** *Top Ten Signs You're a Fundamentalist Christian*
*10* - You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours. *9* - You feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists say that people evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were created from dirt. *8 *- You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a Triune God. *7* - Your face turns purple when you hear of the "atrocities" attributed to Allah, but you don't even flinch when hearing about how God/Jehovah slaughtered all the babies of Egypt in "Exodus" and ordered the elimination of entire ethnic groups in "Joshua" including women, children, and trees! *6* - You laugh at Hindu beliefs that deify humans, and Greek claims about gods sleeping with women, but you have no problem believing that the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary, who then gave birth to a man-god who got killed, came back to life and then ascended into the sky. *5* - You are willing to spend your life looking for little loopholes in the scientifically established age of Earth (few billion years), but you find nothing wrong with believing dates recorded by Bronze Age tribesmen sitting in their tents and guessing that Earth is a few generations old. *4* - You believe that the entire population of this planet with the exception of those who share your beliefs -- though excluding those in all rival sects - will spend Eternity in an infinite Hell of Suffering. And yet consider your religion the most "tolerant" and "loving." *3* - While modern science, history, geology, biology, and physics have failed to convince you otherwise, some idiot rolling around on the floor speaking in "tongues" may be all the evidence you need to "prove" Christianity. *2* - You define 0.01% as a "high success rate" when it comes to answered prayers. You consider that to be evidence that prayer works. And you think that the remaining 99.99% FAILURE was simply the will of God. *1* - You actually know a lot less than many atheists and agnostics do about the Bible, Christianity, and church history - but still call yourself a Christian. On 12/7/06, Helio W. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I guess we all already knew this, but now there's scientifically studied > evidence. > > > Is Homophobia Associated With Homosexual Arousal? > > Henry E. Adams, Lester W. Wright, Jr., and Bethany A. Lohr > University of Georgia > > The authors investigated the role of homosexual arousal in exclusively > heterosexual men who ad- > mitted negative affect toward homosexual individuals. Participants > consisted of a group of homo- > phobic men (n = 35) and a group of nonhomophobic men (n = 29); they were > assigned to groups > on the basis of their scores on the Index of Homophobia (W. W. Hudson & W. > A. Ricketts, 1980). > The men were exposed to sexually explicit erotic stimuli consisting of > heterosexual, male homosex- > ual, and lesbian videotapes, and changes in penile circumference were > monitored. They also com- > pleted an Aggression Questionnaire (A. H. Buss & M. Perry, 1992 ). Both > groups exhibited increases > in penile circumference to the heterosexual and female homosexual videos. > Only the homophobic > men showed an increase in penile erection to male homosexual stimuli. The > groups did not differ in > aggression. Homophobia is apparently associated with homosexual arousal > that the homophobic > individual is either unaware of or denies. > > *http://tinyurl.com/y5zhno > > * --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
