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Originally Posted by photon
Maybe someone who is religious and accepts same sex marriage can explain how they resolve the seeming conflict.
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The way I resolve the conflict is to recognize that the bible was written by man but inspired by God. The bible due to its power has been heavily politicized over 2000 years in the New Testament and 6000 years for the old testament.
I don't believe in creation, so why would I believe in other parts that don't make sense.
Essentially in the Gospels Jesus basically condems organized religion when he takes every oppurtunity to point out the hypocracy of the Pharsies and Saducies. Taking those sections of a guide Jesus wasn't big on doctorine and dogma. It is truely ironic that the Catholic church and other religions seem to ignore these fundamental teachings.
So the dogmatic church gains power by creating ingroups and outgroups but the spiritual church as the posters above put it is about loving others. Something the Catholic church regularly fails to do.
So in the end I don't really care if Gay's get married. They should be allowed access to the same rights and privilages as anyone else. In the bible Jesus preached and built his following with the outcasts of society. Hookers, Gentiles, Fisherman and preached equality and inclusion. In today's society he would likely attack the church for their treatment of Gay's.