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this contradiction shows so much and as a historian i expect you to be aware about many things ..the smart one can not be fooled ..as he always watch and think and suspect ...so where did you reach?
posted by
drohan254
on January 21, 2008 at 3:19 PM
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This is a difficult one...
Personally, I think it should be based on merit. However, if they are teaching from the bible then they need to follow the bible as well, and I'm not sure how homosexuality fits in there as I've not read the bible in its entirety.
posted by
littlemspickles
on May 13, 2006 at 1:57 PM
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS....
As a soldier, I am preforced to respect and defend your free speech under the
Constitution. General Sherman, shortly after he sacked Atlanta, was asked if he had ever read the Constitution, to which he replied: "No sir I have not, but it must be worth something, as I have done a whole lot of fighting for it."
Well if truth be known, I favor other in the religious category, but I am a historian enough to know that the definition of Christianity changes from generation to generation.
I could care less what goes on in a bedroom as long as children are not involved and no one is hurt. A wise woman once told me the definition of a frantic was a fool who hid under their bed in the middle of the night shaking in fear that somewhere, somehow, somebody else was having fun.
posted by
FARSAILOR
on May 8, 2006 at 7:53 PM
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While I have to respect another person's choices....
I do not have to be lectured or preached to by someone who lives their life in a manner that I consider to be wrong. It is their choice, yet I wonder how someone living their life in a manner in direct contrast to what the Bible says is correct can lead a multitude. Though not everything in the Bible can be followed today, they would put you in prison. I do not believe that people that decide to live their lives as gay or lesbian should lead others in religious matters. This is just my opinion....
posted by
sassmeback
on May 6, 2006 at 2:57 PM
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Farsailor
We atheists question whether we are ' all God's children' and believe that we are the children of Evolution and our relative histories and nurtures. So, as an atheist, I care not one jot if the entire Anglican Church is staffed by gays and lesbians.
But, were I a Christian, I would care very much indeed. Homosexuality is a sin, and how can any believer possibly reconcile himself to the open, constant flaunting of the sin of homosexuality within his congregation?
One may subscribe to the Catholic tenet of deprecating the sin, while forgiving the sinner ; but only if repentance and a determination to cease from committing the sin is present.
To portray the issue as one of inclusivity and compassion for the shortcomings of others is sophistry of the most nauseating form. to my mind there can be no place in any church for those who so openly flaunt their sin, with no intent to reform
posted by
ariel70
on May 6, 2006 at 2:03 PM
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