RE: [Church_of_Christ] Re: Questions on Marriage
Greetings Clay,
Surely you know better than to think that I would boot you for disagreement or incredulous inquiry. Unless there is a personal attack attached to your comments, you should have no fear. J
Are you suggesting that you have the right and the authority to determine how another free citizen lives their life; what rights and benefits they enjoy and receive, simply because their sexual orientation is different from your own?
I DARE to undertake and suggest much. I’m not afraid of controversial topics and as a social scientist, I desire to grasp an understanding of motivations behind the conflicts between religious (specifically Christian) ideology and secular ideology.
Secondly, if citizen is not a Christian, does not subscribe to Christianity’s beliefs and practices, why should we (Christians) be concerned how those people live their lives as long as they are not violating our personal rights or interfering in our Constitutionally protected rights as citizens of this country? Why is there so much emphasis placed on the “Gay Lifestyle” as you say and yet there is next to no mention of cohabitating heterosexual couples. There is no public outcry against the “Shacking-Up Lifestyle”. Why the disparity in how the two groups are treated?
Isn’t our role as believers to share the good news and not to condemn or dictate to others how they MUST live their lives? Is condemning non-believers and dictating how they should live their lives according to the Messiah’s modeling of his interactions with people of the world? Aren’t those regulations assigned to believers and while non-believers are in violation of those regulations, is it our right to require that they subscribe to ours?
Please explain what is problematic with the “Gay Lifestyle” beyond your belief that it is contrary to Christianity?
Thanks.
Shawn
Clay writes:
I for the life of me cannot understand why followers of the Christ
even DARE launch such trash on a Christian site.
I can't even fathom your concern and even consider it worthy of you even asking.
The problem IS NOT Gay marriage Shawn.
The problem is the Gay life style.
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