A Pondering of the Peculiar (4)

[PsychoSarah]

Exactly. The hundreds of millions of folks who know it does have everything to do with God care.


People are people. God is still God. Satan is still the lying serpent.

I disagree. Having some not know right from wrong does not mean no wrong or right exists.

I never said right and wrong don't exist. Just because I don't view the bible as the ultimate authority on the concepts doesn't mean I don't consider the stand alone concepts to exist. Perhaps I don't view it in the same way that the bible does, but I do have my own personal sense of morality. I don't need an ancient book to figure it out -_- that certain behaviors are viewed with distaste while others are encouraged.

 

[dad]

I do.

Well what is in the bible is good.

Isn't that where you're getting it from? Or do you just think it's icky?

I don't have homophobia, so do not get it anywhere. I don't fear pervs.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Well what is in the bible is good.


I don't have homophobia, so do not get it anywhere. I don't fear pervs.

It seems that you do.

If you did not fear them you would not feel the need to disparage them.

 

[Sayre]

In modern vernacular, homophobia references both fear and intolerance / bigotry.

 

[dad]

Treating something that isn't a disease as a disease is extremely harmful though.

Sin is the disease. The various outcropping of sin should not be treated as if they were the model of health.

It can't be cured, no matter what you hear there has not been a treatment developed that consistently works, and many people become traumatized from attempts at "curing this disease".

Jesus is the cure for death and sin.

Tolerance isn't liking something or agreeing with it, it is just avoiding making a big deal over something that ultimately has no impact on you personally.

Tolerance for mass murderers or cannibals, or people who want to marry monkeys, or many many things is evil. A better phrase might be condoning evil'.

Which is to say, it only becomes a personal issue if you make it a personal issue.

Let's not then.

I seriously couldn't care less though how you internally feel about it, so long as you keep it civil when interacting with other people.

Same can be said of anything, such as how one embraces the bible.

 

[dad]

In modern vernacular, homophobia references both fear and intolerance / bigotry.

Name any sin that God clearly warns man against, and then make up names to make it seem justified. I wasn't born yesterday.

 

[Subduction Zone]

In modern vernacular, homophobia references both fear and intolerance / bigotry.

That is because deep down intolerance and bigotry arise from fear of the different or unknown.

 

[dad]

Sorry, it has not been considered a disease for many years. It now looks like it is a combination of genetics and environment. It is not a matter of choice.

Considered buy who? Putin? Some African nations? Christians and muslims? God?

 

[Subduction Zone]

Name any sin that God clearly warns man against, and then make up names to make it seem justified. I wasn't born yesterday.

And yet God did no such thing.

Once again you are making assumptions about your Bible that you have not given any evidence for.

 

[dad]

No, you could always admit that you have not read the Bible and I could site the appropriate verse.

I admit whatever verse you construe to fit your claim I have not read like you!

 

[dad]

I never said right and wrong don't exist. Just because I don't view the bible as the ultimate authority on the concepts doesn't mean I don't consider the stand alone concepts to exist. Perhaps I don't view it in the same way that the bible does, but I do have my own personal sense of morality. I don't need an ancient book to figure it out -_- that certain behaviors are viewed with distaste while others are encouraged.

As I said, whether some cannot recognize God's guidelines of what good really is or not does not change what good and evil are.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Considered buy who? Putin?

What, you want to put yourself in his bad company?

Some African nations?

And you take another step down.

Christians and muslims? God?

Not all. Maybe not even most Christians. You do not put yourself among the best of humanity by any means.

 

[dad]

And yet God did no such thing.

Once again you are making assumptions about your Bible that you have not given any evidence for.

You should find a philosophy thread where the uninformed can pretend to reinvent Scripture. Not here.

 

[Subduction Zone]

I admit whatever verse you construe to fit your claim I have not read like you!

No construing needed.

Just admit the truth.

 

[Subduction Zone]

You should find a philosophy thread where the uninformed can pretend to reinvent Scripture. Not here.

The same could be said of you dad.

 

[PsychoSarah]

Sin is the disease. The various outcropping of sin should not be treated as if they were the model of health. Jesus is the cure for death and sin.


Tolerance for mass murderers or cannibals, or people who want to marry monkeys, or many many things is evil. A better phrase might be condoning evil'.

Let's not then. Same can be said of anything, such as how one embraces the bible.

Would you consider assault as bad as murder? Unless the answer is yes, don't compare homosexuality with cannibalism; even if you consider them crimes, cannibalism is definitely worse than homosexuality. You are making mountains out of molehills.

 

[dad]

No construing needed.

Just admit the truth.

The truth is I don't know what you are alluding to, and can't be bothered to care.

 

[PsychoSarah]

As I said, whether some cannot recognize God's guidelines of what good really is or not does not change what good and evil are.

Except that good and evil are more subjective than most people would like to acknowledge.

 

[Subduction Zone]

The truth is I don't know what you are alluding to, and can't be bothered to care.

I know, you don't really read the Bible. You just use it to try to support your prejudices.

 

[dad]

What, you want to put yourself in his bad company?

As opposed to who?

Not all. Maybe not even most Christians. You do not put yourself among the best of humanity by any means.

If you got to define what the best was we might be concerned.