tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394390570479128255.post9061262090896835764..comments2023-07-30T06:18:33.633-05:00Comments on Life in Mini apple.....us!: Isn't God really about love and not hatred?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394390570479128255.post-41262756407848991282012-05-22T13:05:18.282-05:002012-05-22T13:05:18.282-05:00Oh I was just in this argument last week and was s...Oh I was just in this argument last week and was swearing I would stay out of this one. Cradle catholic here too. If you believe something is wrong then don't do it. It's not our job or our right to tell others what is and is not ok in their life when they are not hurting anyone. I do not know the bible inside and out. I do not even know many of the basic stories. I do know the morals that come based on the bible and teach many of those morals in my own way in my own home. <br /><br />If someone is born a murdered and I do believe it is possible to be biologically disposed that does not make it ok. Simply because murdering is hurting another person. End of story. There is no argument there. <br /><br />Being born with the biological disposition of loving the same sex is not hurting someone. Clearly we can get into the argument of pedophiles preying on the same sex child which IS NOT THE SAME THING. Pedophiles, again, like murderers, are hurting someone. There is no argument there either.<br /><br />If you believe that being gay is wrong then don't do it. But why do you have to say to the world that it is not ok and nobody should do it. Isn't the final judgement left to God? Isn't the basis of Christianity that God loves ALL and that Christians should act in Godly ways to promote the morality of Jesus in the bible? Isn't it very explicit in the Bible that we shall not judge another of God's children? <br /><br />I just can't help to be involved in this kind of argument. I do not understand the use of being "Christian" as a reason to be judgmental of others. I agree that simply not agreeing with same sex marriage is not HATE but it is judgement. Who am I to decide what someone else should do in their home and for their children? <br /><br />I feel like I could go around and around in circles on this. So I just want to close with "What Tifanni said"...Kristihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05613814991348368922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394390570479128255.post-90626847126282613692012-05-21T10:16:37.693-05:002012-05-21T10:16:37.693-05:00Tifanni, you are one of the best writers I know. ...Tifanni, you are one of the best writers I know. You are eloquent, passionate, and wise.<br /><br />Natalie, I love your thoughts about hatred, too. Sign carrying bigots are the worst.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04136612851700143786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394390570479128255.post-15938998360751480692012-05-21T09:59:28.077-05:002012-05-21T09:59:28.077-05:00Well said G,
As a cradle Baptist-ugh and a Christi...Well said G,<br />As a cradle Baptist-ugh and a Christian, it sickens me the hate that people sanction under God. <br />When I wasn't sleeping through several hours of Baptist church as a kid, I did learn that most of the biblical references about homosexualtiy are from the Levitical law in the Old Testament, a set of laws for the Jewish people that served several purposes, but one main purpose was to reveal to them that they could never fully keep the law, therefore they needed Jesus's love and redemption.<br /> <br />When our country has a 50% divorce rate, which is the same among Christians and non-Christians, how can we tell someone else that they can't get married. We obviously don't have it figured out all too well. I personally feel no threat to my family or marriage if someone had equal rights to me.<br /><br />I realize that this is an issue that is very heated in the Christian circles, but in the end, if you believe its wrong, don't do it, but the Bible does say that we are fearfully and wonderfully made in the image of God, and that incudes everybody, not just white middle-class Americans attending church. <br /><br />It frustrates me so much that so many Christians will expend so much energy and resources on something that shouldn't even be an issue in the name of God, while countless people are going hungry, living without clean water and being marginalized by society. <br /><br />Where is the true heart of God? Its repeated over and over in the Bible to look after those in need, but no where is it mentioned to grab a sign and start spreading hate.Tifannihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08339177256919264741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394390570479128255.post-91080541866483817592012-05-21T06:09:57.931-05:002012-05-21T06:09:57.931-05:00God is love. Nice post. Like your look!God is love. Nice post. Like your look!GB's Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08866513131959998883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394390570479128255.post-29387730272938148332012-05-20T22:38:37.165-05:002012-05-20T22:38:37.165-05:00Ah, the 'ol argument and comparison to pedophi...Ah, the 'ol argument and comparison to pedophiles and murderers. There is one HUGE difference between people who are following their internal biology and loving someone of the same gender and someone who chooses to harm someone else.....and that's that murderers are harming another of God's people. Gay people are not harming someone. If two consensting adults choose to love one another and they just happen to be of the same sex, so what? <br /><br />And as a cradle Catholic it took me a number of years to realize that I never did believe in the infallibility of another human being even if that human was given the title of Pope.<br /><br />Isn't the real message of Jesus Christ about love, acceptance and forgiveness? I happen to see nothing wrong in two of God's creations loving...which is what Jesus taught us to do...someone of the same sex.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04136612851700143786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394390570479128255.post-32110099781472854542012-05-20T19:24:33.865-05:002012-05-20T19:24:33.865-05:00Believing homosexuality to be wrong is not the sam...Believing homosexuality to be wrong is not the same as hating homosexuals. <br /><br />God did not give us just the Bible to guide our lives. He sent His only Son who founded the Catholic Church and gave the Pope infallibility. <br /><br />No, God does not make mistakes, but He did give people free will which means they can choose sin. <br /><br />If murderers, for example, claim they were born that way, should we let them murder? <br /><br />Angela :-)Angela :-)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08765500236689434519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394390570479128255.post-67991952858084885582012-05-20T12:52:36.558-05:002012-05-20T12:52:36.558-05:00Could not agree more!Could not agree more!Erin Walshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07755778497641941964noreply@blogger.com