Posted on 07/30/2002 9:09:34 AM PDT by Stand Watch Listen
I know what you're talking about. But, you talk about the government as though it is some alien entity which rules from afar. Did the government just spring up out of nowhere and begin dictating terms and conditions on your life? Or is it comprised of your neighbors?
It is a crying shame I actually had to spell it out. I assumed you were smart enough to figure it out on your own. I know better now.
You stated that you have to get the permission of the state (government) to marry. What is the state (government) but just other people ruling your life (ie. your neighbors telling you how to live)? Should you also need the permission of the state (government) to procreate?
Really? Then why were you feigning stupidity?
And sorry, I do not waste my time trying to answer rhetorical questions.
The law is the law. As I said before to another, if you do not like it, then you should try to get the laws changed, or just shut up.
Suppose somebody doesn't believe in God or the Scriptures. Or, suppose they believe in a different god or different religious doctrine. Then what? How would you define the limitations of human interaction? How would you form a government with somebody who holds completely different religious beliefs than you do and still live in a free society?
Ah, but you seem to have plenty of time to make rhetorical statements like this:
The law is the law.
If that isn't rhetorical, I don't know what is.
As I said before to another, if you do not like it, then you should try to get the laws changed, or just shut up.
First you said, "We do NOT have a "right" to get married..."
Then you said, "We can get permission by the state, but that is within guidelines set by the state."
Why must consenting adults need the permission of their neighbors to marry? Is is not a private matter between the two consenting adults? Or, is it necessary for the whole society to weigh in on the decision?
If you did not mean to say that people don't have the right to marry, and that they must in fact seek sanction by the state to do so, then be a man and admit you were in error.
You have the mind, heart, and soul, of a slave.
People who don't believe in God or the Bible are free to live how they wish. America protects them now and will always protect them. But they are not free to damage insitutions and force the rest of us to recognize, accept, and live by their behavior. This is what the homosexual lobby seeks to do.
The Bible's authenticity can be trusted completely. A culture cannot long survive if it attempts to reconcile two irreconciliable moral viewpoints.
What is a right?
I was going to say he has the neural sac, slime glands, and rubbery tan skin of a hagfish--but that's only a rumor. ;-)
No kidding. I cannot tell you how many people actually believe morality is defined by individual choice. How many nations held that philosophy? How many of them still exist? Pompeii and the Holy Roman Empire immediately come to mind.....
Now into ze oven viz you.
Argumentum ad Hominem isn't an argument. But, it's a pretty good indication that you've lost one.
Is it probable that you're an idiot?
And if somebody chooses not to believe that they are true how do you intend to convince them otherwise? With force?
I am sorry if that sounds harsh. I don't make up the rules.
Sounds to me like you just did.
People who don't believe in God or the Bible are free to live how they wish. America protects them now and will always protect them. But they are not free to damage insitutions and force the rest of us to recognize, accept, and live by their behavior. This is what the homosexual lobby seeks to do.
You mean the homosexual lobby wants to use the force of government to advance their ideas? Does not the religious lobby seek to do the same thing? I mean, they want prayer and Bible-study clubs in government school, they want to hang the 10 Commandments on the walls of government buildings, and they want the taxpayers to pay for it all. Is this not also wrong? Or, is it only wrong when some group you oppose wants to do it? Suppose somebody wanted to hang the Protocols of Alpha Centari on the walls next to the 10 Commandments. Would that be ok with you?
The Bible's authenticity can be trusted completely.
Some believe the authenticity of other religious documents as well. But, I'm afraid that claiming something to be true does not magically make it so.
A culture cannot long survive if it attempts to reconcile two irreconciliable moral viewpoints.
Especially if acts of evil are acted out under the guise of virtue.
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