Some would say, "well the inerrant word of God."
But seems to me the "word of God' can be interpreted any which way. In 1840s America, the Southern Baptist Convention was created out of support for slavery. Prior to the modern era, many conservative preachers opposed equal rights for women because they said it was "anti-Biblical." The christian conservative Bob Jones University had anti-interracial dating rules up to the year 2000. They, along with many christians of the past, interpreted the Bible into opposing interracial marriage.
So lots of people in the past have used the Bible to support their bigot beliefs. People today are doing the same thing with gays and gay marriage. They are absolutely sure the Bible is against it, just like the Southern Baptist Church was absolutely sure the Bible condoned slavery.
2007-04-11 05:00:40 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
HERE IS MY ANSWER TO MY QUESTION:
I prefer to let people make their own social decisions as long as it doesn't interfere with the freedoms of others. If you believe there is a God, and you believe a certain group of people are acting against God and hurting themselves, just leave them to it. If you believe in hell and hell is real, these people will burn in hell.
Mind your own business or at the very least don't FORCE your morality on others through government action.
Didn't the christian God give people freedom of will?
2007-04-11 05:02:20 · update #1
What you said.
2007-04-11 05:03:41 · answer #1 · answered by ZombieTrix 2012 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sanity doesn't rule how people interpet any written work. What you believe sounds like simple common sense but common sense rarely sees the light of day when people think they are being religious. Because christianity is the majority religion, we see the errors more. Islam and Muslims have the same errors and problems and I am sure that in thier majority countries people are aware of them also. Time is a great fan of common sense so it will correct the mistaken beliefs. It doesn't make it any easier to live with those errors until the corrections occur. Blessed Be.
2007-04-11 05:16:07 · answer #2 · answered by Praire Crone 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most people are very uncomfortable with uncertainty, choice, and change. The average joe doesn't fall back on religious explanation out of meanness but fear. They want something constant. Scientific and scholarly analysis yields useful and accurate but constantly shifting and progressing answers, which is very unsettling to most. I don't know what's going to happen to those people as the pace of change accelerates all the time. Perhaps they will become more deeply entrenched in their fantasy world and withdraw from the rest of the world like the Amish. Or reality could become some threatening to them they could lash out at the rest of us, which seems to be part of what the conservative movement in the US is doing.
2016-05-17 09:29:04 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can not force my will upon anyone but the government is forcing the will of some on Christians right now. You said that if people are not hurting others, Christians should back off. I don't have a problem with that. But in at least one instance, people are hurting someone else yet the law is on their side. Abortion hurts a living being...regardless of its state of maturity.
2007-04-11 05:07:35 · answer #4 · answered by Poohcat1 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are many spiritual texts which proclaim "God's word". (all written by man.) Everyone has a different interpretation of "God's word" yet until someone stands before Him, they cannot possibly know the absolute truth.
I believe each should live their life according to their beliefs and let others do the same.
2007-04-11 05:17:26 · answer #5 · answered by MyPreshus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christians are instructed to be critical of evil. The Bible provides plenty of guidance about what is evil.
The main one that comes to mind is abortion, which is, to me, clearly killing an unborn child. In the decades to come, I would expect it to be eventually viewed as worse than the holocaust and slavery. We're talking about over 60 million murders in the US.
Christians are to love the sinner and hate the sin. People are deceived if they think God is ok with homosexuality. All sexual immorality is displeasing to God (which includes sex outside of man/woman marriage).
2007-04-11 05:13:46 · answer #6 · answered by lda 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The freedom to do what is right. We are one Body in Christ, brothers and sisters part of a whole family of God Who among you would not care for a member of their family with love? Part of that charity ( love ) is to tell the truth.
2007-04-11 05:13:15 · answer #7 · answered by Gods child 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Here's the rule I live by: If no one is being hurt, and everyone involved is a consenting adult, they should be able to do whatever it is.
2007-04-11 05:05:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋