No need to generalize.Christians being hypocritical, what else is new?
No need to generalize.Christians being hypocritical, what else is new?
Can these same people explain why I, an Atheist, am allowed to get married if marriage is defined by the Bible?
Maybe it is, but then, we're basically objecting to the entire concept of religion at this point: they believe certain things are true as an article of faith.
It's really easy, guys. Don't torture yourselves.
Depending on the religion, the choice is no choice at all. The Church has several impediments to marriage. Homosexuality is just one of them. Not better or worse than the rest, which includes impotent and non-baptized people.
In fact, a non-baptized or non-catholic person is a worse sinner than a catholic gay person.
There is no "Christian position", there are different beliefs.
For instance: the catholic perspective is that the non-catholic christians complaining about this are going to the same hell as the atheist gay couples getting married.
How can you love and accept your friends if you completely disagree with their lifestyle?
"He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone"
"Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God."
"A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent"
Y'ever sat down and read this thing? Technically we're not supposed to go to the bathroom.
Huh? It's actually quite easy to love and respect someone but not agree with their life choices. You probably do this every day in some capacity with your family and friends.
The image macro seems pretty innocuous to me. I am not an expert in Christian theology, but it would appear that their religious definition of marriage excludes gay marriage. The Supreme Court case changed the legality of gay marriage, they obviously cannot force that upon a religion. To be consistent I assume they would need to exclude non-Christian marriage ceremonies as well?
When people go down that rabbit hole, don't expect anything to make sense.
I don't agree with what you do but i'm not judging you.
lol
What the fuck is this shit? I've seen it floating around Facebook a bunch recently and I don't get it. How can you love and accept your friends if you completely disagree with their lifestyle? How is this not still bigotry? I don't get it.
Being gay isn't a choice, though.
My Facebook feed has been nothing but a pile of shit since the ruling. I can't believe I'm forced to be family members with some of these people...
I don't get the problem. "Judge not lest ye be judged", "let he who is without sin cast the first stone", etc etc. Doesn't mean Christians don't have things they (are supposed to) think are wrong.
Adultery is a sin, but it's not an impediment to the constitution of matrimony.Yeah.. I mean.. someone who is a known adulterer is someone who broke the ten commandments. That's part of God's top 10 no-nos. And yet we don't restrict those people to the right to marry based upon belief.
This, Facebook is a social tool which one can curate to their liking. I don't see the point in keeping people whose viewpoints clash so much with your own on your friends list. Hell, if the person feels they should still be entitled to be on your friends list and you want to oblige them for some reason you can just hide their feed updates.
you can still criticise your family members you know?
Adultery is a sin, but it's not an impediment to the constitution of matrimony.
What reasons do atheists, if any, use to not believe in homosexual marriage?
Seeking out homosexual relationships is, though.
I'm completely with you as I find so many parts of the Bible to be ludicrous, but, as it turns out the "camel through an eye of a needle" text is probably a mistranslation. It should be "rope through an eye of a needle."
http://www.biblicalhebrew.com/nt/camelneedle.htm
Can these same people explain why I, an Atheist, am allowed to get married if marriage is defined by the Bible?
Catholic can't remarry in the first place.If someone has cheated on their previous spouse and is now remarrying, I'd say that's a direct conflict of interest.
Can these same people explain why I, an Atheist, am allowed to get married if marriage is defined by the Bible?
You can still be a Christian and support gay people. It's not like how they live their life has an effect on you.
It's difficult when 90% of them follow this hivemind. They aren't the open-minded types.
I guess it depends on how you use social media. Personally, I try to avoid turning my feed into an echo chamber.
Catholic can't remarry in the first place.
It's probably worth discussing this broadly, frankly.
That statement is about as unjudgmental as one can possibly be if you espouse the beliefs that person holds.
One might make the argument that it is not possible to be unjudgmental when you are against something like homosexuality.
Maybe that's true, but I'm not sure, so let's talk about it. As another example, many/most Christians also believe that not accepting Jesus Christ as your personal savior is a mortal sin. Do you feel this is arrogant and judgmental as well?
Maybe it is, but then, we're basically objecting to the entire concept of religion at this point: they believe certain things are true as an article of faith.
Seeking out homosexual relationships is, though.