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Should Christians oppose gay civil marriage?

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"Oppose civil rights
- blacks are not happy with separate but equal
- blacks want to invade all aspects of life
- blacks want to be acceptable subject for school children to learn it is "normal""

Again you are using innerant tactics that will simply be replied with:

NAMBLA are not happy with separate but equal
NAMBLA want to invade all aspects of life
NAMBLA want it to be acceptable subject for school children to learn it is normal

I presume this is how the argument will progress:
You will rebutt with 'but it is different'

I will rebutt with "so is homosexuality compared to being black"

You will tell me how it is completely different to comparing to NAMBLA, and how homosexuality is ok.

We simply disagree. But point being, your argument doesn't work, because if you expect the ARGUMENT (not the morality of homosexuality) to be able to be applied to any situation, then you come up with serious complications. This is called a philosophical and logical innerancy, and is therefore not valid argument for your case. Homosexuality MAY still be ok, but if it is ok because it is justified by an argument that supports being black and should therefore work on homosexuality, then the argument is what justifies and the argument should be able to justify any case (alone and of itself). But it doesn't; so you need to find another come back.
"Oppose civil rights
- blacks are not happy with separate but equal
- blacks want to invade all aspects of life
- blacks want to be acceptable subject for school children to learn it is "normal""

Again you are using innerant tactics that will simply be replied with:

NAMBLA are not happy with separate but equal
NAMBLA want to invade all aspects of life
NAMBLA want it to be acceptable subject for school children to learn it is normal

I presume this is how the argument will progress:
You will rebutt with 'but it is different'

I will rebutt with "so is homosexuality compared to being black"

You will tell me how it is completely different to comparing to NAMBLA, and how homosexuality is ok.

We simply disagree. But point being, your argument doesn't work, because if you expect the ARGUMENT (not the morality of homosexuality) to be able to be applied to any situation, then you come up with serious complications. This is called a philosophical and logical innerancy, and is therefore not valid argument for your case. Homosexuality MAY still be ok, but if it is ok because it is justified by an argument that supports being black and should therefore work on homosexuality, then the argument is what justifies and the argument should be able to justify any case (alone and of itself). But it doesn't; so you need to find another come back.

"Hate is hate no matter who it is directed against and it is always wrong. Justifying discrimination against one minority serves only to diminish us all.
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They came first for the Communists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.
Then they came for the sick, the so-called incurables, and I didn't speak up,
because I wasn't mentally ill.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Gypsies
and I didn't speak up because I was white
Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant
Then they came for me,
and by that time no one was left to speak up."

I agree. Hate is not ok, and is not biblically sound. Hate of sin is acceptable, but this does not advocate hating anyone who is a sinner (and if it were then we would have to hate everyone :p).
But let us look at your argument in detail.

Firstly, we both agree hating is out of the question. I cannot and will not hate a homosexual, I will love them. I will not hate those in that list either.

Again, however, I am backed into a corner into using a group or affiliation that is considered, by most of us, unanimously sin-filled. Not that I am saying homosexuality necessarily is, or this is my only basis of saying homosexuality is bad, but simply because your arguments prove nothing.
Add onto the list pedophiles, murderers and rapists. Now I am not comparing them with homosexuality. This is not about the morality of these groups. This is merely an illustration.
If I then use your argument that I should not hate and link this with that I cannot DISCRIMINATE or I must advocate or not impede in any way, then you cannot discriminate against:
Murderers
Rapists
Paedophiles.
I would agree that in certain ways, and in most ways you shouldn't discriminate against these people either, but in some ways, morally, I am obliged to. Otherwise, if your argument is applied, then I must condone these actions, I cannot speak out against it nor can I create a movement to stop it, or to impede on their growth, otherwise it is HATE.

But it isn't. When I am not condoning of paedophilic actions, I do not hate them. I love them and want so much for them to come to the light; particularly as many of them were once victims themselves. But it is not hate to think what they are doing is wrong.

Homosexuality may be ok, but you haven't shown this in your argument. Your argument is logically incongruent with what I would wager as our common ground acceptance of ethics, and is WRONGFULLY discriminatory against any groups that you consider cannot fit into this line of argument. Also, by your own admission, you hate them.
 
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Hence, I would have to vote against. Not because of the sin of 'hate' (forgive me Lord if I do); maybe due to ignorance, but as I see it and hope that be my motivations, whether my vote is good or not, I am motivated by a desire for righteousness and holiness.

What are you doing about premarital co-habitation and remarriage after no-fault divorce?
 
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Oppose gay civil marriage
- gays are not happy with separate but equal
- gays want to invade all aspects of life
- gays want to be acceptable subject for school children to learn it is "normal"

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I'll just fix that again for you because you have no concept of what is being said.
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Thumbs up to churches that stick with the preaching and teaching of God's Word!!!

And WHAT - precisely - is God's word?? I'm serious. I hear this catch-cry from Christians all the time and I wonder if THEY even know what God's word is. Would you, Tackleberry, care to tell me what God's word is?
 
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And WHAT - precisely - is God's word?? I'm serious. I hear this catch-cry from Christians all the time and I wonder if THEY even know what God's word is. Would you, Tackleberry, care to tell me what God's word is?

The bible will tell you everything that you need to know.;):thumbsup:
 
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The bible will tell you everything that you need to know.;):thumbsup:

No no. That was not an answer. The Bible tells me many things that finish up contradicting itself. Among other things, God's word condones rape and pilage and all manner of strange commands and rituals that we are told God NEVER changes. God's word also (supposedly) tells us that whoever does not believe on Him (???) will be tormented in a fiery hell for ever and ever and ever. What???

God's word seems to be a mix of, at times, 'questionable' love that includes attrocities that would fly in the face of every decent human being. So, what IS God's word that Christians are to adhere to? Do we still kill 'homosexuals' ...incidently, a word not found in the Bible? Do we still honor the 7th-day Sabbath as commanded by God? Do we still take slaves as condoned by God? Do we dishonor God by eating shellfish? Do we love our neighbor by killing him as condoned by God ...as above? What DO we do to supposedly keep God's word?

I want logic and reasoning ...not Christian rhetoric.
 
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No no. That was not an answer. The Bible tells me many things that finish up contradicting itself.

Not really. The bible never contradicts itself so it must be the reader.

Among other things, God's word condones rape and pilage and all manner of strange commands and rituals that we are told God NEVER changes.
I am going to venture to guess that you are reading those passages out of context. But that's just a guess.;)


God's word also (supposedly) tells us that whoever does not believe on Him (???) will be tormented in a fiery hell for ever and ever and ever. What???
Yep so in order to stay away from the oven ALL you have to do is bring Christ into your heart. Easy as pie.

God's word seems to be a mix of, at times, 'questionable' love that includes attrocities that would fly in the face of every decent human being.

If only human beings were decent then............

So, what IS God's word that Christians are to adhere to?
You might want to read John 1.


Do we still kill 'homosexuals' ...incidently, a word not found in the Bible?
No, we don't kill homosexuals and yes, it is in the bible.



Do we still honor the 7th-day Sabbath as commanded by God?
Have you not read the NT?


Do we still take slaves as condoned by God?
Are we not slaves to our own sins? What's the difference.


Do we dishonor God by eating shellfish?
Nope, I kind of like shellfish.


Do we love our neighbor by killing him as condoned by God ...as above?
By eating shellfish?



What DO we do to supposedly keep God's word?
Read it, and do what it says.

I want logic and reasoning ...not Christian rhetoric.

If you want to get into a logic debate, I'm game but it WILL be from a Christian perspective because those are the rules of this forum.;):wave:
 
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You're free to stop calling yourself a Christian at any time.
If you want to get rid of the rhetoric that is.

I DO refer to myself as Christian; however, my understanding of what being a 'follower of Christ' is (a Christian) possibly differs from what YOU would consider a 'Christian' to be, Inviolable. Does that make me a nonChristian in your eyes? This is the way I see it. Consistently using the Bible as a weapon to condemn others is NOT the way to use the Bible or to spread the Gospel. Misusing the Bible in this manner - and it IS misusing the Bible - does NOT a Christian make. Not at all. In fact, 'perceived scriptural knowledge' alone does not a Christian make. I don't think a lot of professed Christians realize this.

And, to Hentenza, the word 'homosexual' is NOT found anywhere in the KJV Bible ...only in modern translations.

Back to my question. What IS God's word?
 
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bbw,

Choosing not to endorse sin is not favoritism, racism, oppression, discrimination, etc.

The verses you quoted should be preached, but so should Genesis 2, Romans 1, 1 Corinthians 6:9
Denying a minority equal access and equal protection because of how you interpret your religion is discrimination.

Just as when racists try to deny blacks equal access and equal protection because of how they interpret their religion is discrimination.

Discrimination does not magically change into something else just because it is applied to a different minority. Hate doesn’t become good just because it is directed at gays and lesbians. Bigotry does not transform into moral behavior just because one can selectively quote the bible


Is locking up criminals infringing on their rights? Are we oppressing lawbreakers by taking away their freedom?
A typical tactic employed by racists is to compare people of color with criminals.


You think that standing against gay marriage is motivated by hate, but it is not. Some people do take it too far and get violent and angry and stuff but they are in the wrong for doing that. Simply opposing gay marriage is not motivated by hate, but I don't know why I'm wasting my breath here because you don't believe me.
Was opposing interracial marriage based on Christian ideals or was it based on hate?
Was opposing civil rights based on Christian ideals or was it based on hate?
Was support for segregation based on Christian ideals or was it based on hate?
Was support for interment camps based on Christian ideals or was it based on hate?



BBW, by your logic you might as well call God an oppressor because His Word is God-breathed. We are not to pick and chose.
Do you shave? Cut your hair? Eat shellfish? Wear a wedding ring? Or do you pick and choose which of God’s laws to follow and which to ignore?

You sound like you have a lot of anger and hatred in you. I am once again asking you to enlighten us with what happened in your life to tell us where you are coming from.
An interesting statement coming form someone defending discrimination
 
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So you have proven my point. The poster to whom I was debating with argued that 'so what'. Yet it isn't so what. It is very important. Whichever way is holy or right should be upheld, and sort out, and it is our duty to care for the sake of righteousness, in our duty to the gospel and the newness we have received in Christ Jesus.

So one cannot argue as to, with established that some Christians do not agree with homosexuality due to Biblical evidence, 'why vote against when it doesn't harm you'. We have both agreed whether for or against homosexuality, this stance is not very productive unless one is unsure as to which they should vote for.

Hence, I would have to vote against. Not because of the sin of 'hate' (forgive me Lord if I do); maybe due to ignorance, but as I see it and hope that be my motivations, whether my vote is good or not, I am motivated by a desire for righteousness and holiness.
Would you make the same claim if you were voting against civil rights?


Was opposing interracial marriage based on Christian ideals or was it based on hate?
Was opposing civil rights based on Christian ideals or was it based on hate?
Was support for segregation based on Christian ideals or was it based on hate?
Was support for interment camps based on Christian ideals or was it based on hate?
 
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And WHAT - precisely - is God's word?? I'm serious. I hear this catch-cry from Christians all the time and I wonder if THEY even know what God's word is. Would you, Tackleberry, care to tell me what God's word is?
God's Word is the Bible! Thought you knew that.
 
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