(June 28, 2015 at 12:32 am)Parkers Tan Wrote: Additionally, your reply completely ignores my point that Christians have yourself changed the definitions of marriage. Answering in regards to American jurisprudence is dodging my question, so I will ask it again: Given that you Christians have changed the definition of marriage over the centuries, what is the basis of your complaint that this ruling changes the definition of marriage, if it's not a defense of the bigotry?
I'm reminded of those who complain that gay people changed the meaning of the word 'gay' to mean homosexual ('hijacked a perfectly good word'), yet never have any problem using the word 'queer' to mean homosexual, changing its original meaning from 'peculiar'. Difference? Presumably it's fine to change the meaning of a word to homosexual if the change comes from straight people and is pejorative. But if the meaning was changed by gay people and is NOT pejorative, it's a shame about the original meaning getting lost.
This quibbling over the word 'marriage' looks like the same phenomenon. They say they don't want a word's definition changed, but their acceptance of other definition changes betrays the fact that what they ACTUALLY don't want is a word changed *in a way that destigmatises gays and bisexuals*
"Faith is a state of openness or trust. To have faith is like when you trust yourself to the water. You don't grab hold of the water when you swim, because if you do you will become stiff and tight in the water, and sink. You have to relax, and the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging, and holding on. In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe becomes a person who has no faith at all. Instead they are holding tight. But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be."
Alan Watts
Alan Watts
