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Most conservative Christians believe that 'though shalt not kill' only applies to fertilized eggs and blastocysts. But if a human being is conscious and walking around, he's fair game.

You seem to equate self-respect with pride. The Bible says, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' Everyone loves their self in that they identify with their own needs and try to fulfill them. So we should have the same concern for the needs and aspirations of our neighbors. Even those with low...

The Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church states, “homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered.” Though the church acknowledges that homosexual orientation is neither a choice nor a sin - in 1992, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI) sent a letter to all Bishops...

Many modern Christians would say: ‘It may be that the government has no right to invade our privacy or to impose its moral code. But does that mean a church cannot instruct their parishioners in matters of personal conduct? Isn’t that their purpose and function – to guide their...

Since it's shameful and against nature for men to have long hair, does your church preach against 'the lifestyle of shaggy-haired men'? Are unrepentant long-haired men welcomed into your church?

So then, since Jewish culture forbade gay relations, while Gentile culture didn't, that's a 'foundational truth.' But since Jewish culture accepted long hair while Gentile preferred it short, that's a 'cultural truth.' Thanks for clearing that up.

So then, when Paul says he doesn't like two men having sex, that matters. But when the scriptures say it's wrong and shameful for a man to have long hair, it no longer matters.

Many fundamentalist/legalist churches are Christian in name, though not in spirit. They’ve become more like Jewish sects, based mostly upon some improvised version of the Mosaic Law, rather than the Gospel. Enforcing a regressive and legalistic moral code doesn’t make them...

So then, if you look mean and ugly, wear a leather jacket and have tattoos all over your body, long hair is OK. But otherwise, if it makes you look effeminate, it's a sin.

Like most men, Paul associated long hair with femininity. Therefore, a man should never wear his hair long since it made him appear too effeminate. "Doth not even nature (phusis) itself teach you that if a man have long hair it is a shame unto him?" (1 Cor 11:14) Paul makes precisely the...

You can always tell when Romney is lying: His lips are moving

Jesus defined 'Christian morality' as "thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other...

I didn't know it had your phone #

Just what this country needs: Two arrogant white multimillionaires that came from rich families, whose economic program is to cut their own taxes even more. Only in America.

"do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. But all their works they do for to be seen of men" Matt 23:3-5

I think we're done here. Your replies have become increasingly personal, insulting, and incoherent. Mat 7:6 "Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you."

Really? 1.) Christians are permissive of sinful behavior all the time. They're permissive a greedy people - they tend to worship the rich rather than scapegoating them. They're permissive of gluttons - 1/2 of the American public is obese, but I don't see them denouncing 'the lifestyle of fat...

You make a good point. Jesus became our scapegoat so that we would no longer need to carry the burden (or to scapegoat other groups of people). He did it out of love and willingly, rather than through compulsion, shame, or fear. The problem is that many who call themselves Christian are...

Scapegoat is shorthand for ‘escape goat.’ The Law of Moses first outlined the ceremonial use of religious scapegoats. The priest would offer up two goats as sacrifice, while they cast lots to determine which they would slay immediately and which would become the designated scapegoat...

Originally Posted by IisJustMe This is a vision, and therefore does not depict actual persons or heavenly beings. A vision by a prophet of God is always of actual things, or else it is a false prophet. Also, this is the second time you've broken your word by answering my post. My...