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To: Diddle E. Squat

Jesus told the prostitute to go and sin no more. Mary Cheney is going to be raising a child in a sinful relationship.


43 posted on 12/16/2006 12:11:41 PM PST by Rb ver. 2.0
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To: Rb ver. 2.0
Jesus told the prostitute to go and sin no more. Mary Cheney is going to be raising a child in a sinful relationship.

And President Bush has publicly said that the best family structure is a mother and a father. Nothing has changed, but like Jesus, he still treats each person with dignity and tries to make the best of an imperfect situation. Bringing up the Mary Cheney issue is EXACTLY like when the Pharasees brought the adulterous woman before Jesus, trying to make political hay.

Are you aware of how many truly bible-based evangelical Christian churches have programs to work with single mothers? They don't change their belief and message that following a biblical lifestyle is always the best way to go, but they also are working to make the best of imperfect situations. They don't shout down and humiliate these pregnant girls and moms, instead they aid them and show Christ through how they treat them. Ministers, ministries, and missionaries all evangelize by working WITH sinners, not pounding them down in some sinner caste system. That doesn't mean rolling over and endorsing gay marriage or cohabitation or drug use or any other sin. But Jesus dined with the tax collector, worked with the unclean, and ministered to the lost. Kindness is an attitude, not a policy endorsement.

56 posted on 12/16/2006 12:23:18 PM PST by Diddle E. Squat (An easy 10-team playoff based on the BCS bowls can be implemented by next year. See my homepage.)
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Mary Cheney is going to be raising a child in a sinful relationship.

We are all sinners. I would hope that people can begin to leave the condemnation of others to God - and be about the business of loving God with all their heart. Have you ever thought about what that might be like - to love God with all your heart? The sheer joy and incredible wonder of loving God and appreciating God - not even leaving room for thoughts of condemnation and attack?

131 posted on 12/16/2006 2:22:28 PM PST by Sunsong
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