en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/542760 Comments by woodinvillegirl http://www.komonews.com/news/local/78578947.html#IDComment46068511 What a generalization. &quot;Men will cheat no matter what&quot; Not every guy will cheat, just like not every girl will do that either. Obviously in your profession, you deal with sleazy men who don&#039;t have the morals to do be faithful to a woman, so your view is definitely biased. Or maybe you have had boyfriends in the past who haven&#039;t been faithful to you, but being a prostitute isn&#039;t the best to find a loyal man, generally men don&#039;t look for girlfriends in that profession. The only ones who do, are ones who want to use you for one thing, and couldn&#039;t care less about you. I&#039;m not sure how women can allow themselves to be used like that, even if they make a lot of money out of it. But you seem to be happy and content with your life, so congrats to you. Sun, 6 Dec 2009 18:27:00 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/78578947.html#IDComment46068511 http://www.komonews.com/news/tech/78136187.html#IDComment45428800 <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jun/30/cern.particlephysics1" target="_blank">http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jun/30/cer...</a> scientists say it isn&#039;t even powerful enough to do any damage in the first place, and the probability that anything catastrophic would happen is so small that it&#039;s pointless to worry about. so stop listening to the fear mongering lol Tue, 1 Dec 2009 19:50:05 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/tech/78136187.html#IDComment45428800 http://www.komonews.com/news/tech/78200807.html#IDComment45401960 obviously. Tue, 1 Dec 2009 15:15:10 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/tech/78200807.html#IDComment45401960 http://www.komonews.com/news/78088192.html#IDComment45170401 This is incredibly sad. My heart goes out to their families. Hopefully they catch those POS&#039;s, they should be executed for these tragic crimes. Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:38:17 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/78088192.html#IDComment45170401 http://dev.www.komonews.com/news/offbeat/76280787.html#IDComment45058858 can&#039;t spell divine or alcohol either? sad Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:40:59 +0000 http://dev.www.komonews.com/news/offbeat/76280787.html#IDComment45058858 http://dev.www.komonews.com/news/offbeat/76280787.html#IDComment45058787 That&#039;s exactly what I was thinking. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:39:50 +0000 http://dev.www.komonews.com/news/offbeat/76280787.html#IDComment45058787 http://www.komonews.com/news/75172592.html#IDComment44994377 Well, most people learn to spell simple words in school, as a child. Most adults should be intelligent enough to be able to spell these simple words, whether it be on a computer or on paper. Typing makes no difference when someone is spelling. Anyway, it&#039;s a basic elementary skill that everyone should have mastered as a child. Furthermore, it basically makes people just look stupid when they are attempting to make others look bad, or talking crap about people&#039;s life choices. Perhaps one of your life choices should include going back to school, and learning the fundamentals, such as basic English. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:02:22 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/75172592.html#IDComment44994377 http://www.komonews.com/news/75172592.html#IDComment44978298 Do you feel bad for people who can&#039;t spell words such as &quot;relationship&quot;, or &quot;intelligent&quot;? You can&#039;t. And yet, you attempt to make others look bad. Learn to spell elementary words, then perhaps your argument might have a little more substance. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:51:59 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/75172592.html#IDComment44978298 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69145217.html#IDComment42200063 It&#039;s sad that you believe everything you read in stories. Being intolerant of others is the only thing that isn&#039;t okay, or is not acceptable. It seems like religious people should be the most tolerant out of everyone, but many seem to be in a different reality completely. Being a homosexual isn&#039;t a mental illness or a disease, and there is nothing wrong with it. It shouldn&#039;t matter to ANYBODY what someone else does on their own time, it&#039;s insignificant and doesn&#039;t affect anybody what so ever. Anybody who cares about what others do privately are idiots. So quit whining and deal with the fact that people are different, and you may not like it, but that doesn&#039;t justify the fact that you are attempting to prevent people from having basic rights that should be available to everyone, simply because you don&#039;t agree with their lifestyle. The fact that you care so much is just pathetic. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 07:21:04 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69145217.html#IDComment42200063 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69145217.html#IDComment42199633 You are the only abomination here. If God would want to condemn or persecute anyone, it would be intolerant people like you. Hating others just because they are different doesn&#039;t make you a good person. You claim to be a man of God yet you cannot even accept others preferences and ways of life. That is pretty pathetic. Any decent God would never want people to breed so much hate, and he would certainly punish those who feel that others are less of a person simply because they are homosexual, have different religious beliefs, or are of a different ancestry. You should be ashamed to even call yourself a Christian, because you just make the religion look bad by spewing your hate. I thought you were supposed to respect your neighbors. Perhaps some of you are too immature to do so. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 07:11:37 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69145217.html#IDComment42199633 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69145217.html#IDComment42198325 Who cares if they can reproduce? The world is already over populated as it is. Perhaps if more people were gay there would be less unwanted children being born, or aborted, or less children around the globe in poverty who are starving to death because their parents cannot afford to provide enough food for them. It doesn&#039;t matter if being gay makes sense to you or not, it&#039;s your opinion. The fact of the matter is, some people are attracted to the same sex. It isn&#039;t a disease or a mental disturbance. It&#039;s simply a preference and a way of life, so when people make a huge deal out of it, it&#039;s just silly. And homosexuals should not affect your life what so ever, if you are allowing someone&#039;s sexual preference to hurt you or ruin your life in anyway, you are pathetic. Stop worrying about what other people do with their lives, it is insignificant. The only people who are going to hell or deserve to are those who look down upon others as if they are less human just because they are different in some way. Intolerance is definitely not a quality you find in a good person. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 06:40:27 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69145217.html#IDComment42198325 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69145217.html#IDComment42197669 Most people have read or done some sort of research on topics that they are debating about. Only a fool would debate a subject without any prior research or reading done. The only way to figure out what you agree or don&#039;t agree with, or what side of the debate you&#039;re on is to look at both sides of the subject and decide for yourself which one is right. Usually that would involve research of some kind... Fri, 6 Nov 2009 06:25:13 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69145217.html#IDComment42197669 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69145217.html#IDComment42197445 While it&#039;s not a good thing that he has cancer, his views on homosexuals are almost barbaric, and definitely pathetic. This man is the epitome of intolerance. The fact that he doesn&#039;t want homosexuals to be a part of his church unless they attempt to become straight or repent for their &quot;sins&quot; is ridiculous. I highly doubt that any rational and loving God would wish to persecute and condemn a group of people just because they have a different preference sexually and emotionally. A homosexual can be just as noble and honest as any other church member. There are many churches that don&#039;t agree with the bible&#039;s views on homosexuals and they welcome gays and it&#039;s a wonderful thing. I have even heard of many pastors and priests that have come out about being gay, which is a very brave thing to do as part of a religion that looks down upon them so harshly. Priests get caught raping and molesting children, hiring prostitutes when they are married or just in general, etc. and are still allowed to be a member or authority of the church. There is something very wrong with that. It&#039;s perfectly fine to believe in whatever you want, but people&#039;s beliefs shouldn&#039;t get in the way of people getting the basic rights that they deserve. It is sad that people are so cruel and selfish. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 06:21:00 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69145217.html#IDComment42197445 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69145217.html#IDComment42194316 Hitler was a christian.. and he went to Catholic school. Not believing in a God doesn&#039;t automatically make you a corrupt and evil dictator. And it doesn&#039;t automatically make you a criminal in any way. It&#039;s simply a belief, and that is all. Being an atheist is not a dangerous philosophy. Someone&#039;s opinion is only dangerous if the person themselves is dangerous in some way. A theory that there is no God based on lack of scientific or historical evidence is not dangerous. If anything it is completely logical and healthy. It is definitely healthy to question certain ideals or stories that you have been told. Not everything written in a book is necessarily the truth, or correct. Taking a look at both sides of an issue and weighing the evidence for both is a great way to find out what is fact and what is fiction, or what your life can relate to. Being able to think for yourself instead of automatically believing everything that you are told isn&#039;t dangerous. Blind faith begins with &quot;blind&quot; for a reason. Blindly believing anything and everything you read or have been told seems to be a sad way to live life. Blind faith is exactly how people get sucked into Cults with insane religious leaders that make absolutely no sense. That&#039;s why some people chose to commit mas suicide within their cults. You may never know what beliefs are right for you, or really make sense to you, if you don&#039;t spend time to search around, do research, and figure out what religion fits you the best. It seems silly to just follow the religion your parents introduced you to for the rest of your life without ever exploring other options. Asking questions, thinking for yourself, and feeling free to doubt certain stories or things that you read or hear is a completely healthy thing to practice. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 05:22:06 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69145217.html#IDComment42194316 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69145217.html#IDComment42193426 People are always going to have different beliefs, and disagree with others. Learn to deal with it. You shouldn&#039;t care how many thumbs down or thumbs up you get on the internet. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 05:09:08 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69145217.html#IDComment42193426 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69145217.html#IDComment42192737 Yeah, it definitely is just a mask they hide behind. A good religion would not practice that kind of intolerance, and neither would a good God. They should be ashamed of themselves for trying to prevent people from having basic civil rights. They act like same sex couples getting married would be the start of the apocalypse, when in reality it wouldn&#039;t affect anyone&#039;s lives. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 04:56:55 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69145217.html#IDComment42192737 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69145217.html#IDComment42189143 Why would an atheist kill anyone in the name of a totalitarian state? Being an atheist simply means you do not believe that deities exist. It doesn&#039;t mean you are a corrupt and evil person who wants to be a dictator or create a totalitarian system. I&#039;d like to see your proof of any wars that were caused by Atheists, because I have never heard of such a thing ever happening. It would seem pointless for somebody to start a war and then justify it on religions when they do not believe in any God and do not practice any religion. What would be the point? Any normal person, including an atheist, probably shouldn&#039;t care if others have different beliefs. It&#039;s insignificant and would not affect their lives in any way, so starting a war over it would be pointless. Anyone who has ever started a war, or created bloodshed simply because others didn&#039;t agree with their beliefs or religion is completely idiotic, not to mention pathetic. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 04:02:38 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69145217.html#IDComment42189143 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69145217.html#IDComment42185143 Even idiots who aren&#039;t religious know the simple fact that they claim Jesus was a Jew, not Mexican. The name Jesus isn&#039;t even the actual name, it&#039;s more of an English translation. Just because in the Spanish language there can be the name Jesus with a different pronunciation, doesn&#039;t mean that if Jesus really existed, that he was Spanish or Mexican. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 03:02:42 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69145217.html#IDComment42185143 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69145217.html#IDComment42184758 If God was able to see into the heart of every man and woman, he would be considerate of the fact that most people do make mistakes, and that doesn&#039;t mean they are a bad person. He would be considerate of the fact that everyone is different and chooses to live different lives. Murderers, rapists, and other evil individuals should obviously not be forgiven. The only situation that I could see a god forgiving a murder would be one that was committed for revenge, such as ending somebody&#039;s life that murdered one of your family members. Everybody makes mistakes in life, anybody who says differently is lying to themselves. It doesn&#039;t make sense that people must confess to all of their &quot;sins&quot; and go to church all the time to repent. If God could see into everyone&#039;s heart, he would already know that they are truly regretful and that they are good people at heart. So all of the confessions, etc that go on in church are basically useless since he would already have known these facts. That is why even priests and people who are supposed to be holy and at one with God get caught raping or molesting children, or hiring prostitutes when they are married. They obviously weren&#039;t able to control their temptations even with God&#039;s love and guidance helping them. Nobody is necessarily perfect and holy, even the priests, popes, etc that claim to be. Human beings are always going to make mistakes. We can be our own worst enemy, and continue to prove to be in a lot of ways. That is why we have always made wars, committed murder and other crimes, used other humans for sex. used other humans as slaves, etc. Humanity is never going to be a place filled with rainbows, goodness and butterflies. It is a basic idea of good and evil, there will always be evil people who commit evil deeds, just as there will always be good people who want to make the world a better place. But to suggest that a few minor or even a few major mistakes should be punishable by eternity in a place like &quot;Hell&quot;, if they don&#039;t repent by confessing and constantly devoting their life to church and God, is just a silly story to scare people. Live a honest and noble life the best that you can, and you have nothing to worry about. Unless God is a corrupt and evil being, he would be tolerant of everyone&#039;s differences and mistakes made in life if they are truly good people. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 02:57:24 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69145217.html#IDComment42184758 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69145217.html#IDComment42182262 No kidding, there are many different religions for a reason. There isn&#039;t a single one that is the correct one. They are just different beliefs, that is all. Heaven and Hell are essentially something made up to scare individuals into repenting for sins that they didn&#039;t necessarily commit, but people shouldn&#039;t spend their lives worrying about whether they are going to hell or heaven. It is basically a waste of time to worry about it, especially considering there is no evidence of either one. It can definitely be a great tool to teach children to respect each other and to try to be the best person they can be, but it makes more sense to just try to live a honest and noble life, treat others with the same respect you would like in return, and do what you can to help others around you. You shouldn&#039;t be punished if there is an afterlife if you are a decent person with a good heart. Making mistakes in life shouldn&#039;t mean that you are condemned to never ending misery in a fiery pit of Hell if you don&#039;t confess your sins to a Priest and all of that. If God was as almighty and as wonderful as they make him out to be, he would not send somebody to hell for trying drugs, having sex before marriage, or not believing in him. These are just silly rules made by narrow minded individuals that believe life should only be lived a certain way, and that any other way of living your life is wrong and requires punishment. It is simply a matter of opinion. And someone&#039;s opinion on a certain matter, such as homosexuals, doesn&#039;t mean that it&#039;s wrong. It&#039;s only somebody&#039;s opinion. And that is exactly why a belief or opinion should never prevent people from obtaining basic civil or human rights. It wouldn&#039;t effect anyone&#039;s life in a negative way if a couple who happens to be gay got married or had the same rights as others. Some people claim that marriage was only meant for a man and a woman, but again, even if it&#039;s written in a story, it still stems from somebody&#039;s opinion or belief. Not everything you read or hear is correct, and it isn&#039;t necessarily the truth. So get over the fact that your bible or your beliefs may say different. It doesn&#039;t matter what you believe and nobody cares. Let them get married and have other rights, they deserve it just as much as anybody else. Modern times are no place for such intolerance. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 02:20:26 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69145217.html#IDComment42182262