RicOlie_2 said:
TheBoost said:
EyeShotFirst said:
Bingowings said:
As Christians, Christians should A) apply the laws to themselves and not worry about what other people are doing more than what they do and B) do not judge others because you aren't equipped for the task or risk the outcome of Matthew 7:1-3.
You are 100% correct.
In an ideal society, Christians would follow all the rules of the bible and not just the ones that they like.
That would be a terrible and insane society.
You cant both love your neighbor, and kill witches. You can't turn the other cheek, and kill men who sleep with menstruating women.
As I have said before, killing people is no longer required. That was a requirement for the Israelites living in a theocracy. I am a Christian living in the same world and country as non-Christians, so we can't apply those rules anymore. There were reasons for those laws, but most of them are either not applicable or applicable to a lesser degree now. The primary rule of the Bible is LOVE God and YOUR NEIGHBOUR. What is so wrong with that? Perhaps you might find loving God objectionable, but the loving your neighbour bit should be less of a problem.
You are agreeing that your deity required it. And I'm supposed to listen to this tyrant?
This is what being stoned to death for being gay looks like.
As I said I do love my neighbours they are really nice but if I'm your neighbour stop pushing your murdering God at me.
Though I do apologise for causing bad weather.
RE: My earlier comments regarding Michelle Shocked to clarify, she came from a Mormon background, her mother was a Mormon, but is now a member of the West Angeles Church of God in Christ.
I've pretty much caught up with reading this thread and to be honest guys I'm disappointed with a lot of the comments here and surprised by the volume of comments I'm disappointed with.
I can understand people not wanting to give homosexual acts a spin but to object to other people doing it or to compare it to something medically proven to be harmful like smoking?
Really?
I have never seen a heterosexual and thought I really wish they didn't do straight sex despite any feelings of admiration I might have for them. I've wished people would use birth control but not abstinence, that's only because I thought the resultant children would not have enough time or money devoted to them or that the world would fill up with hungry mouths not because of some breedophobia.
I don't really feel as comfortable here on this site as I did before reading this thread.
I like challenging ideas, new points of view and all but this is really old, thousands of years old and I thought we were coming out of this crap.
When the UK government introduced it's same sex marriage proposals I thought, "what's the point?" we had civil partnerships which covered all the legal problems some people had but when I heard the objections it became clear to me that the so called progress of the last few decades was just a veneer.
It made me more militant more angry than I have been since I was a teen.
Reading this thread has brought back so many bad memories and sensations and I really do feel like I don't like the human race that much or want to be around people that much.
I felt the same way when Gaffer Tape was getting so many negative comments for wearing unconventional clothes. Once again you might not want to do it but to feel uncomfortable about someone else doing it?
Where is that from? Clothes...Genital friction...wake up guys!
This is a Star Wars site so it should be a bit of a time killer but notable exceptions aside. I'm not sure if I like it here any more.