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Mr Khan said:

It is indeed a noble thing to provide unconditional aid, however you have to admit that it is very backhanded to say "I don't hate you, but you're going to burn." It is *wrong* of the religion to embrace this viewpoint, especially since it is based as it is out of a book of the Jewish bible that has been disregarded by modern Christendom in almost every other respect. Clearly there is a matter of choice in which parts of the bible Christians obey, so it is disingenuous to just say "it is repugnant to God, sorry, it's out of my hands but you're going to burn forever", since there's a lot of stuff that was supposedly an affront to the Lord that nobody bats an eye at.

Christian homophobia is an anachronism. It has nothing to do with the core tenets of the faith and could easily be disregarded without creating any major theological contradictions (arguably the bigger contradiction is the pick-and-choose attitude towards Levitical laws).

I think you are confusing Christians who mis-use the Bible with Christians who do not. No church should turn away those who live in sin because the principle teaching of Christianity is that we are all sinners. Nobody should judge another as that's God's job. (Mr. Robertson said that.) There is no picking or choosing. Just because Christians do not honor the punishments as given out in Leviticus does not mean they pick and choose. Jesus threw out some of the old law, and some He did not.

Speaking of picking and choosing, it's easy to take a narrow look at an entire religion over a few things that on the surface do not make sense to you. The bible was perhaps inspired by something divine but still written and translated by man who are fallible. I suggest you take the concerns you have to a priest or pastor and hear what they have to say. If you spend your time debating this stuff on the Internet you will likely not learn anything about it. (Unless, of course, you have no desire to learn something about it.)

I would also submit to you that Phil was all-inclusive in his description of sexual immorality. In fact he mentioned heterosexuals who sleep around, too. BTW, homosexuality is listed in the new testament as being forbidden. Though some of it of course is under debate.



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loy310 said:
Hope A&E drops his ass permanently, they sure as hell can do without him and they will come up with something to replace him.
The A&E brand and their wider audience don't need him.


DD is their No.1 show and he is the [atriarch of their family... They (the cast and his family members) have stated they can't see doing the show without him. A&E which has scraped by until DD became the hit it is. A&E needs DD more than DD needs A&E they'd be stupid to follow your advice.



curl-6 said:

If an employee says something that could detrimentally impact the bottom line of their company, said company has every right to pull the plug. It's called running a business.

This would be similar to Nintendo cancelling all sales of Mario because one of the developers said something controverisal. That isn't how you run a business.



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outlawauron said:
curl-6 said:

If an employee says something that could detrimentally impact the bottom line of their company, said company has every right to pull the plug. It's called running a business.

This would be similar to Nintendo cancelling all sales of Mario because one of the developers said something controverisal. That isn't how you run a business.

Mario's developers aren't as directly associated with the product's image as here; Shigeru Miyamoto doesn't show up in 3D World to make racist remarks.



Anti gay comments? What the heck. There was nothing anti gay about what he said. He said he believed it was a sin. He never said he hated homosexual people or wanted them all to burn. He even went on to clarify how he treats everyone is equal and that he believes it isn't his job to judge others. You don't have to agree with him, but nothing he said was anti gay. His words are being twisted maliciously to suit the radical agenda of someone else. Personally I'm not religious. I find it a silly waste of time to argue over what someones sexual preference is. I find it even more pathetic that he was asked that question. What else did you expect the answer to be? In fact he answered it pretty professionally. The way he used the term "morph" wasn't in the context that homosexual people turn to bestiality or adultery. Not even close. He was asked what HE BELIEVED TO BE SINS. So he answered with some things he believed to be sins. The person who asked him the question knew he was heavily Christian. What else did you expect him to answer with? Lies? The poor man told the TRUTH. We need more honest people in society today. This is the problem with the world and it needs to stop. The bashing of an innocent man for telling the truth about what he believes in.



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outlawauron said:
curl-6 said:

If an employee says something that could detrimentally impact the bottom line of their company, said company has every right to pull the plug. It's called running a business.

This would be similar to Nintendo cancelling all sales of Mario because one of the developers said something controverisal. That isn't how you run a business.


That's not even close to the same thing.  It would only be similar if Nintendo distanced themselves from the actual developer by either firing them or suspending them.  This would happen in almost any workplace. 

-OR-

If Mario went on a rant that offended a wide swath of people, and Nintendo decided to distance themselves from him by replacing him with Luigi.  They never cancelled DD, they just suspended the guy that was running his mouth.  This is not unusual (see: Paula Dean).



Can we get over this shit already ?



marley said:
DJEVOLVE said:

The show is fake anyway, these are all actors.

Phil Robertson a couple years ago. LMAO

Lol - awesome video :)

Thanks for posting this so we can all see just how hate filled  liveral d-bags actually are.  That was ten minutes of a complete moron  ranting and raving about how somebody,who actually is happy in their life , is pissing him off.  It truly shows how the left can only exist off hate .  So thank you and please do us all a favor and get over the fact not everyone wants to think like you and if by some chance someone says something you dont like just get the f over it already.



shikamaru317 said:
Nope, it would be wrong to cancel the show over this, free speech is a thing. I know I've heard plenty liberal things that I don't like on shows, but I just stop watching them, I don't expect them to be cancelled and liberals shouldn't expect Duck Dynasty to be cancelled over this either. The only good reason to cancel a show is low ratings, and Duck Dynasty gets fantastic ratings.

Free Speech is a thing...that only covers Citizens from the Government infringing upon their speech rights.  It has nothing to do with a parent company protecting itself from a publicity nightmare.

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