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- Sorry, alanrobisch2, but you got it all wrong, and please don''''t quote your Bible to me; I can quote you some verses that ought to make your toes curl.
Posted by Candide777 at 06:58 PM : Nov 02, 2007
So you think you are wiser than the wisdom written down over the ages. the person who is wise is the person who knows he is lacking in knowledge. I know there are many gaps in my wisdom and knowledge but apparently you got your understanding of the bible from men not the bible. People are all sinners and pat robertson was not and is not my ideal. Maybe if you wanted to expand your horizons you should listen to billy graham or try on a local pastor. My vbet is you will be surprised in a good way that the focus of the church is god''s love for all people not just the good ones in fact we are often challenged to move beyond our comfort zone to help people - Reply to this comment
- There is much more serious harm that has been done by mankind than ostracizing homosexuals.
Posted by alanrobisch2 at 06:01 PM : Nov 02, 2007
I would expect that attitude from you. You have no idea what it''s like for a child to be indoctrinated with hatred for gay people, to be told (falsely) that all gay people are disgusting pedophiles, and then to discover that he is gay, and that try as he might, there is nothing he can do about it, to further know that he cannot speak to anyone, not his family, not his friends, not his teachers, no one, lest he be found out. Do you think that such a child might contemplate suicide? The good "Christians" in this country have more blood on their hands than someone with your simple view of life can possibly imagine. - Reply to this comment
- We are murdering 1,000,000 children a year due to this which is opposed by most religious believers
Posted by alanrobisch2 at 06:01 PM : Nov 02, 2007
As I said before, the aborted fetus will either catch the express to heaven or the next train onto earth, so I don''t see what it has to complain about.
Now, as for fixated, how funny you should mention that. Who do you think makes gay marriage and abortion the center of attention in almost every election? I''ll give you one clue: It ain''t gay people and aborted fetuses! You guess it, it''s the hollier than thou holy rolling evangelicals!!! I don''t know why for nearly a decade straight you could not turn on the dispicable hate-mongering Reverend Falwell without catching him in the middle of a tirade about how homosexuals were destroyin the country. Oh wait a minute, I do know why, homosexuality and abortion were his biggest money-makers. Sorry, alanrobisch2, but you got it all wrong, and please don''t quote your Bible to me; I can quote you some verses that ought to make your toes curl. - Reply to this comment
- ALANROBISCH2. . . NICE STORY. However there are many non religious people who do kind things every day
Totally agree and there are religious and non religious who do horrible things. Being a christian doesn''t make you perfect or even close It is if you follow gods word and have personal relationship with him he is a help in the bad and good times and helps you to a more fulfilling life - Reply to this comment
- It just seems that those who want to lead are the least likely to practice the tenets of their religion. And in most cases those beliefs were written by men who knew nothing of gravity and believed the earth was flat. Creepy.
Posted by logicanada at 06:46 PM : Nov 02, 2007
If you mean teleevangelists I tend to agree but if you look carefully you''ll find out about billy Graham who was the first major teleevangelist who is widely respected to the point that an award ceremony for him brought together Bill clinton and George bush the elder in praise of him - Reply to this comment
- ALANROBISCH2. . . NICE STORY. However there are many non religious people who do kind things every day. It just seems that those who want to lead are the least likely to practice the tenets of their religion. And in most cases those beliefs were written by men who knew nothing of gravity and believed the earth was flat. Creepy.
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- They are blind to their true surroundings,preferring to follow sound bites much as a bat homes in with it''''s radar. They are just as creepy too.
Posted by logicanada at 05:42 PM : Nov 02, 2007
I am a christian and think logically I guess you think this is a oxymoron and one of the brightest and compassionate men I have ever met was our pastor of 25 yrs who also had a ma in chemistry but felt that he did more good by leading people to christ than creating new compounds. He is a pacifist and he is a strong civil rights leader and his first work as a pastor was to help drug addicts in Harlem. He drew people to our church in such a way that we had to relocate to a larger building because of incredible ability to communicate the love of God to everyone. We had an extraordinary diverse congregation both black and white former catholics and jews. We were a virtual cross section of america. - Reply to this comment
- What is the divide between conservatives and liberals on the "human relationships" ground? Please educate us.
Posted by Candide777
Acceptance of gay marriages and abortion and apparently of assisted suicide - Reply to this comment
- These children will carry those psychological scars the rest of their lives, all because someone so desperately needed to believe that his translation of the Bible was God''''s word, and not just something made up by men who had a specific agenda they were trying to achieve.
Posted by Candide777 at 07:28 PM : Nov 01, 2007
You seem to be fixated on homosexuality. There is much more serious harm that has been done by mankind than ostracizing homosexuals. In fact if you actually read the bible the essential message is to love the sinner but hate the sin. My freinds son is homosexual. He also attends church. If he abstains he is not violating the rules set down by God. I guess this is where many amedricans have problems they don''t want to accept anything as definitively wrong and the bible states quite clearly that the only *** acceptable to God is between a man and a woman in a marital relationship.
boy this is problem for america. I also find it amazing that you can confound the general societal ostrracism of homosexuals whether the individual is secular or religious and the intentional random murder by atheistic leaders such as stalin or the forced abortion in china.
I can also find it amazing that you can accept and justify abortion which is a result of the secularization of america. We are murdering 1,000,000 children a year due to this which is opposed by most religious believers - Reply to this comment
- Again, I may be wrong, but it is my heart and MY understanding of the love of Christ, not YOURS, that determines my behavior.
Posted by Quatrops at 05:50 AM : Nov 02, 2007
one thing whether you believe that as it is stated in the bible that it is the inerrant word of God or not I cannot see how you can justify abortion - Reply to this comment
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