(June 20, 2015 at 3:35 pm)abaris Wrote:(June 20, 2015 at 3:28 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Do you think someone who hates gays and would love to have them all tortured and killed and actively day dreams about it for pleasure (yet is too cowardly to actually do anything about it outside his head), is still doing something wrong? Or a better question - does the fact that he chooses to think that way about gays and have that opinion about them still effects his character even if he never acts on it outside his head?
He's an ass plain and simple. But as long as it's just thoughts, nobody's actually hurt. It has no consequences in the real world.
Right, so there it is! You just made a judgment about someone's character based purely on something that is going on inside his head.
Since we can make judgements about someone's character based on what is in their head, don't you think it is perfectly reasonable for us God believers to assume God can too?
A person with a heart filled with hate for others will not enter heaven even if he never acted on that hate outside his own head. You may call that "thought crime" but I find it perfectly reasonable, and you just did the same thing above.
You may not agree that having a lustful heart is wrong, but can you see now what we mean about how it matters what is in a person's heart?
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
