Lucy, so sometimes homosexuality is right and sometimes it is wrong? Isn't saying that it is always right a blanket statement? I didn't say that I hated homosexuals or that I would treat them with hatred because of their lifestyle, but I think it is wrong. You probably have lifestyle choices that you disagree with - people smoking, taking drugs, etc. That doesn't mean that you would treat an addict disrespectfully, at least I am assuming that you wouldn't. We are told to love the sinner, but hate the sin. This is the same as when you tell your children "I love you, but I don't like the way you are behaving right now." I do not advocate hatred, but I also cannot advocate immorality. If that makes me intolerant, so be it. What is right is not always popular, and what is popular is not always right.
What I dislike is that anyone who says something is wrong is labeled as intolerant. Are we supposed to allow anyone and everyone to do whatever they want as long as it "feels good" or "makes them happy?" Are there no moral standards anymore? No definite right and wrong? I am a Christian. I think homosexuality (and a whole lot of other things) is wrong. Period. Does that make me moral or intolerant? When people cry intolerance, it is usually because they don't want to made to feel guilty about doing something that deep down they know is wrong.
Old North Church Blames America
Lucy, so sometimes homosexuality is right and sometimes it is wrong? Isn't saying that it is always right a blanket statement? I didn't say that I hated homosexuals or that I would treat them with hatred because of their lifestyle, but I think it is wrong. You probably have lifestyle choices that you disagree with - people smoking, taking drugs, etc. That doesn't mean that you would treat an addict disrespectfully, at least I am assuming that you wouldn't. We are told to love the sinner, but hate the sin. This is the same as when you tell your children "I love you, but I don't like the way you are behaving right now." I do not advocate hatred, but I also cannot advocate immorality. If that makes me intolerant, so be it. What is right is not always popular, and what is popular is not always right.
June 12, 2008 at 2:58 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Old North Church Blames America
What I dislike is that anyone who says something is wrong is labeled as intolerant. Are we supposed to allow anyone and everyone to do whatever they want as long as it "feels good" or "makes them happy?" Are there no moral standards anymore? No definite right and wrong? I am a Christian. I think homosexuality (and a whole lot of other things) is wrong. Period. Does that make me moral or intolerant? When people cry intolerance, it is usually because they don't want to made to feel guilty about doing something that deep down they know is wrong.
June 12, 2008 at 7:55 a.m. permalink suggest removal