Date: 8/25/2003 3:21:00 PM
From Authorid: 33925
Being open minded means you are willing to look at things from all angles and accept other ideas and opinions..You are open to change and more accepting of others..it has nothing to do with lowering your values and morals.  |
Date: 8/25/2003 3:21:00 PM
From Authorid: 35720
The bible is just a fairytale and I don't take it seriously. It was written to instill fear into people so there wouldn't be chaos.. THESE ARE MY BELIEFS. Anyways, I don't think homosexuality is morally wrong at all.. RAPE is morally wrong.. MOLESTATION is morally wrong.. but homosexuality? It's just a sexual preference.  |
Date: 8/25/2003 3:30:00 PM
From Authorid: 62222
Being open minded doesn't mean you agree with all things, only that you acknowledge them and allow others to have the right to decide to live their life they way you have the right to live yours. Being open minded isn't about lowering personal morals or values, it is about realizing that other people value things too, and maybe their priorities are different, but they still have the right to speak, and to be heard.<regretfulhalo>  |
Date: 8/25/2003 3:40:00 PM
From Authorid: 56840
Gail said it.  |
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Date: 8/25/2003 3:40:00 PM
From Authorid: 56840
So did regretfulhalo.. :P Need I say more? |
Date: 8/25/2003 3:43:00 PM
From Authorid: 45630
it sort of is like that. I mean traditionally being openminded was just being able to accept that someone else has a point of view and being able to listen to that view with no bias but these days it just means to give up everything you believe in to agree with someone else.  |
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Date: 8/25/2003 3:54:00 PM
From Authorid: 33925
Psst LadyBlaze..Im LadyLuck, not Gail hon..LOLOL |
Date: 8/25/2003 4:03:00 PM
From Authorid: 10722
I see yet another has mistaken you for Gail, eh LadyLuck? :P  |
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Date: 8/25/2003 4:09:00 PM
From Authorid: 33925
LOLOL..yep Anomaly..I should be used to it by now..LOLOL |
Date: 8/25/2003 4:20:00 PM
From Authorid: 3125
I am open minded in that I am ready and willing to receive new ideas. I am also close minded in that I am not willing to compromise that which I believe is morally wrong.
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Date: 8/25/2003 4:20:00 PM
From Authorid: 48858
A person is gay, because they are; I'm not Christian, because I'm not; the earth rotates, because it does. We have put so much emphasis on the why that we forget to accept that what is just is. And in reference to the passage your friend quoted about homosexuality...tell her to research that. She'll find it talks about one man not lying, in a woman's bed, with another man as he would with a woman (sex) because a woman's bed is her own...meant for herself and the act of procreation. It has nothing to do with two consenting adult males taking part in homosexual relations. It's not what...it's where.  |
Date: 8/25/2003 5:11:00 PM
From Authorid: 13283
You do not have to sleep with a man to be considered gay . If you love / lust for a man you are gay . If a guy prefers men over women then he is gay . That makes him gay and it makes him okay . Your friend is very right ! Its okay to love another man as long as you dont sleep with him . Remember , sons love thier dads and nephews love their uncles . A man loving another man is not a sin . The Catholic Church teaches that its okay for men to love one another as long as they dont sleep with one another . Razzy aka  |
Date: 8/25/2003 5:12:00 PM
From Authorid: 54987
Being open-minded is not about morals but about understanding. It is seeing the others point of view even if you don't necessarily agree with it. It also means that you are less inclined to condemn and judge other people.  |
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Date: 8/25/2003 5:14:00 PM
From Authorid: 13283
Being open minded, is loving everyone whether they be different or not . Being open minded is being kind and accepting . The main part of the bible I go by is LOVE ONE ANOTHER . Razzy aka |
Date: 8/25/2003 5:15:00 PM
From Authorid: 15070
being "Moral" is loving your fellow man (or woman), and excepting them for whomever they are. (Unless they are a child abuser, or pedophile).  |
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Date: 8/25/2003 5:16:00 PM
From Authorid: 15070
I mean "accepting"....geeze, cold medicine |
Date: 8/25/2003 6:37:00 PM
From Authorid: 16671
No, I dont beleive that having the thought and doing the deed are one and the same. NOW it does say this, ""Mt:5 8: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart."" BUT unless the act, the thought had turned into deed, it doesnt make you one.  |
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Date: 8/25/2003 6:41:00 PM
From Authorid: 16671
geeze LSG I didnt see a qualifier on whom to love in the bible. So if you can accept gays, lesbians, someone that has killed maybe, someone that steals, who cheats, why leave out the others. NOW this doesnt mean I LIKE what they do, dont get me wrong. BUT this is why JEsus said love the person, hate the sin. |
Date: 8/25/2003 8:42:00 PM
From Authorid: 34487
I think society is becoming so wide-ranged in what's acceptable that it makes people lose track of what's morally correct. Once everyone accepts something as "okay or common," we lower our standards in morality. Being open-minded for me, is listening to different perspectives and respecting them. I don't have to accept them to be open-minded which unfortunately, is the common misconception today. As far as the homosexuality example your friend has given, I believe what the Bible says about homosexuality but and I also believe that every person is given challenges in their life. Some of these challenges deal with desires or impulses, some are physical. That's all I'll say on that for now, too much to go into to.  |
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Date: 8/25/2003 8:47:00 PM
From Authorid: 16671
good comment you choose. |
Date: 8/25/2003 8:50:00 PM
From Authorid: 34814
I think people should do what they wanna do sexuality is their right first off. I think having an open mind saves you from being formed into what someone else wants, religion, soceity. I am all about my open mind and who I wanna be. I think having an open mind is good. You choose what standards and morals you want. Doesn't mean you have to give in to everything your mind is open to, but free choice to think for yourself.  |
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Date: 8/25/2003 10:09:00 PM
From Authorid: 34487
Love Kitten.... I never said it did, so I'm not sure what your referring to with regard to me. |
Date: 8/25/2003 10:11:00 PM
From Authorid: 34487
Love Kitten....NEVER MIND>... I NEED to get some sleep LOL! I thought when you said You Choose in your comment you were referring to me. Okay, I feel pretty stupid now! Sorry!  |
Date: 8/26/2003 2:03:00 AM
From Authorid: 59876
to me, being open minded is to take into consideration all the aspects of whatever situation. it doesn't necessarily mean any of your views will change, just that you have given thoughtful consideration of all aspects.  |
Date: 8/26/2003 3:51:00 AM
From Authorid: 62118
The Bible has many atrocites and immorals acts labeled as moral. so no, open-mindedness doesnt always dictate what your morals or values are.  |
Date: 8/26/2003 5:55:00 AM
From Authorid: 60162
I think living your life by the bible is a choice that isnt mine. I am very open minded and I read a lot about people, and their sexual induendos.. but honestly, it doenst make me a bad person or lower my morals. Morals are different for everyone anyway but I wouldnt necessarily have sex with another girl but I certainly wont not talk to a homosexual either... being open minded makes you more accepting if anything, and therefore a better person. You can help more people and relate to more things.  |
Date: 8/26/2003 8:13:00 AM
From Authorid: 11240
Being open minded does not mean that one should have to lower their morals. Being open minded means to open up your mind to possible lifestyles that you do not agree with morally, but to let others live and let live. Just be TRUTHFUL. You can love a person and hate their behavior. God Bless.  |
Date: 8/26/2003 8:37:00 AM
From Authorid: 50435
I think the Bible should mind its own business. Being open-minded means that you stick your nose in your own business and let people do their own things. If I were to say that I'm open minded it would not mean that I'm willing to let some homosexual have his way with me. It means that I'm aware that there are men out there who are attracted to other men and that my obligation to society is to accept that fact whether it complies with my belief system or not. I don't care what YOUR god says. Your god's words fall on my deaf ears. If I had to define what my god would be like the descriptions "loves ALL his creations" and "remembered to put a clause in the Bible in various books that believers should mind their own business on matters that don't directly affect them". I mean, really, the whole "God said" thing is getting really old. Maybe He did, maybe He didn't, but all of you who feel you have to put your two-cents worth in about homosexuality are really irritating the rest of us who can dismiss those things which don't harm us.  |
Date: 8/26/2003 1:31:00 PM
From Authorid: 13974
Being open minded means having your own set of moral values, while respecting those of others, and not trying to impose the will of your values on others.  |
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Date: 8/26/2003 1:33:00 PM
From Authorid: 13974
And no, partaking in the act of homosexual sex does not make you gay. People are gay or they are not, eating lettuce doesn't make you a vegitarian. |
Date: 8/26/2003 4:06:00 PM
From Authorid: 52140
Um... I don't necessarily think so. Im trying to be tolerant of other lifestyles and religions. Not that Im going to sacrifice what I believe so they can walk all over me. You can be strong in what you believe, but be understanding to others who don't live as you do. As for the homosexual thing (I wish there was a limit on how many letters a word could have. I know that was random, sry), I sorta agree with your friend. I think SOME people are born or develop a homosexual attraction. I have a friend who is a Christian and he is "attracted" to girls, but he's "intimidated with thoughts" (as he put it) by cute guys around him. Some people might develop it as a result of childhood trama or just have it. My gay friend said that a gay man's brain and a straight man's brain are different (don't ask how, just what he said). Then there are others who are REBELLING. I personally will continue to live as God says I should live and try to be an example to my gay friends. I've recently been convicted of how I joke around them and Im trying to change it. But anyway, you can be tolerant without lowering your morals, just keep them, let others know how you feel about a situation, but DON'T sell yourself short because someone else tells you something YOU don't agree with. Best of luck, Alisha  |
Date: 8/26/2003 4:09:00 PM
From Authorid: 52140
LadyBlaze, I think we're gonna need more  |
Date: 8/26/2003 6:37:00 PM
From Authorid: 10915
My stance on open-mindedness is the same as Rusure.  |
Date: 8/26/2003 7:31:00 PM
From Authorid: 42945
actually hun...Lady Luck said it all for me....it was an excellent comment from her....hugs  |
Date: 8/26/2003 8:20:00 PM
From Authorid: 22080
being open minded doesnt lower your morals at all, especially when people who think gays are wrong can sometimes be 20 times more immoral than me  |
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Date: 8/28/2003 8:38:00 PM
From Authorid: 34487
GallyTuck....For your information...WE have just as much right to add "our two cents worth about God," as you have to add comments dismissing him. If you don't want to hear comments about God or the Bible, you shouldn't go to posts where someone will explain their position on something and may add a religious opinion. |
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Date: 8/29/2003 7:43:00 AM
From Authorid: 50435
YouChoose a little upsetty-wetty about my declaration on some "other" site and decided to hache it out here in the safety zone? Nice try. You know where to find me. Nobody is going to make my views law, and nobody is going to make it mandatory that my views and stances be instituted into the public education system, etc. Nobody wants to see a giant monument that represents my beliefs. Nobody wants to have their story about what we did after we picked up at the club last night interrupted with my views on what we really should have done instead of what transpired. Nobody cares to listen to me open up a rant out of nowhere on my views. Nobody wants to have to put up with me passing out pamphlets to them that express my views. Nobody wants to be wrong. My views are not law, nor do I feel that they should be. My views are my views and I'll discuss them where I wish and with whom I wish whenever I see it appropriate. I just happen to be fortunate enough to know when people are not in the mood to hear my views. It's often. People have better things to do than to hear my pride in being whatever it is you would call me. I really don't care and neither does anyone else. Maybe Christians should get a tattoo of the crucifix on their foreheads so that you can easily identify each other and therefore know when the right time to discuss "God" is i.e. you're with people who don't have the tattoo = stick a sock in it. |
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Date: 8/29/2003 7:47:00 AM
From Authorid: 50435
Oh, and the problem is Bible-thu...errr...YouChoose, that people like you ALWAYS have something to add that in some way turns the tide into a discussion about "God". Yet another strong reason for my idea about creating an Island of Dr. Moreau-like place for Christians to go live and do whatever it is you do. |
Date: 8/29/2003 7:57:00 AM
From Authorid: 15394
well imho, being open minded means seeing all sides, or seeing the other side. It doesn't mean you compromise any moral values of your OWN if you simply have an open mind to others. It is only when you figure your own view is more important than another's that we have conflict.  |
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Date: 8/29/2003 9:09:00 PM
From Authorid: 34487
GallyTuck.... Correct you did decide to call me a "Bible Thumper" on another site and tell me to "Shut Up." Real mature but it has nothing to do with my comment above. You are the one who seems to have a problem with Christians in general and judges them before even knowing a thing about them. I hope you can become a much happier person in life since it is VERY obvious that you are bitter and your words show that. God bless you, I hope the best for you....even though I'm just some "Bible Thumper" in your unfortunate opinion. |
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Date: 8/29/2003 9:11:00 PM
From Authorid: 34487
GallyTuck... perhaps this "Island" you speak of would be a good place for you to call a permanent home. Good luck to you. |
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