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WCT: October 19-23, 2009
Moxie:
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--- Quote from: ChristKnows on 23 Oct 2009, 18:47 ---Have to say as accepting of gays I am, I have mixed feelings about gay marriage. I agree that homosexuals deserve all the rights of married heterosexuals but in the end the church are the ones offering the service of marriage and if they don't want to offer that service to a particular group of people then that sucks but it's their right, especially given that there are alternatives (civil partnerships) that offer all rights of marriage.
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Married people have more rights than civil unions.
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This is only my opinion.
If the problem is religion and marriage by saying you can't have gay marriage because that ruins marriage or whatever the argument is, then why not fully support the idea of separation of church and state and get rid of marriage in terms of rights given by the government? If the government is going to give rights to two people who love each other/want to make the bond to be together, then there should be a complete overhaul to the system. To be fair and separate religion, in the eyes of the government every union between two people should be a civil union. Nothing more, nothing less.
If the two people want a marriage, then they can go to their religious place of choice and have that too, but it wouldn't (and shouldn't) affect their rights according to the government.
(edited for clarification)
Near Lurker:
--- Quote from: Rikushix on 24 Oct 2009, 13:12 ---So obviously, being a Reformed Calvinist, they aren't puritan in terms of customs, but as far as religious beliefs go, they believe EVERYTHING in the Bible. One day we were talking about religion (cordially), and this is the conversation we had:
Her: "One of my biggest pet peeves is when people pick and choose what they want from the Bible."
Me: "In what way? You mean historical anecdotes, like 'did God really rain fire and brimstone upon Sodom and Gommorah?', or moral teachings, like 'you should stone your kids if they speak back to you'. Or both?"
Her: "Anything. Everything."
Me: "So you agree that an unmarried woman who is raped should marry her rapist, as long as the rapist pays her father fifty shekels?"
Her: "Uh..."
Me: "How about you and I take a trip to Utah and take the sword to everyone living in Salt Lake City because they're all heathen Mormons?"
Her: <_<
Me: "Megan."
Her: "Yeah?"
Me: "Do you sacrifice two doves at your father's church every month you have your period?"
Her: "...no. I don't do that."
Me: "So why don't you do that? The Bible says that you should, and the Bible is God's word. I thought you were supposed to do what God told you to."
Her: (much thinking for a good few minutes before she says something along the lines of "Social values naturally change over time", which is officially the lamest response ever)
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Um...isn't the Reformed Calvinist position that the laws that Christians should follow were set by Paul, these laws only applying to ethnic Jews before Christ?
Rikushix:
--- Quote from: Near Lurker on 24 Oct 2009, 15:02 ---
--- Quote from: Rikushix on 24 Oct 2009, 13:12 ---So obviously, being a Reformed Calvinist, they aren't puritan in terms of customs, but as far as religious beliefs go, they believe EVERYTHING in the Bible. One day we were talking about religion (cordially), and this is the conversation we had:
Her: "One of my biggest pet peeves is when people pick and choose what they want from the Bible."
Me: "In what way? You mean historical anecdotes, like 'did God really rain fire and brimstone upon Sodom and Gommorah?', or moral teachings, like 'you should stone your kids if they speak back to you'. Or both?"
Her: "Anything. Everything."
Me: "So you agree that an unmarried woman who is raped should marry her rapist, as long as the rapist pays her father fifty shekels?"
Her: "Uh..."
Me: "How about you and I take a trip to Utah and take the sword to everyone living in Salt Lake City because they're all heathen Mormons?"
Her: <_<
Me: "Megan."
Her: "Yeah?"
Me: "Do you sacrifice two doves at your father's church every month you have your period?"
Her: "...no. I don't do that."
Me: "So why don't you do that? The Bible says that you should, and the Bible is God's word. I thought you were supposed to do what God told you to."
Her: (much thinking for a good few minutes before she says something along the lines of "Social values naturally change over time", which is officially the lamest response ever)
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Um...isn't the Reformed Calvinist position that the laws that Christians should follow were set by Paul, these laws only applying to ethnic Jews before Christ?
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Maybe. I don't know. All I knew was that her family was explicitly Reformed Calvinist and she believed, as an ordained minister's daughter, the Bible should be followed in its entirety.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Calvinism
LTK:
People. Please. The discuss thread is what religious debate is for. Whether or not Maurice is going to barf on anyone this time is what belongs in WCT.
I wonder how the couple will react to Faye's inevitable sass-raffs?
Martinab:
Skipping the gay marriage discussion...
I love the timing in http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1519 , and the analogous facial expressions of Marten and dad. Also love 3 jokes in 1 comic :-D
Also find it very interesting how Dora ran back to her black and short hair as soon as she was required to appear somewhere looking nice. I think it says so much about her personality and self confidence issues in a very subtle way.
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