Posted on 04/14/2015 3:49:30 PM PDT by fwdude
/johnny
it is a good read - I still don’t think a wedding cake is a hill to die on - but I respect the faith of those who think it is - and I think they should have that right.
Indeed.
Government should stop people from breaking into your house, stealing your property, assaulting you, or disturbing your peace. That’s it.
I take it further, when the laws of the tyrant go against the Laws of God, the tyrant must be opposed. Be prepared to pay the price, re: Bonheoffer.
Then you don't understand the fundamental, underlying issue here.
Here is the whole concept: “1 Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you”
So if I judge homosexuality wrong, no problem to be judged as I judged them.
In th Bible, the word “judge” means determining a punishment. This is evident to those familiar with the Bible, so it would be natural that the precise definition of this word escapes non-believers. So, as Christians, we do not punish non-believers for their actions, that is God’s job. However, we are called to warn our bothers and sisters.
I've never understand that. We all get judged anyway.
Jesus thought so highly of judging that He was adamant about it being done correctly.
Certainly, we are to obey "authorities", but those authorities must be obeying God.
They are "higher authorities". God is the Highest Authority.
"But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever." - 1 Timothy 5:8
We are to provide for our families, but not protect them from violent attack from "authorities"? Nonsense. Scripture never says, "Allow your wife to be beaten and raped."
"Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men." - Acts 5:29
God is sovereign. Case closed.
I like to ask the liberals that I talk to if they know the difference between being judgmental and using your judgment. When they say that they do, I tell them that I think they are lying to me, and that I don’t think they do know the difference. Telling a cigarette smoker that they are doing something bad is using your judgment. Telling them they are bad people is being judgmental. Then I move the discussion to anal sex. Then they quickly try to move the discussion to something else. That’s when the amusing part begins.
Why didn’t liberals just obey the law when sodomy was illegal?
Why didn’t liberals. like Obama’s pal Bill Ayers, just obey the law against making bombs and blowing up people and buildings?
Should liberals have just obeyed the law when “separate but equal” was the law?
Highways, streets, street lights, water systems, sewage systems?
I’m reminded of a scene from C. S. Lewis’ “The Last Battle,” in which Shift the Ape explains to the poor creatures of Narnia why they’re being shipped off to the Calormene salt mines.
“You think freedom means doing what you like,” says Shift. “Well, you’re wrong. That isn’t true freedom. True freedom means doing what I tell you.
Surrender this hill andbthey are only emboldened.
There has to be a line in the sand.
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