06-30-2015, 06:15 PM
(06-30-2015, 04:56 PM)tigerseye Wrote: These days when you disagree with something such as gay marriage you are portrayed as hating that group of individuals. This is not the case ,but to go along with sin is not being a christian. Do you hate people for it? No. But you don't just get along to be kinder and gentiler.
If you don't agree with homosexuality you don't have a phobia called "homophobia". You just don't agree with this behavior. These are labels being used to stop individual speech and to intimidate individuals so that people won't speak their minds on a given subject.
We are all sinners and we all need Jesus but to go along with sin and say its ok isn't right. And The United States of America (the greatest christian nation to ever exist - my opinion) passing laws to go along with sin is very serious and is a turning point in our nation. If you go along with sin just to look kinder and gentiler and not approaching it as a serious subject your not being loving to those individuals your doing the opposite.
Jesus wants all of us sinners to go to heaven. Being against a behavior and speaking against a behavior is not hate. It is labeled hate by the individuals that don't like what your saying. Accepting that people are lost to their sin and not doing anything about it ,isn't that what hate really is. Jesus loves us all but we are not supposed to be weak and conform to sin to get along. My thoughts. God Bless.
I never accuse anyone of "hating" just because they have different religious beliefs.
But when you deny people equal protection under the law or discriminate against them in any way that is just wrong. And when you treat people wrong and they suffer because of it then it doesn't matter if you call it "hate" or not. It has the same effect.
if you think someones baby has a demon in it and you kill the baby it doesn't matter how much you claim not to hate the baby. The baby is still dead. i realize that is an extreme example, but to the people who have been denied equal protection under the law and discriminated against the fact that you refuse to call it "hate" doesn't matter.
You can have your religious beliefs. No one is taking them away from you in any way. But the laws of this country are not based on religious beliefs. The United States is not a Christian theocracy. It doesn't matter if you think homosexuality is a sin. It doesn't have any adverse effect on anyone else. There is no compelling public interest that would allow discriminating against homosexuals.
So just do like Phil suggest. Continue to pray for the sinners, but don't punish them. Treat them with love instead of discriminating against them. If you really believe that your god is all powerful then he shouldn't need the United states government to help him out.
