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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
You complain that the Democrats are only Christian on Sunday morning, but you believe this deceitful, suspicious, unforgiving and even violent man is a Christian because he says he prays a lot? Are you really that gullible?
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Interesting post. In fact, Al Gore is likely a far more sincere Christian than Bush. Jimmy Carter has them both beat.
Bush just prays a little louder than most. Christ had some interesting things to say about people who pray out loud, too.
Calgaryborn: there are plenty of things in the Old Testament. There are also plenty of things in Mosaic law. Why does a church, an imperfect human organization, get to pick and choose those parts that it would prefer to use, because they're in keeping with their current ideology? That seems hypocritical to me.
My understanding is that Christianity is about love, not hatred, in any case. It would be more consistent to listen to the core lessons of the Bible, and use them to inform your life. If you believe that the core lesson of the Bible is "gay people are going to hell," then you need to read it again. More carefully. The core lessons are love, forgiveness and redemption, not hatred and punishment.
Saying "I hate sodomy" and not "I hate sodomites" is just silly semantics anyway. Let me ask you this: what if two men like to live together and engage in acts other than sodomy? What if they just like to smooch? Or if they just cuddle and share affection and romantic love? Is God OK with that?
My guess is you'll say no--which means it's not the act that's the problem, it's the actors. And those actors are generally not hurting anybody.