A bunch of dismissive atheistic remarks and quite a lot of people suggesting the guy is actually a closet homosexual who got to safely amuse himself for a while and still keep the facade of a straight man.
(Well, what did I expect? Those comments are always toxic, no matter how innocuous the article is)
(Well, what did I expect? Those comments are always toxic, no matter how innocuous the article is)
"Yes, there Christians who are superficial and shallow; there are even those who defy Christ by hating the sinner, but trying to uncover Truth by lying and deceiving others is wrong. Something tells me this guy's journey is far from complete. Meanwhile, I'm going to go blond and see how others treat me; then I'll write a book!"
It is a valid point; his whole experiment consisted of lying to everyone he knew, including all but two family members, for a solid year. However one parses biblical prohibitions against homosexual sex, its prohibition against lying is indisputable.
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Slightly better than chocolate.
Love still can't be coerced.
Please Don't Eat the Newbies!
LoL. Be well, RAFOlk.
A Bible belt conservative spent a year pretending to be gay
- 14/10/2012 12:25:34 PM
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OK, I thought that was cool. Put his money where his mouth is, so to speak. *NM*
- 14/10/2012 12:37:55 PM
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Plenty of the comments are really disheartening
- 14/10/2012 07:23:42 PM
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There was one that I thought pretty good:
- 15/10/2012 10:57:42 PM
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I have to agree with that one. Most people come out in order to be more honest with their family.
- 16/10/2012 02:39:46 AM
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"The vast majority of conservative Christians are not hateful bigots at all."
- 15/10/2012 10:55:34 PM
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He does say his mother came around in the end.
- 15/10/2012 10:57:50 PM
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Maybe most conservative christians...
- 15/10/2012 11:44:13 PM
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Sorry, that is just an attempted role-reversal; objecting to hatred is not the "real hatred."
- 16/10/2012 01:26:39 AM
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In addition, the bible doesn't forbid it. The bible is not a monolithic work, but an anthology.
- 16/10/2012 02:32:59 AM
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What I said is correct.
- 16/10/2012 05:49:13 PM
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Dude, the "You're intolerant of intolerance!" argument is so played out
- 16/10/2012 08:34:35 PM
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I think he has a good point. It just shouldn't be generalized so far as he is doing.
- 16/10/2012 09:23:13 PM
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Wrong. I am talking about labels and what they are used for.
- 16/10/2012 10:42:11 PM
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And on the other hand, various "logical justifications" tend to boil down to one thing:
- 16/10/2012 11:01:50 PM
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I actually DO believe that anti-gay-marriage people eat babies ;-) *NM*
- 16/10/2012 11:32:35 PM
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We use "bigot" like Christians use "sinner."
- 16/10/2012 09:12:39 PM
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You can't just assume someone has the motivation you want them to have.
- 16/10/2012 11:08:09 PM
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For me it is as simple as looking into my own heart, several years back.
- 17/10/2012 04:51:13 AM
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