What makes abortion or gay marriage any worth more legislating than any other sin that is legal like pornography, fornication, or lying? Isn't a sin a sin because they all make you deserving of hell? Not having gay marriage isn't going to stop people from commiting sexual sins or stop sin in general. If religion can be used as legal justification for laws, then maybe eating pork should be illegal because it offends jews and muslims. There's no evidence that even a single person changed their ways due to christians trying to legislate their religious views, but political activism has turned millions of people off from christianity. Isn't the job of christians supposed to be preaching the gospel and letting people voluntarily chose whether they want to accept it a lot, not trying to force people into a straightjacket by legislating their lifestyle. Change is only meaningful when it comes from the heart as a result of faith anyway. Activism only makes the other side more militant.
2007-12-31 16:02:13 · 10 answers · asked by Joe S 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I never stated that I was for gay marriage, just that trying to legislate every sin is impractical and a waste of time because then it should be illegal to do anything besides pray and go to church.
2007-12-31 16:16:47 · update #1
There's a big difference between what is legal and what is sinful. Are you saying we should arrest people for watching raunchy tv shows and having sinful thoughts because they are sinful?
2007-12-31 16:21:30 · update #2
You are (again) painting all Christians with the same broad brush...wrong again.
My issues for the last and next elections are:
- get out of Iraq
- take care of the wounded (physically AND mentally) soldiers from the wars
- provide better health care for children in particular
- reduce agriculture subsidies for huge companies and those who buy land to get subsidies
- improve education at the local level
Gee, doesn't sound like anything in your list. Maybe we are all different.
2007-12-31 17:18:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anna P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
everyone has the right to vote. well, almost everyone (there are certain convicted criminals that cannot vote, but we won't go into that). i choose to exercise my right to vote for whomever i so choose. you may vote for whomever you so choose. that's the beauty of living in a democratic society. i like it. how 'bout you?
2007-12-31 17:45:35 · answer #2 · answered by trace 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Abortion and gay marriage is not worse than pornography, lying and all the other sins. They are all the same in doing wrong. Sure, we may deserve hell, but don't you know that Jesus loves you? Don't you know that He came to this earth and suffered to give us a way out of hell? You may not believe in Him right now, but I encourage you to open your mind. Christianity isn't a religion. Please know that. It is having a personal relationship with God. Laws are based on the Ten Commandments- there's no way of denying it.
Abortion and gay marriage. Think about it. Is it morally right? Is it right to kill an unborn child- a creation? A being that was made to have a future?
Women and Men were made for each other. If you feel that the argument against gay marriage is only a Christian issue, then question why so many non-Christians are against it. Commiting sin can be resisted. Is it RIGHT to cheat on your husband or wife when you have children and just sleep around?
Also, there IS change. You are not aware of it, but when a man was about to shoot a Christian woman for her faith, do you know what she said? Jesus loves you and I do too. He believed, and he was changed. Many people are being persecuted because of their love for God.
Christian's do not try to force people into accepting Christ. Do you know why we talk about the Gospel? Because we love you. We care whether you go to hell or not. We want you to go to Heaven and be with the Lord in eternal glory.
No matter how much you despise us, we still want you to be saved. There's nothing you can do to make God love you less.
2007-12-31 16:28:06 · answer #3 · answered by Sue 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What about the tens of thousands of Christians who quietly vote? are you suggesting that they should have no vote in the leadership of the country they live in? you sound like an intolerant hypocrite to me, but wait------isn't that what you wanted to dismiss?
SOB's like you would give more rights to an illegal immagrant than you would a Christian, JUST BECAUSE they believe in a higher power------------SHAME ON YOU!
2007-12-31 16:11:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if we agree that it is legal to do a certain sin then we are guilty of giving people a stumbling block there for we will personally have to give an account for it to God. i am not allowed to let people believe their sin is alright.
2007-12-31 16:10:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Arrogance!
2007-12-31 16:09:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
These issues affect all Americans including Christians. We all have the right to pass the laws we want.
I don't want to live in a society that murders babies if they are inconvenient.
2007-12-31 16:08:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question is making a statement that shows a desire to distort religious people as being hateful. What you are accusing Christians of doing toward homosexuals, you are doing toward the religious. When the homosexual encroaches on everyone else, it becomes my business and I no longer have the luxury of worrying about my own life. What everyone else is doing is now being done where I live.
However, to answer your question. Marriage is a holy institution that was created by God to be a "type" or "model" of the relationship between Christ and the church as well as the relationship between Jehovah and Israel. To distort it is to be taking something given by God and trodding it underfoot.
When two people of the same gender engage in intercourse, this activity is already in violation of scripture and God's order. So why the need to be married? Just partner, make a promise to one another and create a legal contract. But do not call it "marriage" because that is a holy institution.
Now, if you want to promote legislation that such partnering should entitle them to the same tax and insurance benefits as other married people--that is different. In fact, I think it is wrong that married people should have any benefit over single--or any other relationships. It shows an inequality. Show me legislation like that, and I will vote for it.
The crux of the issue is that homosexuals want a free pass. They find churches that ignore or distort the Bible so that they engage in their practice with impunity. Now they are encroaching upon marriage. Joe Dallas is the author of the book "The Gay Gospel?" and he writes the following...
"The goal of the gay-rights movement is twofold: To convert the culture's thinking on homosexuality, then to marginalize or silence those who won't be converted.
So far, the movement has converted the thinking of our most influential institutions. The American Psychiatric Association, the academic establishment, the media and Hollywood have all largely adopted a pro-gay viewpoint.
But the last major obstacle to the full acceptance of homosexuality is the Church, which is largely influenced by the Bible. So if the Christian population can be persuaded that the Bible doesn't condemn homosexuality, or that the Bible is irrelevant, then that would virtually ensure a pro-homosexual culture." - Joe Dallas, author of The Gay Gospel? How Pro-Gay Advocates Misread the Bible
This encroachment is why we stand and object rather than passively give-in to their agenda.
2007-12-31 16:06:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's more like a manifesto than a question.
2007-12-31 16:06:02 · answer #9 · answered by timelord 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You just wasted a minute of my time by reading this question
2007-12-31 16:05:27 · answer #10 · answered by St. John Bosco 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋