southcitymom
Well-Known Member
No there is absolutely a slippery slope. And homosexuality is a sin according to the bible. I am so sick of people trying to force their views on other people. And surprise, surprise its no longer the religious right yelling on tv, it is angry bullying radical left liberals.
The majority of the country does not believe in gay marriage, that is a fact. One of the most liberal states in America, did not go for it, that is a fact.
All of this BS, anything goes, PC, ACLU mentality creates something negative in my opinion. When society stops having boundaries and everything starts sliding towards acceptance, you have chaos. And that it where the country is going. If voters in a state vote for it then fine but I will still disagree.
And I don't believe in being radical the other way either. But it is absolutely my right to believe that changing the definition of marriage is not a good idea for many reasons.
And you, Rosie O'Donnell, Joy Behar and so on will not make me feel guilty or afraid to speak my mind. There wasn't anything controversial about Miss California's answer, she was attacked because this new liberal mafia cannot tolerate opinions other than their own.......how hypocritical. And yeah, conservative pundits are speaking out because it is bull that this woman has gone through this. It's not about being articulate, her photos or anything else ...it is about hatred.....hatred from the left, that she dare insinuate that being a homosexual is wrong. The only thing safe to attack these days is Christianity....not Islam, abortion, gay rights, socialism etc..........but god forbid you mention your Christian religion, then you are a close minded biblethumper.
So, I respectfully disagree.
I am a church-going, Sunday-school teaching, bible reading (twice in its entirety and many parts I've studied in more depth) Christian, and I do not believe that the Bible says homosexuality is a sin. I do understand that some Christians interpret certain passages to say that and I am deeply respectful of the conflict that Christians who believe that find themselves in when we discuss the issue of homosexuality.
As much as I dig the Bible and consider it to be my primary guidebook for Life, I recognize that man's interpretation of the Bible has been used to justify the worst and most brutal sort of human behavior - from slavery to murder to war to the subjugation of women.
Leviticus is a chapter in the Bible that is often referred to as denouncing homosexuality as a sin. This same chapter could be seen to denounce eating shellfish as a sin. And yet, I see no public uproar in the aisles of Long John Silver or The Red Lobster, and I have never known anyone to privately or publicly condemn (often to Hell) someone who dines on crab cakes. It seems that sex gets our attention more than shrimp. I'm not surprised, of course, but I find this type of hypocrisy hard to stomach.
It's best to simply admit that every last one of us who cares about the Bible picks and chooses and interprets (in some form or fashion) in the way the best suits our own beliefs - though most of us try in the process to receive Truth from this source.
Once upon a time, the pulpit and indeed the Church used their interpretation of the Bible to uphold and even help spread slavery. This was a gross misuse of the Bible and its core principles and, to its credit, the Catholic Church has apologized for its part in slavery (and other things). Big props to them! That Church's apology tells us that - hey, we can get things wrong when it comes to Biblical interpretation because we are human. Most importantly it teaches us that when we get things wrong under the auspices of following God's word, we can recognize our mistake and change our position and our ways.
Thank God for the living breathing word of God and how it challenges us to grow in the most personal and intimate ways.
Mystergirl, though you and I might not see eye to eye Biblically regarding this issue, I hope you will be proud to be a Bible thumper along with me! I agree that Christians take it on the chin a lot, but - from my perspective, some of that is duly earned and none of it negates the great good that Christianity does in this world.