“You have to be wary of a group that thinks they need laws to prevent them from acting on their own desires…” a commenter on Huffington Post, referring to Ted Haggard and other evangelic Christians who want to ban gay marriage
It’s not “Save me from myself” it’s save “The world from itself.”
Christians have the law (as in the Bible) to follow. But we try and prevent moral decline, because with each liberal concession society gets further and further away from God.
The hearts are hardenned, and no amount of love or fear could persuade them back to seeking God.
No, it’s “Save the World for the Christians” and do away with anything which is not in line with your particular brand of religion. Basically, you’re seeking to push your ideology on everyone else. YOU believe the bible is law, but that is simply a belief. You cannot prove that God exists, or that the bible is anything more than a collection of ancient stories written by man.
I can believe that a purple-spotted unicorn with two heads lives in the sky and hands out divine wisdom. But that doesn’t mean I should run around trying to pass laws based on what the purple-spotted unicorn “tells” me. Faith in the imaginary and supernatural is disturbingly similar to a serious mental condition.
As for love, I have plenty. I am grateful for life and the ability to give and receive love. I am awed at the mysteries of the world and our universe. I find nature quite moving and wonderous. This has nothing whatsoever to do with believing in a mythical, quarrelsome deity.
It strikes me as lunacy to worship an invisible, imaginary entity out of fear that said invisible, imaginary being might send an invisible, imaginary part body part (the soul) to an invisible, imaginary place called hell. But I’m sure this all sounds quite reasonable to you.
It’s not “Save me from myself” it’s save “The world from itself.”
Christians have the law (as in the Bible) to follow. But we try and prevent moral decline, because with each liberal concession society gets further and further away from God.
The hearts are hardenned, and no amount of love or fear could persuade them back to seeking God.
No, it’s “Save the World for the Christians” and do away with anything which is not in line with your particular brand of religion. Basically, you’re seeking to push your ideology on everyone else. YOU believe the bible is law, but that is simply a belief. You cannot prove that God exists, or that the bible is anything more than a collection of ancient stories written by man.
I can believe that a purple-spotted unicorn with two heads lives in the sky and hands out divine wisdom. But that doesn’t mean I should run around trying to pass laws based on what the purple-spotted unicorn “tells” me. Faith in the imaginary and supernatural is disturbingly similar to a serious mental condition.
As for love, I have plenty. I am grateful for life and the ability to give and receive love. I am awed at the mysteries of the world and our universe. I find nature quite moving and wonderous. This has nothing whatsoever to do with believing in a mythical, quarrelsome deity.
It strikes me as lunacy to worship an invisible, imaginary entity out of fear that said invisible, imaginary being might send an invisible, imaginary part body part (the soul) to an invisible, imaginary place called hell. But I’m sure this all sounds quite reasonable to you.