As far as getting upset about cultural things goes, shouldn't we as Christians be far more upset about divorce than about gay marriage? If marriage is so important that we get as ****ed off as we do when someone calls something marriage that isn't, then shouldn't we be a thousand times more ****ed off when something that actually is marriage is destroyed?
It's like someone's pointing at a cat and saying that it's my dog, and I'm all like "No, that is not my dog, that is a cat; screw you for insulting my dog like that" and meanwhile someone else is shooting my dog with a gun and has been shooting my dog with a gun for a very long time now and I'm not saying a word about it because I'm busy arguing with the cat guy.
*shrug*
God hates divorce, too, man, but in today's society it's not normalized to nearly the same extent and degree that homosexuality is (which isn't to say it's not taken way more lightly than it should be), or at least, you don't have an entire, massive movement dedicated to normalizing it. Mind you, God actually allows for divorce as a necessary evil under certain circumstances (adultery), whereas He states pretty explicitly that homosexuality is unacceptable and doesn't really give any exceptions. The reason it's often seen as worse than murder and the like is less because homosexuality is actually
so much worse than any other sin and more because people still aren't saying murder is cool (well, actually, they kind of are, what with abortion and all), but a disturbing number of people are saying homosexuality is cool.
I think we're smart enough not to need a father figure who made absolute, stagnant rules millennia ago, threatening us with eternal suffering if we don't follow it (to put things into perspective, God is essentially Santa Claus for adults).
probably a good idea to follow these rules, not just out of fear, but because I know they're right and good and because I want."
I think we're better than you think. I think we can think.
So if we're so great then why have laws in the first place? Go ahead, legalize murder. Legalize theft. If you're right, people who would actually do such things are the exception, rather than the rule, right? Let people fend for themselves. That way no one can blame anyone but himself if he's not happy with his life, and he can do whatever is necessary to get what he wants. But most people are better than that and can "think," so it's not a big deal, right?
But it's up to you to prove it. You're making the claim.
You're making the claim that it's wrong to discriminate, but there's not much proof of that, either. You make the claim and act on your belief because you believe it.
Again, a lot of what was written about his divine powers came after his death.
As opposed to... what? Prophecy? I didn't think you believed in prophecy.
But at the same time you believe that homosexuality is a choice?
In the sense that you can choose to not be perverted, yes. Hard to believe, maybe, but people
are more than animals. As BP said, we
can think. If you've
done something wrong, it's because you
did it, not because you were born with the desire to do it. You can be predisposed towards Diabetes because of your genes but ultimately you're still the only one to blame if you eat yourself into a sugar coma.
...so? Alan Turing created the modern computer and he never reproduced. And he was gay! Yet human intelligence is evolving as a result of his invention.
A happy accident, then, but you can't say that he justifies the continued role of homosexuals in society any more than you can say that all atheists are evil because Stalin was. There are always going to be anomalies but you can't account for them in any effective way.
To get back to the original topic while these new ideas are floating around:
Why do you want to make anything they believe will be punished with hellfire illegal? Isn't it God's job to kick gay asses around for what they're doing? I can understand preaching against doing what you believe is wrong, but banning it? Is there a point?
Same point as preaching against it - God said "restrain evil." The law is a method of restraining evil. Which is sort of going back to what, exactly, the purpose of government is. And going back to that, I'm going to just leave
this here again. I mean, it probably won't change your mind but I would recommend that you give it a glance anyway. Again, it likely explains this worldview better than some stupid kid writing this post on his laptop at 12 AM could.