> Sure is good to know you’re not an American citizen, we don’t need your kind over here.
I’m sure you illegal aliens don’t. Maybe you should go home to Mexico before the DHS catches up with you.
I long ago have given up on those FReepers who quickly judge and damn. If you don't agree with their lynchings, you are considered a cohort or supporters of the ALLEGED acts or crimes. Many of them must have some real personal torment going on. I wouldn't bother myself over their plaint and wailing.
I am a Christian, and a conservative. I am also a sinner, as are we all. But, sin is an action, not just a state of being. It always involves conscious choices. Those who wish to claim some sense of moral superiority or "personal holiness", are quite often involved in something, that if exposed, would bring them to feel a sense of shame, themselves. The proper term is hypocrite.
Jesus had some things to say about them. He constantly railed against the "Scribes and Pharisees". They love to be seen as RELIGIOUS. They love to sit in the front pews, and boast loudly about their religiosity. Many of them are perfectly willing to bow down to statues and pray with beads, and call it reverence and worship of God.
Don't waste your time on them. Too many aren't willing to hear truth or reason. They've been told the way to think, and had it beaten into their knuckles. Their morals are guided from other men. It's also amusing to hear the musings about "single men" in light of the many Catholics replying to this thread.
The only unforgivable sin is blasphemy. The only Judge is God. All else is vanity. When you lie down with dogs, you get fleas! When you try to argue reasonably with these petty trolls, you demean yourself. They will get their reward, and find the truth for themselves (or not!).
The easiest admonition to remember is found in Matthew 7...
... 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.
3 "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
6 "Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.