Posted on 09/19/2010 12:54:50 AM PDT by Stoat
Town Hall bosses are asking staff to take part in a 'heterosexuality quiz' so they can gain a greater understanding of what it is like to be gay.
The quiz, devised by managers at Buckinghamshire County Council, is part of an equality and diversity course called 'Respecting Sexuality'.
Questions, which are described as a 'twist' on those routinely asked of homosexuals, include 'What do you think caused your heterosexuality?', 'Is it possible your heterosexuality stems from a neurotic fear of others of the same sex?', and 'If you've never slept with a person of the same sex, how do you know you wouldn't prefer it?'
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The Buckinghamshire council course is just one of a series of publicly funded equality and diversity sessions uncovered in a series of Freedom of Information requests by The Mail on Sunday. Cardiff, Slough and Cheshire West and Cheshire councils have also incorporated quizzes in their sessions. In Slough, employees ask colleagues questions from a specially prepared grid such as 'Can you sing a few lines from a Supremes song?' and 'Do you read The Guardian?' Staff at Cardiff City Council are challenged to name the inventor of the 'great British classic car the Mini', and to identify the symbol used to celebrate the Chinese New Year. (edit) 'To see councils wasting money on such a ludicrous, politically-correct exercise in that environment is disgusting. 'Ensuring that councils don't discriminate doesn't require such insane attempts at a superficial understanding of different communities.'
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You call it blame, I call it being responsible. He created satan knowing what he was going to do also, didn’t He?
You are not answering my question as to why you think He creates people that He knows will do bad things.
Yes, it is man’s choice, but God knows what our choices are going to be before He creates us, doesn’t He?
Because it's a stupid question asked by libs and unbelievers. Why do parents have children knowing they will disobey?
You are trying to negate man's free will and blame God. We've been round this circle yesterday.
God created children to love and be loved. Not all children are obedient. They CHOOSE sin. God has nothing to do with their choice. They will either turn to God or they won't. God forces no one.
My understanding of scripture is that they are both true. God does predestine things, but at the same time we do have free will and are therefore culpable for our actions. And if anyone says that is impossible, I can only answer that for Man that is so, but for God all things are possible. Maybe God does know what we will do, but chooses to set aside that knowledge. After all, there is a precedent for Him doing things like that...
No, you are just trying to evade my question. If you truly believe that God knows the future and what we will do, then you know that He creates people that He knows will do bad things, and He creates their victims knowing what and when something bad will happen to them.
Nite, I gotta get to bed. Be back tomorrow.
I believe that “predestination-free will” thing comes into being because time has no meaning for God. He sees everything, from beginning to end. That is hard for man to understand since we are constrained by time. Because God sees it all we mistake that for “predestination”. Simply having knowledge doesn’t mean responsibility for man’s choices.
Did that yesterday. Questions are the same today.
Nope. We danced this dance yesterday. You keep asking the same questions. See post 148.
It does not imply that we have no free will. It means that our free will, does NOT trump God’s plan for each of us. We are always responsible for our actions here on earth while we live.
Perhaps He doesn’t judge us? Maybe He thanks us and rewards us for carrying out His plan, even if it meant our suffering here on earth. After all, He has suffered for us, hasn’t He? The least we can do, is pay Him back in our meager ways.
It appears that we both agree that with God all things are possible.
Nite for now, going to bed.
Imho, some questions *are* stupid, particularly if they are disingenuous.
With humans, yes. But I think that with God, who cannot be wrong, future knowledge of an event does mean responsibility. How could it not?
Yes, and you are an excellent dancer. You kept not answering it. You gave explanations, but you never said yes or no to any of my yes or no questions.
Because man has free will. God allows one to make choices. You choose Him or not. He forces no one.
I answered you everytime. You didn't like the answers. You don't like the same answers today either. You will get the same answers tomorrow. What IS does not change.
My understanding of scripture is that they are both true. God does predestine things, but at the same time we do have free will and are therefore culpable for our actions. And if anyone says that is impossible, I can only answer that for Man that is so, but for God all things are possible.
You are right. Questions meant to elicit a particular response are disingenuous. I will not play the game.
And game it is, with the goal being the acceptance of the agenda.
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