome was at least more conservative and prudish than it gets credit for.

jwb 06-22-2022 05:47 PM
This video says Romans only thought it was gay to bottom lol. The whole country was running on prison rules.

Ayn Marx 06-22-2022 11:46 PM
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Originally Posted by jwb (Post 2208143)
This video says Romans only thought it was gay to bottom lol. The whole country was running on prison rules.
One of the mysteries of the male heterosexual so called mind is how, given the right circumstances, they can efficiently produce an erection at the sight of another male’s rear.
Another mystery is how this branch of our species are so frequently ignorant of the erotic potential of their own prostate glands.
Add to this the rigidly repressed history of male/male sexuality during wartime and we have more contradictions than drag queens often taking an active role.

We are indeed a very strange species.

Guybrush 06-23-2022 01:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Ayn Marx (Post 2208189)
One of the mysteries of the male heterosexual so called mind is how, given the right circumstances, they can efficiently produce an erection at the sight of another male’s rear.
Another mystery is how this branch of our species are so frequently ignorant of the erotic potential of their own prostate glands.
Add to this the rigidly repressed history of male/male sexuality during wartime and we have more contradictions than drag queens often taking an active role.

We are indeed a very strange species.
I realize you may not actually think it's a mystery and it's just interesting writing/hyperbole, but I've anyways opted to take your statement at face value and reply accordingly.

So to me, what you describe about enticing same-sex rears is not a mystery. We're social mammals and there's nothing in our biology that says males shouldn't have sex with other males, like homosexuality in so many other social mammals (like the famous giraffes where most of a male's sexual encounters are homosexual in nature). From a biology point of view, it seems reasonable to think that sexual relations between men would be promoted in many situations because it could strengthen bonds, promote cooperation (our specialty) and generally help satisfy various needs. I actually get the impression that males are more likely to be sexually compatible with other males (in terms of wants/desires, etc) than with women. As you point out, there's even a prostate gland that enjoys attention. In my opinion - in the absence of any culture/conditioning that says otherwise, the thought or act of homosexual activity should be expected to, by far, potentially turn most men on.

Heterosexuality is just a human concept. It's not written in our DNA and when fantasy meets reality, parts of fantasy can melt away. Our sexuality, if you look at sexuality under intense scrutiny, doesn't actually fit into these neat categories. Generally speaking for heterosexuals, there are potential situations where they'd enjoy homosexual activities or possibly even romantic relationships with other same-sex individuals. Maybe, if society was different, they would.

If I'm to use society's general descriptors for myself, then I am a heterosexual man. I've never been in love with another man and 99% of my fantasies are about women. However, there are a very few men I've found attractive and I assume part of those 99% can be explained by society's conditioning. I have actually had a couple of homosexual encounters that were enjoyable for me. If I was free to do so, I wouldn't mind exploring that more with the right partner.

I don't think that's the norm, so what might set me apart from perhaps most other heterosexual guys is I think of sexuality as very rough descriptors and don't internalize it into my own identity. I am not homophobic, am fairly liberal and want to have enjoyable experiences. So I don't think I'm different in a fundamental way from most heterosexual guys, I just have a different way of thinking about it.

What I think is most mysterious or interesting is why we create memes (as in moral codes, religious commands, beliefs) that control various aspects of our lives in seemingly detrimental ways, especially when it comes to sexuality. I have some inklings and one is that things that control our most basic urges seem powerful and feel important to us, like celibacy or perhaps fasting. These memes compete against other memes (gay is wrong / gay is okay are general competing memes), but for some reason the bad ones sometimes get ahead in competition with more tolerant ideas. I find that to be a very fascinating topic in general.

Ayn Marx 06-23-2022 02:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Guybrush (Post 2208192)
I don't think it's that much of a mystery. We're social mammals and there's nothing in our biology that says males shouldn't have sex with other males, like homosexuality in so many other social mammals (like the famous giraffes where most of a male's sexual encounters are homosexual in nature). From a biology point of view, it seems reasonable to think that sexual relations between men would be promoted in many situations because it could strengthen bonds, promote cooperation (our specialty) and generally help satisfy various needs. I actually get the impression that males are more likely to be sexually compatible with other males (in terms of wants/desires, etc) than with women. As you point out, there's even a prostate gland that enjoys attention.

Heterosexuality is just a human concept. It's not written in our DNA. When fantasy meets reality, parts of fantasy can melt away. Our sexuality, if you look at it under intense scrutiny, doesn't actually fit into these neat categories. Generally speaking for heterosexuals, there are potential situations where they'd enjoy homosexual activities or possibly even romantic relationships with other same-sex individuals. Maybe, if society was different, they would.

If I'm to use society's general descriptors for myself, then I am a heterosexual man. I've never been in love with other men and 99% of my fantasies are about women. However, there are a very few men I've found attractive and I assume part of those 99% can be explained by society's conditioning. I have actually had a couple of homosexual encounters that were enjoyable for me. If I was free to do so, I wouldn't mind exploring that more with the right partner.

I don't think that's the norm, so what might set me apart from perhaps most other heterosexual guys is I think of sexuality as very rough descriptors and don't internalize it into my own identity. I am not homophobic, am fairly liberal and want to have enjoyable experiences. So I don't think I'm different in a fundamental way from most heterosexual guys, I just have a different way of thinking about it.

What I think is most mysterious or interesting is why we create memes (as in moral codes, religious commands, beliefs) that control various aspects of our lives in a seemingly detrimental way, especially when it comes to sexuality. I have an inkling - things that control our most basic urges seem powerful and feel important to us, like celibacy or perhaps fasting. These memes compete against other memes (gay is wrong / gay is okay are competing ideas), but for some reason the bad ones sometimes get ahead in competition with other more tolerant ideas. I find that to be a very fascinating topic in general.
Well put but the question remains why so many males are not only homophobic but actually terrified by the mere idea. I have one theory and it’s a wild jump. Men I’ve known more often than not regard the female of our species as inferior. Therefore to even contemplate something like taking the so called passive role in male/male sex is to ‘lower’ yourself to the level of a chic/sheila/bird/. I’m only guessing here.
Not that I’ve found it a problem over the decades having found more than enough males willing to dance the bedroom tango.
I even had a relationship for two years with another man and two women. Hard to explain other than suggesting our bedroom tango was an ‘eight way’. Think about it.

Guybrush 06-23-2022 02:42 AM
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Well put but the question remains why so many males are not only homophobic but actually terrified by the mere idea. I have one theory and it’s a wild jump. Men I’ve known more often than not regard the female of our species as inferior. Therefore to even contemplate something like taking the so called passive role in male/male sex is to ‘lower’ yourself to the level of a chic/sheila/bird/. I’m only guessing here.

Not that I’ve found it a problem over the decades having found more than enough males willing to dance the bedroom tango.
I even had a relationship for two years with another man and two women. Hard to explain other than suggesting our bedroom tango was an ‘eight way’. Think about it.
It's complex for sure and so sad that we create all these mind prisons for ourselves. Misogyny could play a part, I'm sure.

I hope you'll pardon such a personal question, but have you had many sexual encounters with men who consider themselves heterosexual?

Ayn Marx 06-23-2022 03:57 AM
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It's complex for sure and so sad that we create all these mind prisons for ourselves. Misogyny could play a part, I'm sure.

I hope you'll pardon such a personal question, but have you had many sexual encounters with men who consider themselves heterosexual?
More often than not I’ve avoided them. Especially when I knew the ‘I was too drunk to know what I was doing’ game was about to be indulged in. Maybe my experience however was soured at an early age by a man who played the active role with me only to exclaim after the act “Now I must get me a real woman” Told him to f*ck off in no uncertain terms.

I have a very vivid memory decades after the event of a man I hitched a ride home with. I had no intention of seducing him but somehow I ended up being his first male/male encounter. Not before or since have I experienced so an intense an episode. I’ll spare you the details but simply put somehow every part of our anatomy became as sensitive as the usual focus of male erotic experience. He returned interstate in the morning with me thinking I’d never see him again. Turned up at my door some years later with his fiancé suggesting a three way encounter. Now that’s one man I’d never want to share (unusual for me) so as kindly as I could I sent them away. SIGH ! WILT! SWOON !

One fairly consistent aspect of straight men’s behavior is if you actually get them into bed they more often than not will be the one who ‘bites the pillow’. An experience I had with four AFL footballers (VFL in those days). And no, don’t ask for names.
For those of you not familiar with Australian Rules football AFL stands for Australian Football League & VFL for Victorian Football League.

Guybrush 06-23-2022 06:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Ayn Marx (Post 2208198)
One fairly consistent aspect of straight men’s behavior is if you actually get them into bed they more often than not will be the one who ‘bites the pillow’.
Sure, this makes complete sense to me :laughing: What I'm most curious about when it comes to sex with someone with a ding-dong is of course the sort of experiences that I can't have with someone equipped with a vajay, or at least not as easily.

Thanks for your candidness!

Ayn Marx 06-23-2022 06:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Guybrush (Post 2208211)
Thanks for your candidness!
Honey, I’ve been sparing you most of the sordid details.

adidasss 06-23-2022 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Ayn Marx (Post 2208198)
Now that’s one man I’d never want to share (unusual for me) ...
I find this quite fascinating. I don't know what it is, nature or social conditioning, that makes (most of?) us so possessive of our partners. The reason my partner and I are monogamous is because neither of us likes the idea of sharing the other.

There do seem to be a lot more open relationships among gay people but I'm not really sure how people make that work. I kind of look at sex as an important glue in a relationship. Opening it up would (maybe, I have no personal experience in this) dilute the tension and glue that helps smooth out some of the usual problems when two people spend a lot of time together. In my inexperienced mind at least. If you have sex with other people, aren't you just going into the territory of friendship with benefits? Or does the love and appreciation of the other person simply go (sufficiently) beyond the physical to fix any potential hang-ups (jealousy, feeling of inadequacy etc)?

elphenor 06-23-2022 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Guybrush (Post 2208211)
Sure, this makes complete sense to me :laughing: What I'm most curious about when it comes to sex with someone with a ding-dong is of course the sort of experiences that I can't have with someone equipped with a vajay, or at least not as easily.

Thanks for your candidness!
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Originally Posted by Ayn Marx (Post 2208189)
One of the mysteries of the male heterosexual so called mind is how, given the right circumstances, they can efficiently produce an erection at the sight of another male’s rear.
Another mystery is how this branch of our species are so frequently ignorant of the erotic potential of their own prostate glands.
Add to this the rigidly repressed history of male/male sexuality during wartime and we have more contradictions than drag queens often taking an active role.

We are indeed a very strange species.
I think that's simply down to it being a feminine ass, nothing that surprising about that

Guybrush 06-23-2022 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Ayn Marx (Post 2208212)
Honey, I’ve been sparing you most of the sordid details.
Don't spare me for my sake. You may very well be more sordid than me, but I don't scare easily. I've been in a foursome and a few threesomes and like it a lot. From my experience so far, 2 guys 1 girl has been my favorite combination. That sort of sex life isn't quite compatible with my romantic relationship today and so is a thing of the past (sadly), but at least I'm no prude.

If I was single and they'd have me, I'd love to date hot couples :laughing:

Scarlett O'Hara 06-23-2022 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Celladorina (Post 2208260)
What a perfect take on it! Although, making my colleagues drunk so they get it might not go well in a local government workplace.

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Originally Posted by Ayn Marx (Post 2207791)
It can easily become the end of your world if you get sprung in a fundamentalist muslim country, or Russia or China and many parts of Africa.
It's the kind of media that doesn't get shown mainstream, which I wish it would be. I truly believe that that sexuality is a spectrum and humans are naturally tailored towards all times of sexual interactions.

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Originally Posted by Guybrush (Post 2208192)
I realize you may not actually think it's a mystery and it's just interesting writing/hyperbole, but I've anyways opted to take your statement at face value and reply accordingly.

So to me, what you describe about enticing same-sex rears is not a mystery. We're social mammals and there's nothing in our biology that says males shouldn't have sex with other males, like homosexuality in so many other social mammals (like the famous giraffes where most of a male's sexual encounters are homosexual in nature). From a biology point of view, it seems reasonable to think that sexual relations between men would be promoted in many situations because it could strengthen bonds, promote cooperation (our specialty) and generally help satisfy various needs. I actually get the impression that males are more likely to be sexually compatible with other males (in terms of wants/desires, etc) than with women. As you point out, there's even a prostate gland that enjoys attention. In my opinion - in the absence of any culture/conditioning that says otherwise, the thought or act of homosexual activity should be expected to, by far, potentially turn most men on.

Heterosexuality is just a human concept. It's not written in our DNA and when fantasy meets reality, parts of fantasy can melt away. Our sexuality, if you look at sexuality under intense scrutiny, doesn't actually fit into these neat categories. Generally speaking for heterosexuals, there are potential situations where they'd enjoy homosexual activities or possibly even romantic relationships with other same-sex individuals. Maybe, if society was different, they would.

If I'm to use society's general descriptors for myself, then I am a heterosexual man. I've never been in love with another man and 99% of my fantasies are about women. However, there are a very few men I've found attractive and I assume part of those 99% can be explained by society's conditioning. I have actually had a couple of homosexual encounters that were enjoyable for me. If I was free to do so, I wouldn't mind exploring that more with the right partner.

I don't think that's the norm, so what might set me apart from perhaps most other heterosexual guys is I think of sexuality as very rough descriptors and don't internalize it into my own identity. I am not homophobic, am fairly liberal and want to have enjoyable experiences. So I don't think I'm different in a fundamental way from most heterosexual guys, I just have a different way of thinking about it.

What I think is most mysterious or interesting is why we create memes (as in moral codes, religious commands, beliefs) that control various aspects of our lives in seemingly detrimental ways, especially when it comes to sexuality. I have some inklings and one is that things that control our most basic urges seem powerful and feel important to us, like celibacy or perhaps fasting. These memes compete against other memes (gay is wrong / gay is okay are general competing memes), but for some reason the bad ones sometimes get ahead in competition with more tolerant ideas. I find that to be a very fascinating topic in general.
I believe that we are in a time period where the society of our current day is going to implode on itself. The religious dogma that defines how a man should be with a woman only, is being disintegrated along with capitalism and the state of the planet. What if we are going to evolve into a higher state of consciousness and create a new way of being human.

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I have a very vivid memory decades after the event of a man I hitched a ride home with. I had no intention of seducing him but somehow I ended up being his first male/male encounter. Not before or since have I experienced so an intense an episode. I’ll spare you the details but simply put somehow every part of our anatomy became as sensitive as the usual focus of male erotic experience. He returned interstate in the morning with me thinking I’d never see him again. Turned up at my door some years later with his fiancé suggesting a three way encounter. Now that’s one man I’d never want to share (unusual for me) so as kindly as I could I sent them away. SIGH ! WILT! SWOON !
So I am pansexual, I will literally have sex with/date anyone of any 'gender'. Is it weird that I am really turned on right now after reading about your experience? The idea of two men, slowly and sensually coming together and having sex makes me feel horny as. However, I don't mean to disrespect or fetishize your experience, I am thinking about it generally.

Ayn Marx 06-24-2022 04:04 AM
Are these guys serious or just sending us all up ?
Either way it’s musically dull as dishwater.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5YigWrQhqg

Ayn Marx 06-24-2022 04:07 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cZwFELyOCo

Ayn Marx 06-24-2022 04:16 AM
It aint country but - - - -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN56zvQTeWk

Ayn Marx 06-24-2022 04:18 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QJmT2w1Pmw

Ayn Marx 06-24-2022 04:32 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibOjJHC04y0

Ayn Marx 06-24-2022 04:37 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtDt9D_8CBU

Ayn Marx 06-24-2022 04:47 AM
Now now girls, do behave.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWcv...uWIxEe&index=1

adidasss 06-24-2022 01:44 PM


A fun little movie reimagining Pride and Prejudice in modern times and with an all gay (and very diverse) cast. It's well produced and surprisingly queer (I thought it was gonna pander more to mainstream tastes to become some kind of a cross-over hit but I guess being interesting to gay audiences is sufficient these days to secure some serious funding). I'm putting it here and not in the movie thread because I really don't think many non-gay people would be interested in seeing it.

Also, it was nice to hear Perfume genius on the soundtrack.

Ayn Marx 06-24-2022 08:28 PM
Is this a girl/girl love song? I can’t figure it out.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saKLK4cGdig

Hey, hey, hey
I got a condo in Manhattan
Baby girl, what's hatnin'?
You and your ass invited
So gon' and get to clappin'
Go pop it for a player
Pop, pop it for me
Turn around and drop it for a player
Drop, drop it for me
I'll rent a beach house in Miami
Wake up with no jammies (Nope)
Lobster tail for dinner
Julio serve that scampi (Julio!)
You got it if you want it
Got, got it if you want it
Said you got it if you want it
Take my wallet if you want it now
Jump in the Cadillac, girl, let's put some miles on it
Anything you want, just to put a smile on it
You deserve it baby, you deserve it all
And I'm gonna give it to you
Gold jewelry shining so bright
Strawberry champagne on ice
Lucky for you, that's what I like, that's what I like
Lucky for you, that's what I like, that's what I like
Sex by the fire at night
Silk sheets and diamonds all white
Lucky for you, that's what I like, that's what I like
Lucky for you, that's what I like, that's what I like
I'm talkin' trips to Puerto Rico
Say the word and we go
You can be my freaka
Girl, I'll be a fleeko, mamacita
I will never make a promise that I can't keep
I promise that your smile ain't gon' never leave
Shopping sprees in Paris
Everything 24 karats
Take a look in that mirror
Now tell me who's the fairest
Is it you? (is it you?) Is it me? (is it me?)
Say it's us (say it's us) and I'll agree, baby
Jump in the Cadillac, girl, let's put some miles on it
Anything you want, just to put a smile on it
You deserve it baby, you deserve it all
And I'm gonna give it to you
Gold jewelry shining so bright
Strawberry champagne on ice
Lucky for you, that's what I like, that's what I like
Lucky for you, that's what I like, that's what I like
Sex by the fire at night
Silk sheets and diamonds all white
Lucky for you, that's what I like, that's what I like
Lucky for you, that's what I like, that's what I like
If you say you want a good time
Well here I am baby, here I am baby
Talk to me, talk to me, talk to me
Tell me what's on your mind (what's on your mind)
If you want it, girl come and get it
All this is here for you
Tell me, baby, tell me, tell me, baby
What you tryna do
Gold jewelry shining so bright
Strawberry champagne on ice
Lucky for you, that's what I like, that's what I like
Lucky for you, that's what I like, that's what I like
Sex by the fire at night (Sex by the fire at night)
Silk sheets and diamonds all white
Lucky for you, that's what I like, that's what I like
Lucky for you, that's what I like, that's what I like

Ayn Marx 06-24-2022 08:37 PM
Many of these shots are obviously of brothers, not gay lovers. Very annoying unless whoever collected them knows something about gay incest in that era we don't.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo1sUKlw3qE

Ayn Marx 06-24-2022 11:38 PM
The music’s more than a bit treacle coated but - - -


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyNSGff-Nh4

GD 06-25-2022 12:35 PM
Oslo shooting: Norway attack being treated as Islamist terrorism, police say - BBC

This has been getting to me today. In short summary two people were killed tonight and dozens of others injured in what is assumed to be a terror attack/hate crime targeting a gay club in Oslo. Given slightly different circumstances this could have hit me or somebody I know.
Wherever you are in the world, stay safe out there y'all. The world can be a ****ing cruel place

adidasss 06-25-2022 01:33 PM
I didn't know we had two Norwegians on the boards.

Yes, quite sad and scary. A stark reminder that even in the developed world, there are still plenty of people who want to harm others who are different than them.

Btw, Norway is starting to build up a surprising number of these gun violence incidents, for Europe.

GD 06-25-2022 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by adidasss (Post 2208554)
I didn't know we had two Norwegians on the boards.

Yes, quite sad and scary. A stark reminder that even in the developed world, there are still plenty of people who want to harm others who are different than them.

Btw, Norway is starting to build up a surprising number of these gun violence incidents, for Europe.
Well this would be the worst one in 11 years (since the 22 July terrorist attack). But yeah, fingers crossed we don't break any such record again anytime soon

this is however the first time that the Norwegian LGBT+ community has been explicitly targeted in this way. Even though the death toll in Orlando, FL was significantly higher, it just hits closer to home when it's your own country, and one that you would think had gotten further than the US in regards to queer liberation

Ayn Marx 06-25-2022 05:43 PM
Can we pause for a moment and focus on religion being a prime fountainhead for homophobia ? Given recent revelations of rampant pedophilia within various branches of Christianity how dare any church,including other religions, lecture us on sexual morality .

Ayn Marx 06-26-2022 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by adidasss (Post 2208554)
I didn't know we had two Norwegians on the boards.
Yes, quite sad and scary. A stark reminder that even in the developed world, there are still plenty of people who want to harm others who are different than them.
But this so called developed world is hanging onto the delusion organised religions and their so called holy books must never have their chapter and verse criticised.
If I may be so politically ‘incorrect’ as to quote just one nasty passage from the Koran :-

”Oh Lord! Let not our hearts to go astray after that thouhast once guided us, and give us mercy from before thee; for verily thou art He who guideth.
O our Lord! For the day of whose coming there is not a doubt, thou wilt not fail the promise.
As for the inifidels, their wealth, and their children, shall avail them nothing against God. They shall be fuel for the fire.
After the want of the people of Pharoah, and of those who went before them, they treated our signs as falsehoods. Therefore God laid hold of them in their sins; and God is severe in punishing!
Say to the infidels: ye shale be worsted, and to Hell shall be gathered together; and wretched the couch!
Koran Sura 3 V 6 - 10.

There are equally nasty passages in the Bible but biblical scholars have been openly questioning and criticising scripture for centuries without being burnt at the stake or stoned to death.

Guybrush 06-26-2022 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Ayn Marx (Post 2208679)
But this so called developed world is hanging onto the delusion organised religions and their so called holy books must never have their chapter and verse criticised.
You may need to update your knowledge about Norway.

Ayn Marx 06-26-2022 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Guybrush (Post 2208697)
You may need to update your knowledge about Norway.
More and more nations will gradually come to the conclusion many Norwegians have. At this point it could go either way.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamophobia_in_Norway

Ayn Marx 06-26-2022 11:03 PM
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Here’s something to make some of you fairies drool. The Sydney Convicts rugby team. Winners of the first international rugby competition in San Fancisco. (?) Two of my closest friends were on the team. They now have two boys and are living in Spain after a narrow escape from Hong Kong.
https://sydneyconvicts.org/news/the-...c-2608552.html

Marie Monday 06-27-2022 02:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Ayn Marx (Post 2208701)
More and more nations will gradually come to the conclusion many Norwegians have. At this point it could go either way.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamophobia_in_Norway
Oh I'm glad someone takes up the local islamophobe mantel from Hawk in the name of lgbt support \s

Ayn Marx 06-27-2022 04:30 AM
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Oh I'm glad someone takes up the local islamophobe mantel from Hawk in the name of lgbt support \s
My opposition to organised religion is fuelled by more than lgbt issues. My approach is one of skeptical agnosticism towards any group claiming God is speaking through them or they’re acting for and on behalf of the Creator/Almighty/ or whatever you want to call him/she/it. If such an entity exists it’s so far beyond our understanding any claim we know what it is/what it wants of us can be no more than over-weaning arrogance of a monumental order.
That is unless you can’t discern the difference between knowledge and faith. If so there really is little point in discussing all this.

Why is it our species has this urgent need to pretend we fully understand the reality we find ourselves in? It may be comforting to millions, it may be one method of influencing human behaviour for good or ill but is it really necessary at this stage of our evolution?

Who is this Hawk ? Are you suggesting I’m an Islamophobe? If so be prepared to discuss Sura and verse of the Koran in detail.


“And follow not that which of which thou hast no knowledge; because the hearing and the sight and the heart, - each of these shal be enquired of:
And walk not proudly on the earth, for thou canst not cleave the earth, neither shali thou reach the mountains in height:
All this is evil; odious to thr Lord.”
Koran, Sura 17. V 38 - 40.

GD 06-27-2022 06:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Ayn Marx (Post 2208701)
More and more nations will gradually come to the conclusion many Norwegians have. At this point it could go either way.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamophobia_in_Norway
Yeah because all of the frothing reactionaries mentioned in this article are sooo concerned about the well-being of gay people :rolleyes:

rubber soul 06-27-2022 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Ayn Marx (Post 2208706)

Who is this Hawk ?


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She's referring to OccultHawk, one of the more interesting members of our forum.

And, yeah, he wasn't too crazy about Muslims.

Marie Monday 06-27-2022 10:56 AM
^yep

@Ayn, I don't like religion either but what is framed as dislike of Islam because it's a religion often turns out to be dislike and prejudice against Muslims specifically. I suspect that also plays a role in the Norwegian sentiments you referred to

Frownland 06-27-2022 11:08 AM
Nope, you're not a true intellectual until you embrace rigid fundamentalist interpretations as a way to justify scapegoating immigrants for society’s problems.


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