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RE: gay or atheist?
August 31, 2016 at 7:16 am
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(August 31, 2016 at 6:43 am)Expired Wrote: (August 31, 2016 at 6:39 am)Rhythm Wrote: Since I already have many, many children.....I'm guessing my mother wouldn't give a shit in either case.
How many is many many?
-at least 5, in the states.... 
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RE: gay or atheist?
August 31, 2016 at 7:19 am
(August 31, 2016 at 5:05 am)Expired Wrote: As a parent there is absolutely nothing my kids could tell me about themselves that would make me love them any less, I could not live life without my kids.
Having been cut off from most in my family for years, and not speaking to my parents for decades over choices I made in my life, I couldn't put them through any of that shit.
I hope I don't come off as insensitive, but I'm curious, 'cause I don't have any kids and don't know what that's like. Would you love them less if they murdered most of humanity, for example?
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RE: gay or atheist?
August 31, 2016 at 7:36 am
(August 31, 2016 at 7:19 am)Excited Penguin Wrote: (August 31, 2016 at 5:05 am)Expired Wrote: As a parent there is absolutely nothing my kids could tell me about themselves that would make me love them any less, I could not live life without my kids.
Having been cut off from most in my family for years, and not speaking to my parents for decades over choices I made in my life, I couldn't put them through any of that shit.
I hope I don't come off as insensitive, but I'm curious, 'cause I don't have any kids and don't know what that's like. Would you love them less if they murdered most of humanity, for example?
If any of them ever murdered most of humanity I will let you know if my current feelings change. I was speaking from personal experience about things that have happened in my family.
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RE: gay or atheist?
August 31, 2016 at 7:40 am
This sounds like one of those school yard questions where whatever you answer someone's going to say "ha so that means you're gay!!!"
My parents would probably rather hear that I don't want the love of Jesus Christ rather than wanting the love of Jesus Christ in the form of anal sex.
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RE: gay or atheist?
August 31, 2016 at 7:42 am
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(August 31, 2016 at 7:36 am)Expired Wrote: (August 31, 2016 at 7:19 am)Excited Penguin Wrote: I hope I don't come off as insensitive, but I'm curious, 'cause I don't have any kids and don't know what that's like. Would you love them less if they murdered most of humanity, for example?
If any of them ever murdered most of humanity I will let you know if my current feelings change. I was speaking from personal experience about things that have happened in my family.
Glad to see you back. I was just being hypothetical, I wasn't trying to upset you or doubt your attachment to your family or anything like that. I guess I was being silly, sorry.
I know from experience too, that I'm far more willing to overlook certain things where family is concerned. I was wondering if loving your children can be different and superior to that(because of the responsibility you feel for them, for one) and how far would that go, does one think. But we don't have to talk about it if it's inappropriate or anything like that.
Thank you. I don't blame you if that was sarcastic, though.
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RE: gay or atheist?
August 31, 2016 at 7:43 am
(August 31, 2016 at 7:40 am)paulpablo Wrote: This sounds like one of those school yard questions where whatever you answer someone's going to say "ha so that means you're gay!!!"
My parents would probably rather hear that I don't want the love of Jesus Christ rather than wanting the love of Jesus Christ in the form of anal sex.
But who does't want some of this? 
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RE: gay or atheist?
August 31, 2016 at 7:46 am
(August 31, 2016 at 7:42 am)Excited Penguin Wrote: (August 31, 2016 at 7:36 am)Expired Wrote: If any of them ever murdered most of humanity I will let you know if my current feelings change. I was speaking from personal experience about things that have happened in my family.
Glad to see you back. I was just being hypothetical, I wasn't trying to upset you or doubt your attachment to your family or anything like that. I guess I was being silly, sorry.
I know from experience too, that I'm far more willing to overlook certain things where family is concerned. I was wondering if loving your children can be different and superior to that(because of the responsibility you feel for them, for one) and how far would that go, does one think. But we don't have to talk about it if it's inappropriate or anything like that.
Thank you. I don't blame you if that was sarcastic, though.
No sarcasm intended.
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RE: gay or atheist?
August 31, 2016 at 11:13 am
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My parents aren't small-minded assholes, so neither would have been an issue. I've been unashamedly, openly atheist since my teens. As for gay? At this point, in my 49th year with four children and three grandchildren (another on the way), I suppose their reaction would be, "Well, you sure hid that one well!"
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RE: gay or atheist?
August 31, 2016 at 11:17 am
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Interesting to note that OP has almost as many threads as he does posts. It's getting a bit spammy.
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RE: gay or atheist?
August 31, 2016 at 11:39 am
Most parents who were against both would probably prefer their child to be atheist as they could still have hope that they would change their mind in the future.
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