RE: "Jesus would rather kill, not marry, gay people" - Franklin Graham
July 16, 2018 at 3:28 pm
(July 16, 2018 at 1:58 pm)SteveII Wrote: Here's a question. If someone tells you they are a Christian, are you going to assume they are hateful?
No. But if they start saying that we should discriminate against gays, I do. If they start saying that the secular society should institute Biblical morality, then I have a serious problem.
Quote:All I have done is 1) pointed out the core issue/belief of Christianity, 2) attempted to explain that it has more to do with the definition of marriage than telling people what they can and can't do, and 3) explained that most accusation leveled at Christians are some combination of mischaractizations, demonizing, straw men, and red herrings. If you have a problem with my conduct, you are simply not capable of having a civil discussion on this topic.
And yet somehow a great many Christians do not have these bigoted beliefs. They also realize that gay marriage is perfectly acceptable in a secular society, even desirable.
The *definition* of marriage in a *secular* society is a government sanctioned bond between people in order to form a family. That *you* only define it as between people of opposite genders is irrelevant. Tradition is irrelevant. What is relevant is what is good for the people in the society.
