.......on what do Americans base their moral decisions?
Posted on 08/12/2005 12:36:50 PM PDT by claudiustg
And on the homosexuality issue, at least one church is calling the ball on the underlying issue of Scriptural interpretation. Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson, leader of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, called for a global, ecumenical council on the Christian interpretation of Scripture. In his report Aug. 9 at the 2005 Churchwide Assembly of the ELCA Hanson called for the Pope, the Ecumenical Patriarch in Istanbul, and the Anglican and Lutheran Communions to come together to address a church identity crisis due to the dominance of a "fundamentalist-millenialist-apocalypticist reading of Scripture."
Blaming one interpretation or another for the Church identity crisis may not be the point, however. Most Americans have no interpretation of Scripture impacting their lives at all. The latest Barna survey of 1,002 adults nationwide indicates that only 5 percent of Americans claim a biblical worldview. In spite of the fact that most Americans consider themselves to be Christian, very few adults base their moral decisions on the Bible, and surprisingly few believe that absolute moral truth exists.
So if not the Bible, on what do Americans base their moral decisions? According to the study, some 54 percent said they use specific principles or standards they believe in. Another group (24 percent) simply does what feels right or comfortable. The rest are conflict avoiders and base their decisions on pleasing people or on whatever choice will create the best outcome.
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But preceeding that is the command to love God with all our heart, mind, and strength. And in order to do that, one must keep His commands and precepts. Loving your gay neighbor, as a Christian, should propell you to dissuade him from his rampant, unrepentant sin of sexual immorality (which is covetous, lust, and idolatrous).
Liberals who tell the sodomites that what they're doing is a-ok are actually doing more harm than good, by further enabling it's destructive behavior.
Who does more damage to the unrepentant queer? Those who tell him that Jesus can take away his sins and cleanse him from all unrighteousness? Or the enabling Liberal who not only enables the bahavior, but tells him that he was born that way and can never change?
Man + Woman = Family. God's plan. He created it and called it "good". Jesus reiterated this in Matthew. You cannot add, take away, or attempt to make it better.
Anyone hear a zot?
I didn't even smell the ozone.
I agree - with Vabiana's posts all missing it's not nearly as entertaining.
Any way to restore them but not allow Vabiana to post?
.......on what do Americans base their moral decisions?
Of course there is. The question is, is anyone with the power willing to do so?
I didn't smell the ozone, either. I'm bummed.
They LOVE death, they dress up death into flowery civil rights language.
Where it crossed the line was probably when it accused people on this site of teaching that hatred it OK. The first post was obvious enough that we had a liberal troll on our hands, but it just kept going downhill from there.
I commend all you Freepers who tried to explain the Word to Vabiana - wonderful stuff.
Genesis 9:20-27 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness. And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
I certainly hope it takes more than that to get the zot.
As long as the discourse was civil, I see no reason to cut it off. (That is, unless we think we're incapable of debating our way out of a paper bag... ;)
It usually does, but when a newbie is involved the mods probably just don't want to mess around.
As long as the discourse was civil, I see no reason to cut it off.
I agree, but it is not like we haven't been down that road 100 times. The mods just sped up the inevitable. Besides the only interesting thing I found with a google search on that name were porn sites.
Yes indeed. Good one.
Too bad I am just reading this and missed all the posts from Vibania. But sad days we are living in. 5% Biblical World view....that explains what is wrong with our morals as a nation. There IS absolute truth in Scripture, but we are missing it.
Wow there are about 7 comments removed by the time I got to your post to me.
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