(May 17, 2012 at 2:16 pm)Hovik Wrote:(May 17, 2012 at 1:54 pm)Godschild Wrote: Exactly why would you want to do that, seriously?
It might have something to do with the fact that your beliefs would be more welcome in the Bronze Age.
By the way, let me ask you something. Are you okay with banning pork? I mean, Jewish folk don't want to eat any of it, so why should the rest of us? It's against their beliefs! Clearly the only fair solution is to legislate against it.
God told the Israelites that pork was unclean for them, this was not a command for the Gentiles, Paul and Peter made it clear that there's nothing wrong with gentiles eating pork. Jesus said, it's not what enters a persons mouth that makes him unclean, it's what proceeds from a persons mouth. For what enters a persons mouth will be expelled as waste, what proceeds from a persons mouth can be ungodly and bring pain to others.
Your example is a weak attempt to side track an issue, in the above statement, Jesus clearly shows us that what we eat does not make us unclean, so you see it's OK for people to eat pork, if they choose not it's their choice. Jesus never gave any indication what God setup as marriage was to be changed, marriage is to be between a man and woman only. This was setup before the nation of Israel was formed by God, this command applies to all of mankind.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
