Comments on: The Certainty of God’s Truth http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/04/27/the-certainty-of-gods-truth/ But by the grace of God, I am what I am. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:01:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Maureen http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/04/27/the-certainty-of-gods-truth/#comment-1595 Maureen Thu, 03 May 2007 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/04/27/the-certainty-of-gods-truth/#comment-1595 Thanks for the link, Amanda. I enjoyed Blake's article. Interestingly, NOW opposes legislation on fetal homicide because it fears that will lead to abortion restrictions. Hopefully, it will. As a society, we have come so far (though not far enough) in establishing rights for women and children, but then we determine that children in the womb are simply chattel. If you give it a name, paint the nursery, and state your intentions to have the child, it's a "baby". Two days later you could abort it as reproductive system offal. It really should not be a religious issue, and there are atheists and agnostics who are pro-life, but if it takes religious folk to keep the issue visible and not let it fade away, then so be it. Thanks for the link, Amanda. I enjoyed Blake’s article. Interestingly, NOW opposes legislation on fetal homicide because it fears that will lead to abortion restrictions. Hopefully, it will. As a society, we have come so far (though not far enough) in establishing rights for women and children, but then we determine that children in the womb are simply chattel. If you give it a name, paint the nursery, and state your intentions to have the child, it’s a “baby”. Two days later you could abort it as reproductive system offal. It really should not be a religious issue, and there are atheists and agnostics who are pro-life, but if it takes religious folk to keep the issue visible and not let it fade away, then so be it.

]]> By: Maureen http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/04/27/the-certainty-of-gods-truth/#comment-1594 Maureen Thu, 03 May 2007 01:20:10 +0000 http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/04/27/the-certainty-of-gods-truth/#comment-1594 <i>John 8:(10)When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? (11)She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.</i> Even if you truly believed that Jesus healed the male lover of the centurion (and that is quite a leap itself; why could the centurion simply not have a trusted servant who had been with him for years?), you can hardly make the longer leap by saying that Jesus "affirmed" a gay couple, any more than he let the adulterous woman go on her way without reminding her to sin no more. John 8:(10)When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? (11)She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

Even if you truly believed that Jesus healed the male lover of the centurion (and that is quite a leap itself; why could the centurion simply not have a trusted servant who had been with him for years?), you can hardly make the longer leap by saying that Jesus “affirmed” a gay couple, any more than he let the adulterous woman go on her way without reminding her to sin no more.

]]> By: Lifewish http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/04/27/the-certainty-of-gods-truth/#comment-1585 Lifewish Tue, 01 May 2007 19:23:49 +0000 http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/04/27/the-certainty-of-gods-truth/#comment-1585 Ah, the cry of the cult leader: Isn't life easier if you just accept my morality? When <i>any</i> morality is held up as the unquestionable ideal, these problems vanish. All this proves is that enough dubious assumptions and circular logic can make anything seem reasonable. I'm sorry to be abrupt, but I don't have a lot of respect for the "God said it, I believe it, that settles it" school of thought. Ah, the cry of the cult leader: Isn’t life easier if you just accept my morality?

When any morality is held up as the unquestionable ideal, these problems vanish. All this proves is that enough dubious assumptions and circular logic can make anything seem reasonable.

I’m sorry to be abrupt, but I don’t have a lot of respect for the “God said it, I believe it, that settles it” school of thought.

]]> By: Amanda http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/04/27/the-certainty-of-gods-truth/#comment-1572 Amanda Sat, 28 Apr 2007 13:53:21 +0000 http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/04/27/the-certainty-of-gods-truth/#comment-1572 I'm sorry, musicguy, but I just can't agree with that article. The Bible's pretty clear on homosexuality, and that doesn't jive with this particular interpretation. I’m sorry, musicguy, but I just can’t agree with that article. The Bible’s pretty clear on homosexuality, and that doesn’t jive with this particular interpretation.

]]> By: Musicguy http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/04/27/the-certainty-of-gods-truth/#comment-1566 Musicguy Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:15:06 +0000 http://www.mandikaye.com/2007/04/27/the-certainty-of-gods-truth/#comment-1566 Thanks to bad translations and a host of other issues, we're not positive exactly what "god's word" was in the first place. Check out this site: http://www.wouldjesusdiscriminate.com/biblical_evidence/gay_couple.html Thanks to bad translations and a host of other issues, we’re not positive exactly what “god’s word” was in the first place. Check out this site:

http://www.wouldjesusdiscriminate.com/biblical_evidence/gay_couple.html

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