First of all, its good to hear from you after so long ^-^
Secondly, I do second your view on abortion. There are some very few cases when abortion seems reasonable (such as rape, incest, or birth killing the mother). For all other cases, I do believe it is murder.
Third, Im proabably not someone you want to hear from because I am not a christian. HOWEVER that does not mean I follow the majority. I do not think it is alright to go out and get drunk, get high, have sex, etc. I am also outraged at most of the world.
Forth, ... The only thing about this post that offended me was the homosexuality issue. I am not saying it is right or wrong. I am saying, however, that I do not believe in banning gay marrige and such because it is an enthical and moral issue that the goverment should not be involved with. I am not trying to silence you, or say your wrong. I am saying I do not want the government telling me who I can and cant marry, which is a totally different story
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I appreciate you taking the time to read and comment on this post. I also appreciate that someone does hold some moral value still in this world. I find that there are many that are not "Christian" but still hold Christian values or at least have part of the same moral compass. I am also glad that you are not one of the many people that would be put off by my enpassioned tone of writing. Thank you
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I completely understand your fervor. I know that so often we are desensitized to what is actually happenging because we see it everyday: it becomes so commonplace. I admit that even I have become so accustomed to this vile world that I lose focus. We are all guilty of it. I suppose I could point out (As I did on the phone) that a major factor in IT ALL is LOVE. The fact that compassion can be our greatest weapon, but I agree that even too much focus on compassion can weaken a person. There DOES have to be an element of boldness in our Christian walk, or we're missing the point. Look at the martyrs who lost their lives for such purposes as if only to tell people they need to change!!! Our society is lax, it is disgusting and permissive; just caution though, that if we become as close-minded as the people we are trying to reach, we're just going to end up butting heads. It would provoke non-Christians EVEN MORE against Christianity
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Thanks you, Leah, I know every revelation still has other stipulations and additions that are needed to keep it complete as a whole, and I know that many times I do forget some key principles. So I thank you for helping me and pointing out that love is one of the main points.
Love is important, the whole principle of caring drives home the point that we need to speak out. It is because we care that we need to reach people, if we didn't care, we wouldn't even try.
I love you for supplementing what I forget to address. Thank you.
I haven't read LJ in a long time but I was going back through them and found this and decided to comment. By the way, I tried to find the post you made about movies that I commented on because I just wanted to re-read it and I couldn't find it. Don't know if you got rid of it or something, but I thought I'd ask.
Here's my reaction to your post. I understand that your belief system says these things are wrong and I respect that because people are entitled to believe what they want to believe. I would say that you should respect the rights of others to believe what they want to believe, but my bigger question pertains to the "hatred" with which you apporach these sins. Doesn't Christ preach to love the sinner? You seem to be pretty upset at these people.
Well... the point was not merely to point out how wrong the world is or that sin is running rampant. That's only part of it. The purpose is to call those that have been silent for far too long to stand up for what is right. There ARE absolutes. Right and wrong, no matter what culture you grow up in, exists. Sometimes these values differ, but that doesn't prove there aren't absolutes. If anything it helps prove that there are
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Second. The point is not freedom. The point is to be right. We do live in an age where it's your right to be wrong. But if you asked the courts to say who's has the freedom here, they will most likely always incarcerate the person that is wrong. You have a freedom to be wrong, but you also have to deal with the consequences of your freedom. Freedom does not constitute you to abuse it or even to validate your actions. But so much of your argument rides on government and laws. Most of them recent ones. Laws were instilled to help keep us safe and also preserve some aspects of moral behavior. Some of the more recent are merely restrictions on business ethics and how some have been interpreting the law
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Secondly, I do second your view on abortion. There are some very few cases when abortion seems reasonable (such as rape, incest, or birth killing the mother). For all other cases, I do believe it is murder.
Third, Im proabably not someone you want to hear from because I am not a christian. HOWEVER that does not mean I follow the majority. I do not think it is alright to go out and get drunk, get high, have sex, etc. I am also outraged at most of the world.
Forth, ... The only thing about this post that offended me was the homosexuality issue. I am not saying it is right or wrong. I am saying, however, that I do not believe in banning gay marrige and such because it is an enthical and moral issue that the goverment should not be involved with. I am not trying to silence you, or say your wrong. I am saying I do not want the government telling me who I can and cant marry, which is a totally different story ( ... )
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Love is important, the whole principle of caring drives home the point that we need to speak out. It is because we care that we need to reach people, if we didn't care, we wouldn't even try.
I love you for supplementing what I forget to address. Thank you.
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Here's my reaction to your post. I understand that your belief system says these things are wrong and I respect that because people are entitled to believe what they want to believe. I would say that you should respect the rights of others to believe what they want to believe, but my bigger question pertains to the "hatred" with which you apporach these sins. Doesn't Christ preach to love the sinner? You seem to be pretty upset at these people.
Just some thoughts.
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