We like him because he is true in his faith and secure enough not to browbeat the ones who don’t believe exactly as he does that we’re all going to hell.
As for me, the Bible was written by man. I think it is the height of hubris to take it as the WORD OF GOD. If it works for you, fine. But don’t attempt to tell the rest of us there is only one way to know the Deities. They are infinitely more complex than us mere humans can ever hope to comprehend.
You believe your way, I’ll believe mine, and I will not presume to decide which way is better.
The opinions you are expressing are making me ashamed to be a Christian. If I had to go to a church and listen to this, I would probably renounce my faith. It’s intollerant and against my fellow man (and woman), and I believe, deep down in my heart, that Jesus loved us all, that he and God would not create individuals who were destined to be damned. Homosexuality is not a choice.
Careful, you’re comitting the sin of intellectual masturbation.
On a side note, I’ve never pictured God, or Jesus as biggots. Why do you insist on spreading such an image? Colour me surprised! I thought they were all about love and acceptance.
Think whatever you like. I came to check the board out and saw there was someone I agreed with on this subject. He was being ganged up on just as I’ve been in the past and I wanted to give him some support. Sorry if you don’t like that. I’ll continue, along with DrChuckie to pray for you.
So, the galaxy is what…100,000 light-years across? That comes out to oh, about 946 quadrillion kilometers. I can’t even conceive of such a distance; I doubt that anyone can. It’s just so far beyond huge that the human mind just can’t contain the magnitude of it. And there are an estimated 125 billion galaxies in the universe, more than 20 for every man, woman and child on Earth.
Now, you expect me to believe that a being capable of creating all of this through sheer force of will actually gives a rat’s ass whether or not two men have sex with each other?
MrVisible,
If you scroll down to the bottom of the missionamerica home page, you’ll see the name Charles E. Reed. If you click on his email you get DrChuckie@msn. So DrChuckie’s not Linda Harvey (who sounds like a cow), he apparently just designed the website.
I’m not actually a Wiccan. Call me a heathen, I like that one. Or I’m sort of a solitary. I was a pagan before puberty, I went to Catholic school right afterward (Mass was a really great part of my life, go figure. I guess I get off on ritual). I experienced rapture in college – and believe you me, once you’ve experienced the trueness of love for all the world and all of mankind, that’s the most addictive drug in the universe.
So what I really am is a seeker. I can’t call myself a Christian for various and sundry reasons. I don’t give a good god-damn for what anyone is, as long as they aren’t hurting folks. Love of the Eternal and of your fellow man is the truest faith there is, in my happy opinion, and however any person wants to approach that love, whether it’s from the Truth or the Joy perspective, that’s their own business, not mine. After all, one of the most wonderful men I’ve ever known is a Christian…or, well, he was for a time before people like H4E and DrC drove him away from the God he loved so dearly. No lie.
Until peoples’ faith systems start turning into rampant mad horrible hatred, that is.
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury,pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen
Uh-oh! I’d be interested in comparing Chucky’s IP address to recently-banned people: the claim that he’s the founder of missionamerica looks calculated to avoid being accused of plagiarism.
