re: #185 ObserverArt

Ahh…but one must remember, personal freedom only until it runs up against biblical law. If you think about it, there really is no personal freedom in a strict religion. Your freedom is already defined, limited and further controlled by your belief. And that is exactly how many religions seem to operate, in a very narrow reading of what you are allowed by God.

Where is freedom in that? They talk of free will, but they sure as hell preach against it. And the Arizona law would be the furthest thing from free will.

And then it isn’t the religion that is segregating, it is God, and we must follow God.

See how easy hate can be allowed and justified.

I call this, especially from modern Southern Baptists and ‘nondenominational Christianity’, the Fallacy of the Christ-bot. If you’ve opened your heart to Christ, these people seem to hold a lot of the time, you’ll automatically only be able to do godly things. Like treat gays like shit in this life so they’ll be driven to turn straight and ‘be saved from an eternity of being treated like shit’.

Have I ever mentioned how much I really doubt Paul’s right to speak for Christ, and that he’s the only person to even suggest that homosexuality isn’t covered under the New Covenant just the way food or mixed fabric is?