Living Without Recognition

[wanderingone]

How do your moral beliefs trump other people's Civil Rights?

Meh... if a Christian doesn't know the sermon on the mount I wonder what their morals are based on, after all these are the primary moral teachings of Christ.

 

[SallyNow]

I find it really hard to post in this thread. So far, because of what religion I am, I've been accused of being in a cult (because some like to paint with a broad brush). I've been lumped together with bigots because I choose to believe the love and peace preached in the four Gospels. Thanks a lot.

On the other side, there's a suble hint that people like are me are lukewarm Christians because we don't pick and choose the OT laws we follow. We don't say, "hey, it's okay to eat shrimp, but bad for gay people to be commited relationships". Instead, we accept both shrimp eaters AND gay people.

For some strange reason, the nations that allow civil unions have not fallen into disarray. The divorce rate has not skyrocketed from it. The crime rate has not skyrocketed from it. The rate of natural disasters hasn't skyrocketed. In fact, they're pretty peaceful countries. Even their economies are doing fairly okay in these rough times! Maybe because they were more focused on making sure their nieighbors were okay than peeping in to their neighbor's bedrooms to see what they were doing.

 

[Pliny the Elder]

I find it really hard to post in this thread. So far, because of what religion I am, I've been accused of being in a cult (because some like to paint with a broad brush). I've been lumped together with bigots because I choose to believe the love and peace preached in the four Gospels. Thanks a lot.

On the other side, there's a suble hint that people like are me are lukewarm Christians because we don't pick and choose the OT laws we follow. We don't say, "hey, it's okay to eat shrimp, but bad for gay people to be commited relationships". Instead, we accept both shrimp eaters AND gay people.

For some strange reason, the nations that allow civil unions have not fallen into disarray. The divorce rate has not skyrocketed from it. The crime rate has not skyrocketed from it. The rate of natural disasters hasn't skyrocketed. In fact, they're pretty peaceful countries. Even their economies are doing fairly okay in these rough times! Maybe because they were more focused on making sure their nieighbors were okay than peeping in to their neighbor's bedrooms to see what they were doing.

I just had a shrimp burrito earlier today filled with jumbo prawns so would that make it a jumbo sin? It is really hilarious when you think about the term "jumbo shrimp".