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Originally posted by Cloud9
Well, any Christian who takes the bible literally. I always keep in mind that the bible was orally passed, written, rewritten, translated, retranslated, edited, and re-edited by man. Man is fallable. And often the men of religion have had other agendas besides simply sharing the truth of faith. Just a sidenote...
But either way, rights of marriage, or the equivalent thereof is regulated by the government, which supposedly enforces separation of church and state. There can be no law that forces priests, ministers, etc. to perform ceremonies. But there must be a law that allows homosexuals to be legally joined by some sort of official. Christianity(and any other faith) does not and should not rule this country.
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To everyone:
Anyway translated, the passages that I posted above read the same, even if you go back to the original translation. And if the whole "translation" thing is the problem, why can we not apply this logic to the rules and laws that govern our society?
After all, why is murder illegal? Why is it not ok to walk into a store and just take what you want without paying for it? What makes these acts wrong and according to who? These are all grounded in biblical principles, but yet there is no problem with it even if we are infringing on the rights of those people who believe that it is ok to murder someone or that it is ok to go to Kroger and steal.
In closing my point is basically to say that we (as people in general) shouldn't just pick and choose what parts/passages of the Bible to use and apply. Its not right to stand firm on the Bible when it comes to "love" using it as the gospel truth, but then totally ignore the other passages that make us uncomfortable.
Honestly, there is no middle ground with God or His Word.