I quoted the bible 
Why do you think that no one should be allowed to change their mind?
Because you were being critical of them changing their minds.
Not when you said “we created god in our image” -
Taking a position on gay marriage is not illegal and does not warrant punishment. Being unwilling to issue marriage licenses that you are legally required to issue or discriminating against gay couples in your secular business are illegal and do warrant punishment.
Yeah, ditto.
Bill Clinton was not impeached for having affairs but rather lying about it under oath. So he committed an actual crime to cover up his affairs whereas Gingrich was just having affairs. Both Gingrich and Clinton are bad people but a sitting president breaking the law is a public matter no matter whether the Speaker of the House has cheated on his wife or not.
I find Al Gore’s hypocrisy much worse because he makes alot of money decrying global warming and then actively makes the problem worse. Gingrich hurt his family which is awful but Al Gore is knowingly making the world worse for everyone while asking poorer people to make bigger sacrifices than he makes himself.
However, I think the focus on hypocrisy is an adolescent concern. If adultery is wrong it is just as wrong for Larry Flynt as it is for Billy Graham. If it is wrong then it is better to condemn it then celebrate it.
Does she believe in Biblical inerrancy? I bet she does. And if so, she believes this:
[QUOTE=Jesus (Mark 10:11-12, NIV)]
Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.
[/QUOTE]
No, Reagan may have spurred things along, but the real problem was, too many Southern Baptists and Assemblies of God members and other conservative Christians were getting divorced and remarried.
The conservative churches had a choice between turning a blind eye to what Jesus said about divorce and remarriage, or losing their congregations. So the Bible is inerrant, but we’re not gonna pay attention to the parts that are too inconvenient for People Like Us.
OK, that was not my intention but I used that as a takeoff as to how many religions seem to justify their actions, they actually believe God is behind them in that and they are doing God’s work. Such examples as the The 9-11 terrorist, to many of the famous christian sects that preach a message of hatred that they believe God is calling them to preach:
Their hearts are full of hatred and that’s how they see their God, supporting them, and hating others. They have created god in their image.
Well, that viewpoint is backed up in the bible as well - note all the destruction, murder and mayhem that ‘god’ appropriated on the ones that were not his chosen few? hell, he flooded the earth and promises to destroy it again with fire, leaving only his ‘chosen’ few.
I’m not sure it’s that adultery is uniquely not taken seriously so much it’s that homosexuality is specifically a major political issue. I don’t see fundamentalists making a big deal about theft or assault, either, but those are sins.
It is almost impossible to overstate the importance of homosexuality to evangelical Christianity. Opposition to homosexuality is the second-most important identifying issue they have; only actual belief in Christ is first. If they didn’t oppose homosexuality it’s hard to say what they’d talk about on Christian radio stations.
Does she believe in Biblical inerrancy? I bet she does. And if so, she believes this:
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Let’s compare Mark with Matthew:
[QUOTE=Matthew 19:9]
I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”
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And the standard for adultery is pretty low:
[QUOTE=Matthew 5:28]
But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
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Tithing I would say would be placed higher then homosexuality in many churches, some mention it at every service.
Same reason Dante gave The Lustful the lightest punishment in Hell, I suppose.
For the same reason Christians take part in an economy run on loans with interest and the same reason there hasn’t been a witch burning in hundreds of years: Christianity has been corrupted to the core by secular society and is scarcely recognizable. The same will be true when all the Christian churches give up the fight against gay people and offer them fellowship instead.
Brilliant. A moment of temptation, successfully resisted, and you’re punished the same as if you went through with it.
**Why do Christians not take the sin of adultery seriously? **
Because they like it.
Beyond its lack of coherence, this is little more than a personal attack.
Knock it off.
[ /Moderating ]
So tell me- what Christian sects do hate homosexuals?
Actually for most, it’s a “Hate the sin and not the sinner” and indeed, adultery and drunkenness, etc are all sins. Some sects dont even consider it a sin, as long as it’s entered into with love.
Those few sects that are homophobic are a minority.
*Liberal Christians are supportive of homosexuals. Some Christian denominations do not view monogamous same sex relationships as bad or evil. These include the United Church of Canada, the United Church of Christ,[32] the Episcopal Church, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, the Church of Sweden, the Lutheran, reformed and united churches in Evangelical Church of Germany, the Church of Denmark, the Icelandic Church, the Church of Norway or the Protestant Church of the Netherlands. In particular, the Metropolitan Community Church, a denomination of 40,000 members, was founded specifically to serve the Christian LGBT community, and is devoted to being open and affirming to LGBT people. The United Church of Christ and the Alliance of Baptists also condone gay marriage, and some parts of the Anglican and Lutheran churches allow for the blessing of gay unions. Within the Anglican communion there are openly gay clergy; for example, Gene Robinson and Mary Glasspool are openly homosexual bishops in the US Episcopal Church and Eva Brunne in Lutheran Church of Sweden. The Episcopal Church’s recent actions vis-a-vis homosexuality have brought about increased ethical debate and tension within the Church of England and worldwide Anglican churches.
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And, many of the worlds major religions treat homosexuality as some sort of “sin”, some more, some less. Islam more, Hinduism & Buddhism less. And even there is confusing with different sects having different views.
Try to learn something about a religion before attacking it, OK?
As an aside to the tangent that’s popped up, the above woman wasn’t a Catholic.