[housemate]

I wish I had seen it .. was caught up in my teenagers problems and have only just managed to catch up here ... doh! (El Proximos Post)

[housemate]

I'm in favour of 'each to their own' .. I won't accept being told what to think on any topic but I am avidly interested in both sides of every (reasoned) argument. If I find holes in my 'reasoning, I'm happy to have learnt something.
My problem with Dave is that I think he is wrong to duck and dive on issues which HE raised by entering onto a public platform, proclaiming himself to be a Monk.
Offering his 2% under those circumstances is tantemount to how Blair got us into Iraq, we never learn .. theres more to be learnt from whats been left unsaid sometimes.
Ultimately, somebody has to care about Daves recruits. Dave openly boasts about his travel agendas over the past years, this alone should atleast raise some eyebrows.

[Late for the Party]

Originally Posted by housemate

Dave openly boasts about his travel agendas over the past years, this alone should atleast raise some eyebrows.

A trip to the sun must cost a fortune. Pity it wasn't a one way ticket

[starry]

Originally Posted by housemate

I'm in favour of 'each to their own' .. I won't accept being told what to think on any topic but I am avidly interested in both sides of every (reasoned) argument. If I find holes in my 'reasoning, I'm happy to have learnt something.
My problem with Dave is that I think he is wrong to duck and dive on issues which HE raised by entering onto a public platform, proclaiming himself to be a Monk.
Offering his 2% under those circumstances is tantemount to how Blair got us into Iraq, we never learn .. theres more to be learnt from whats been left unsaid sometimes.
Ultimately, somebody has to care about Daves recruits. Dave openly boasts about his travel agendas over the past years, this alone should atleast raise some eyebrows.

He isn't a politician.

[housemate]

How on earth (lol) does he pay for these trips ... he's off to Australia and America after BB ... I want to know where the money comes from, if its all upfront there shouldn't be a problem.
Does anybody know if there are any official bodies who are charged with 'monitoring' these Organisations etc ...?

[ElProximo]

Originally Posted by housemate

How on earth (lol) does he pay for these trips ... he's off to Australia and America after BB ... I want to know where the money comes from, if its all upfront there shouldn't be a problem.
Does anybody know if there are any official bodies who are charged with 'monitoring' these Organisations etc ...?

In no way defending or suspecting anything Dave's cult is doing but it's entirely possible that Crowderites in (for example) invited him and bought him a ticket from donations,
and/or
a common way with Church circles is that Dave pays his own way out of whatever money he has.
After speaking/babbling/prophecying they take a collection to help cover his travel expenses.

As a practice there is obviously nothing wrong with that but it would be up to the ministry to make sure they report to their tax authorities in their countries as they should.

As a general description - Crowderites are NOT wealthy and are largely younger types and many out of drug or party lifestyles (so nothing changed) but not 'street people' poor either.
It is possible they have some benevolent wealthy sponsors but I don't see any lavish wealth quite yet.

[housemate]

Then the next puzzle is how Dave manages to support his Family and run his home expenses ... whichever way you look at it, it doesn't make sense. He travels extensively, has three kids and can manage to host huge sloshfests (I'm going to assume they eat tangible food at these events) aswell as travelling around to Towns around the Country for their You Tube Promos.
He named a huge figure of Money to Keely when she questioned him about how they made their money, covering the prior 18 months .. This doesn't tally with what you are saying.
I don't see how very many ex drug takers/Alcoholics manage to get their lives back on track and then fall into brackets of pay which would take them THAT far away from poverty.

[joeysteele]

Actually housemate you are spot on, he said from the start he felt he was on a mission, all the early weeks in the diary room and all over the house, he carried out his preaching,all this full of the love of the lord drunk on the lord, drunk of the holy spirit, preaching on certan activities such as gay marriage and giving a sermon really. He was always on about it and although there is a slight abatement he still goes on and on and regularly stated in the early weeks it was his duty to promote the power and love of the lord.
His statement that he only says 2% of all he thinks,well,all I can say is, THANK the lord for that, thank goodness he does only say 2%.
I can go on a lot making my points on things, but if he gave us all the other 98% we would be brainwashed because there would be no more time to hear what any other housemate said.

[WOMBAI]

Originally Posted by pixee

He only says 2% of what he thinks he claims.

Must be why he was so selective with his view on homosexuality, least we can now rule him out as a genuine person cause he is keeping 98% back.

Do the math...s

How ridiculous - talk about twist his words! He was simply saying that you have to be tactful about what you say to people - you can't just say everything you think - if it may offend! And 2% was just an off-the-cuff figure! Sigh!

[pixee]

Originally Posted by WOMBAI

How ridiculous - talk about twist his words! He was simply saying that you have to be tactful about what you say to people - you can't just say everything you think - if it may offend! And 2% was just an off-the-cuff figure! Sigh!

Well maybe he should think about what he says before he says it like he was trying to explain to sam..

this wasn't an entirely serious thread but a fair one in the context of him trying to tell someone else to think before they speak surely.

[joeysteele]

The real big turn off for people as to Christianity, (and I am a Christian, I have family who are Priests), are many people who call themselves Christians,watch them and you see no bigger example of hypocrisy from being a Church singing sweetly and looking all pious,then leaving church and tearing away to get home, speaking to few poeple and moaning the service or sermon was too long, then they go and forget about helping people in the main until next week for an hour or so in church.
DAVE would drive me away from his church not win me over to it in any way.
Talk is easy and Dave does a hell of a lot of that.

[Patricia4]

Originally Posted by pixee

He only says 2% of what he thinks he claims.

Must be why he was so selective with his view on homosexuality, least we can now rule him out as a genuine person cause he is keeping 98% back.

Do the math...s

he only says 2% because he bitches behind their backs the other 98%.

[eviled2010]

"We" as in the "World" have practiced and believed all kinds of things in the past. It has NEVER made them true or morally right.
Fortunately, for those interested in a more enlightened and fair path, there exists today the knowledge and the fruits of labour of thousands (if not millions) of hard working scientists and scholars in all disciplines who have tried to move the human experience on just a little from a world of ghosts, goblins and gods.
Sadly, there still remains a hard core who are either too stupid or too bloody minded to grasp that the world is wonderful enough without it being based on fairy tales.

[eviled2010]

The above was in reply to a post by "El Proximo"(?)
The post seems to have been removed.

[flamingGalah!]

Originally Posted by eviled2010

The above was in reply to a post by "El Proximo"(?)
The post seems to have been removed.

Thankfully...

[ElProximo]

Originally Posted by eviled2010

"We" as in the "World" have practiced and believed all kinds of things in the past. It has NEVER made them true or morally right.
Fortunately, for those interested in a more enlightened and fair path, there exists today the knowledge and the fruits of labour of thousands (if not millions) of hard working scientists and scholars in all disciplines who have tried to move the human experience on just a little from a world of ghosts, goblins and gods.
Sadly, there still remains a hard core who are either too stupid or too bloody minded to grasp that the world is wonderful enough without it being based on fairy tales.

Uh no. This has nothing to do with 'Science' although it is true that many scientifically advanced civilizations believed homosexuality was some kind of disease or even a 'genetic mistake' and in the case of highly advanced Germany their were medical scientists who supposed it was an evolutionary mistake.
They supposed you could send them to death camps (eliminate them from the gene pool) and eventually eliminate that problem altogether.

Now I haven't seen any actual polls or surveys on what % of PHD's in the world think 'gay marriage' is perfectly acceptable but maybe you have?
What about just the UK?

Duly not that neither this post or my last censored post are anything but descriptions of history and the world around us.
They are not personally directed at anyone.
They are not even my own 'personal opinion'.

As an example:
- Hitler really did mass-murder Jews.
Horrible.
But me stating that historical reality is not 'me offending Jews'. It is not 'flaming or trolling' Jews or Nazis.
It is not my own 'pro nazi' endorsement.
It is simply stating 'what happened'.

Likewise, I am just stating that gay marriage has been largely unheard of in human history and for vast numbers of peoples over time and history that would be considered, at least, weird and unacceptable.
MANY today would even consider it sexually perverse, bizarre or even punishable by death.
Serious.
Once again, this is simply stating 'reality'. This 'happened'. Its a 'neutral' statement.

[housemate]

Originally Posted by ElProximo

Uh no. This has nothing to do with 'Science' although it is true that many scientifically advanced civilizations believed homosexuality was some kind of disease or even a 'genetic mistake' and in the case of highly advanced Germany their were medical scientists who supposed it was an evolutionary mistake.
They supposed you could send them to death camps (eliminate them from the gene pool) and eventually eliminate that problem altogether.

Now I haven't seen any actual polls or surveys on what % of PHD's in the world think 'gay marriage' is perfectly acceptable but maybe you have?
What about just the UK?

Duly not that neither this post or my last censored post are anything but descriptions of history and the world around us.
They are not personally directed at anyone.
They are not even my own 'personal opinion'.

As an example:
- Hitler really did mass-murder Jews.
Horrible.
But me stating that historical reality is not 'me offending Jews'. It is not 'flaming or trolling' Jews or Nazis.
It is not my own 'pro nazi' endorsement.
It is simply stating 'what happened'.

Likewise, I am just stating that gay marriage has been largely unheard of in human history and for vast numbers of peoples over time and history that would be considered, at least, weird and unacceptable.
MANY today would even consider it sexually perverse, bizarre or even punishable by death.
Serious.
Once again, this is simply stating 'reality'. This 'happened'. Its a 'neutral' statement.

Not sure if I have missed the link to this branch of the topic and I'm a bit puzzled as to how we got here.
Gay Marriage may have been unheard of, despised and or thought of as an 'abomination' throughout History and may still be, in areas/individuals of the World today. However, gay relationships covert or otherwise have been with us since the dawn of time.
Daves views on Gay Marriage are his own affair, I doubt his Cult will be recruiting many who would be affected by this dictate anyway?

[ElProximo]

Originally Posted by housemate

Not sure if I have missed the link to this branch of the topic and I'm a bit puzzled as to how we got here.
Gay Marriage may have been unheard of, despised and or thought of as an 'abomination' throughout History and may still be, in areas/individuals of the World today. However, gay relationships covert or otherwise have been with us since the dawn of time.
Daves views on Gay Marriage are his own affair, I doubt his Cult will be recruiting many who would be affected by this dictate anyway?

It is true that we can find some cultures in history who (for a time at least) had some kind of acceptance of homosexual couples or even some kind of 'marriage' for them.
These are called 'exceptions to the rule'. Sometimes they didn't last long. Other times were even considered 'strange' in those exceptions,
but,
The actual 'complaint' being made here was that there are a number of people who believe this ought to be acceptable (wait for it) but who also carry on discussions 'as if' everyone else ought know and accept it too,
and,
what is worse is that they not only presume their 'truth' is superior and everyone should agree but that anyone who disagrees must be 'strange' and even punished for their non-compliance.

[JTM45]

Originally Posted by ElProximo

there are a number of people who believe this ought to be acceptable (wait for it) but who also carry on discussions 'as if' everyone else ought know and accept it too,
and,
what is worse is that they not only presume their 'truth' is superior and everyone should agree but that anyone who disagrees must be 'strange' and even punished for their non-compliance.

That actually sounds like a description of Christians (or any one of the of the archaic religious groups that sadly still exist!).

[flamingGalah!]

Originally Posted by ElProximo

It is true that we can find some cultures in history who (for a time at least) had some kind of acceptance of homosexual couples or even some kind of 'marriage' for them.
These are called 'exceptions to the rule'. Sometimes they didn't last long. Other times were even considered 'strange' in those exceptions,
but,
The actual 'complaint' being made here was that there are a number of people who believe this ought to be acceptable (wait for it) but who also carry on discussions 'as if' everyone else ought know and accept it too,
and,
what is worse is that they not only presume their 'truth' is superior and everyone should agree but that anyone who disagrees must be 'strange' and even punished for their non-compliance.

I'm not sure what planet or even what year you are living in, but this is 2010 on Earth & now the majority of people are very accepting of homosexuals, quite rightly so too...

It IS acceptable, not to you maybe, but who cares?

You seem to be under the wrong impression that people who think homosexuals are "acceptable" are wrong, when infact it is you who are very very wrong... And why isn't it "acceptable"????

The only person dictating their views on this subject has been YOU. YOU are the one who presumes their "truth" is "superior" & have tried to turn it round that anyone that disagrees with YOU must be "strange"...

We get it, you are a Christian & you don't agree with homosexuals... NO ONE CARES...

[pixee]

Originally Posted by ElProximo

Uh no. This has nothing to do with 'Science' although it is true that many scientifically advanced civilizations believed homosexuality was some kind of disease or even a 'genetic mistake' and in the case of highly advanced Germany their were medical scientists who supposed it was an evolutionary mistake.
They supposed you could send them to death camps (eliminate them from the gene pool) and eventually eliminate that problem altogether.

We currently are at a peak of human scientific evolution and homosexuality in europe is accepted.

And wouldn't you agree that those scientists were wrong and perhaps their findings were based on bias or "expected" results?

Not that this has anything to do with the topic that i created lol..

[flamingGalah!]

Originally Posted by pixee

We currently are at a peak of human scientific evolution and homosexuality in europe is accepted.

And wouldn't you agree that those scientists were wrong and perhaps their findings were based on bias or "expected" results?Not that this has anything to do with the topic that i created lol..

I really don't think he would agree to be honest...

[pixee]

Originally Posted by flamingGalah!

I really don't think he would agree to be honest...

haha no i don't think he will either.

[ElProximo]

Originally Posted by pixee

We currently are at a peak of human scientific evolution..

We are??
Wow!

...and homosexuality in europe is accepted.

In fact, state-acknowledged homosexual marriage is not happening in most of Europe.

As for homosexuality in general (put aside marriage) it is very obvious to anyone that a large portion of European certainly don't accept this as 'completely normal'.
People 'accept' if you mean 'tolerate' and so we also tolerate alcoholism, football fanatics and latex fetishes.

And wouldn't you agree that those scientists were wrong and perhaps their findings were based on bias or "expected" results?

Yes, I do agree that these scientists were wrong and homosexuality was not a 'mistake of evolution' and could not be ended by eliminating gays in camps. Agreed.

Not that this has anything to do with the topic that i created lol..

Here again is the specific complaint or criticism:
Having a discussion where we 'pretend' that not only is homosexual marriage perfectly acceptable by everyone of us,
but,
in fact the very idea of even questioning it or (in this case) a Christian minister NOT happily marrying gays....
...that people act 'as if' this were UNHEARD OF!.
That we ought to be SURPRISED!
Not only surprised but want to HURT HIM for daring to say something so outrageous and defying!

In reality, even with a 'liberal' party elected into power they knew they could not do 'gay marriage' for the backlash and resistance it would meet (and probably fail).
So they went for 'civil union' instead - something which does not even imply homosexuality after all.

So why are we pretending we are 'surprised' at such a thing?