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(02-26-2016, 08:37 AM)GMDino Wrote: Sounds like most religious people I know too.

Hate the sin...love the sinner.  We all got it.  But rather than use just part of the scripture people like Manny quote the entire verse and then say "but I  didn't mean that last part literally". Because, love.  

IMHO if someone wants to cite their religious book as the reason they don't like something that means they believe the religious book.  Period.  The only reason a Christian has to dislike gays, blasphemy, whatever is that they have a list of rules in their book that they believe and want to follow.  And I think that is wonderful for them.  But then to turn around and quote the punishment part and say "but of course we don't believe THAT part" is disingenuous.  

Do you believe you will go to hell for taking the lord god's name in vain?  Or do you just believe blasphemy is wrong and not "the other part"?



Unless the sin is one that makes someone believe the sinner might do something else that has never happened....then we have to hate the sinner too.  

What's gets me is that if you believe in this omnipotent being and believe this book is his literal word, who are you as a mere mortal to say that part of his word isn't to be taken literally?