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Recent content by Dan Mellis

  1. Dan Mellis

    Original Sin

    Except that primates don't behave like that. Self is very much secondary in our, and in other great ape societies. Most of the world lives without the Christian God, and the vast majority of humans behave in pretty much exactly the same way as other great apes from a macro point of view. Try...
  2. Dan Mellis

    Original Sin

    To me, original sin can be dismissed if you don't believe genesis literally. If you dismiss literal sin, jesus died for nothing. If that's the case, Christianity is built on a falsehood. If you believe genesis literally, that's a whole other discussion but one that I usually don't have the...
  3. Dan Mellis

    Original Sin

    I'm not sure by what you mean by your last sentence, could you expand?
  4. Dan Mellis

    Original Sin

    But surely sin is an act - so even if the worst psychopath in the world is born and all they want to do is skin babies - if they restrain themselves then nothing has been done wrong. Even if you count thoughts as a sin (I don't see why you would) then there's no reason to think that newborns...
  5. Dan Mellis

    Is sexuality a choice?

    I don't disagree you posted medical statistics. Just because you can find numbers, doesn't mean you've applied them correctly. In fact, by using those figures without context or logic, you've used them dishonestly (probably not intentionally, but still). Furthermore, your refusal to engage with...
  6. Dan Mellis

    Original Sin

    I hadn't considered that some might believe that only Adam and eve were created. Is the bible not quite specific though? As in, god created light and then the seas and land etc etc before he created animals and humans etc. If you believe animals evolved but not humans, why not? I mean, there is...
  7. Dan Mellis

    Is sexuality a choice?

    So, my conscience is clean. This thread and ones like it are posted in defense of sexuality; your replies have not been a defense of Christianity but an attack against homosexuals who don't engage in celibacy. The studies you've quoted may be correct, but your application is dishonest (or at...
  8. Dan Mellis

    Original Sin

    Why though? How does that follow? If you dislike the way something sounds but still believe it, surely you have evidence that has persuaded you to come to that belief?
  9. Dan Mellis

    Original Sin

    What are your views on original sin? This is both for hard-line literalists and those who believe it's all metaphorical For the believers in the literal interpretation: I assume you reject evolution - otherwise the Adam and Eve story can't really be a thing. Who's to say when the first 'humans'...
  10. Dan Mellis

    Is sexuality a choice?

    It isn't too hard. Lots of things can be harmful, but you don't rail against them in the same way you do against homosexual sex. I have a sneaking suspicion your stance on this is slightly dishonest. It seems that you're not concerned about potential harmful effects, otherwise you'd be out...
  11. Dan Mellis

    Is sexuality a choice?

    My apologies. I hadn't read that far down. Also, you're right about the appeal to majority thing - that's fallacious.
  12. Dan Mellis

    Is sexuality a choice?

    In which case, your mouth is designed from drinking, breathing and eating. I sincerely hope you don't give or receive oral, because that would be unreasonable.
  13. Dan Mellis

    Is sexuality a choice?

    Well, suggesting it is a disorder is simply untrue in the same way that suggesting that heterosexuality is a disorder. The fact is, almost 6000 psychiatrists voted to remove homosexuality from that list. So it is not considered a disorder. End of.
  14. Dan Mellis

    Is sexuality a choice?

    Then sexuality isn't a choice :)
  15. Dan Mellis

    Is sexuality a choice?

    So faith is a synonym for trust. You can trust something for good reasons or for bad ones. For example, I have faith in my doctor, because I have lots of observed evidence that the standard of medical care here is high. To have faith in the bible or in a god simply means to accept something as...
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