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Nobody is doing enough to alleviate the suffering of those who have AIDS or who have been orphaned by AIDS. As a Christian, I am thankful for those who "call me on the carpet," so to speak, for my faith's apparent lack of zeal on this matter. It is an arduous task, but that can't be our excuse...

We are dealing with a conflict of narratives here, and I don't know how it can be rectified. Other than conversion. Inconsistencies are bound to linger in each person's viewpoint and take on reality. Irvine511 has assumed truths about reality (including God and humans) that are different than...

We must try to read the texts (preferrably in their original language) and discern from the vocab, understanding of social structure at the time, theology, etc. what the text is saying. We lead the meaning out of the text, instead of saying, (for example), "I struggle with my sexual identity...

I'd say Unforgettable Fire - Rattle and Hum. There is plenty of experimental stuff on R&H, just not techno-experimental. This era also comprises the classic vintage, mint U2 sound. Although I think AB is the best overall album, the songs that will echo down through time as "U2 at their best"...

I've already heard Miracle Drug on the radio. It was before the album was even released. But it immediately caught my attention, and I thought it sounded excellent as a radio single.

As wrong-headed as the war in Iraq may be, I think it is amazing that we live in a country where soldiers can ask honest, challenging questions of their superiors in an open forum like that and not later have their heads whacked off.

I think this is a classic case of eisegesis: reading a meaning into a text, rather than taking the texts and letting them speak (exegesis). It is hard to avoid the situation where you take issues and constructs of our time and read them back into the texts. Some would say it's impossible to...

For me it'd either be Stay or New Year's Day. The minor key in New Year's Day and the drubbing baseline gets me thinking about rainy, cold nights in winter.

Music often affects our moods and memories. Which U2 song--off any album--puts you in the most somber mood? Why do you think that is?

It's all about the benjamins.

Fast Cars. My two faves are already off the list. Can't believe it.

ATYCLB: It has only about 4 memorable tracks on it. It's not bad, just overrated. I think the 4 memorable tracks are: Beautiful Day Stuck in a Moment... Walk On In A Little While And maybe Kite, too.

One more thing...someone asked about my celibacy. I may, in fact, get married some day, but I won't have sexual intercourse til I do. I have learned from experience that sex is a powerful, powerful force in a relationship. It can stunt the growth of a relationship very easily. It can be used...

Yes, I am misunderstood. First of all, we are dealing with distinctly different defintions/narratives here. A marriage and a wedding are not the same thing. A wedding may be private...it may involve eloping...but once they have made certain promises to each other, whether in front of a priest...

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Perhaps. See, we're getting somewhere here. I have gay friends in what we call "committed relationships," and I think their stability of relationship does have a positive affect on others around them, insofar as they are committed to each other and build each other up...not if they're only...

I am stressing sex because that seems to be the subject of this thread. And you are hearing me correctly: my notion of public/private is significantly different from the dominant notion of today. There is no private marriage...I was suggesting that tongue-and-cheek, based on the comments from...

Whoops! I obviously don't know how to use this quote thing yet! I didn't mean to place my responses within the context of your quote, bonovoxsuperstar! Sorry!

If I say much more, I'll belabor my point. So I'll shut up.

Lutheran World Relief: consistently ranked as one of the most efficient world relief/charities around. "Efficient" meaning # of dollars that goes to real aid, not to overhead. www.lutheranworldrelief.org

I'm sorry, Irvine511, that you find my second post so unclear. I'm not as articulate as I think I am sometimes. I am taking issue with everyone's modern assumption that (1) peoples' personal/sexual behavior doesn't affect anyone else but them and (2) sexuality in marriage is, in fact, claimed...

You have taken my comments and run too far with them...into places I don't want to go. Let me explain: marriage is the public's way of claiming a relationship. It is not just a ceremony. It is taking a relationship "public." That doesn't mean that you do your sex acts in view of others. It...

Scandinavia also has one of the highest rates of absentee fatherhood...babies being raised by single moms, paid for by a generous welfare state. Drug abuse is also high, at least in Norway. The grass is always greener on the other side... As far as the priest thing goes, I just think you're...

The theory about priests being examples of "fettered" sexuality is completely wrong...and I'm not just talking it's wrong "in my opinion." There is absolutely no proof that priests are any more sexually repressed than anyone else. Sexuality is not like hydraulics...press it down in one place...

Another thing that intrigues me about the whole gay marriage debate: A favorite battle cry of advocates of homosexual unions and gay marriages is "what does it matter to you what people are doing in their bedrooms? It is a private matter." Perhaps so. However, marriage, BY DEFINITION, is a...