Hi Everybody

[fr0d0]

You are a heretic? Please explain.

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Well there are bazillion different beliefs concerning gods, and even a whole bunch of variety just within christianity alone. Who is to say what is heretical and what is not except by majority?

But I do not believe that a belief is valid just because there are the most people who believe in it.

In any case, as an example of what other people would *definitely* call me out on as heretical, I voted against Prop 8.

I live in Califorinia, in America, and there has been a vote on determining whether homosexual marriage should be recognized by the state.

Seeing as the vote succeeded, perhaps half of my fellow Californians would label me a vile degenerate.

As to why I did so, I do not believe in theocracy.

For example, can one torture another into belief in a god? 1984 says in the end everyone has a limit and will 'believe' anything. But such a thing would be counterproductive because if there is such a being as a God, such 'belief' won't pass muster... and even if it did, it wouldn't be very flattering.

So as to a general principle, I do not believe in making laws to enforce religious morality even if it is my own version of morality.

There are other, non-religious, reasons why I voted against Prop 8, but this is the main religious reason I did: a vow is of no value if it was coerced, a pledge of no worth if made under duress. If there is some ideal heterosexual sacred marriage to preserve, it should be taken up on it's own merits. To force it, to me, is offensive.

I also drink Jewish Zombie blood, but sometimes I suspect it's actually grape juice.

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1. Well Mainstream Christians all agree with the Nicene Crede, and God is the same for all of us.
2. Absolutely, majority means nothing
3. I agree with you on Prop 8 and I find that doesn't contradict Christianity
4. I don't believe in a theocracy either
5. No you can't torture anyone into belief. That's why heresy is a contradiction.