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To: Springfield Reformer
Thank you for your thoughtful post. You have obviously given serious thought to this and, if your explanation works for you, I respect that.

My concept of God is not concrete or Christian in content or belief as yours is. Joseph Campbell said something to the effect that the term God is a metaphor for all of the things that we do not understand and cannot explain. That would be closer to my sense of God. However, enough of that as we could argue till the cows come home and neither of us will be moved by the other's argument.

As to why one feels squeamish seeing two individuals of the same sex kissing, I personally seriously question your assertion that it is due to conscience (although, I do have one and I know you do as well). For example I can think of many instances wherein a person might feel squeamish, but it is not related to conscience but rather to custom. As an example, when I see someone eating fried snake skin, drinking snake blood or eating the fertilized duck embryo that my Filipino in-laws eat, I feel very squeamish because it is way outside the range of the foods that I have been accustomed to. I might also feel squeamish if I saw a grotesquely unattractive heterosexual couple kissing. Additionally, many people at one time had strong reactions to two people of different races marrying whereas now it is quite accepted, etc..

In short, you and I are never going to agree but I thank you for sharing your thoughts.

177 posted on 07/29/2012 5:53:48 PM PDT by cerberus
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To: cerberus
My concept of God is not concrete or Christian in content or belief as yours is.

It's been reported that a certain man; oh, about 2k years ago; said that HE was the only way to GOD (the Father I think he called GOD).

What do you think of that claim?


John 14:6

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.

178 posted on 07/29/2012 8:05:04 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
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