Getting Used To The Dark

[BHughesNC]

Originally Posted by gmc

postedby bhughesnc

Thank goodness we have progressed from the bad old days of narrow minded bigots ruling the roost. Next you will be calling for the witch-finder general.

bigot: a person obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices; especially : one who regards or treats the members of a group (as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance.

I don't consider myself a bigot or narrow minded. I am just offering an opinion. I don't hardly see anyone even Christian's persecuting anyone even witches. Jesus did not come to rule but to serve.

Bobby

[BHughesNC]

rjwould said:

Isn't that the truth..........see here

I will ask that you look here and here

Thanks
Bobby

Great analogy Bob.

I do feel the desensitizing affects of sin in general, the more I'm around it the more I'm inclined to participate, especially with the more colorful humor that goes on, its sublte enough to distract me, and before I know it I'm participating in it.

It's a good reminder to keep in the word of God and keep renewing ones mind by the Holy Spirit.

[gmc]

Originally Posted by BHughesNC

bigot: a person obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices; especially : one who regards or treats the members of a group (as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance.

I don't consider myself a bigot or narrow minded. I am just offering an opinion. I don't hardly see anyone even Christian's persecuting anyone even witches. Jesus did not come to rule but to serve.

Bobby

Maybe he did but his followers certainly feel no inhibition about using force when they can get away with it.

I should have said religious bigot.

Some people say this is the way it should be. The common idea is that people should be able to live their lives in the open without fear of condemnation. How have we come to such a place? Answer: Christians are getting used to the dark.

Why should anyone have to live in fear that their lifestyle offend the unco guid.

General Scots* - variant - pronunciation
the unco guid [ðə 'ʌŋkə gød, -gyd, -gɪd, -ged, MN. -gwid, NN. -gid]
the self-righteously moral or pious

Those that would turn off the light of tolerance should have no place in society. religious bigotry and intolerance causes more misery than just about anything else in society.

posted by bchughesnc

I don't consider myself a bigot or narrow minded. I am just offering an opinion. I don't hardly see anyone even Christian's persecuting anyone even witches. Jesus did not come to rule but to serve.

I dare say you are not and did not mean to offend. But too many religious groups whine about the decline of morals in society when all they mean is they object to people not believing as they do, and would force all to their absurd (IMO) belief system. They claim the right to criticise others and claim that their beliefs are somehow more worthy of respect and should not be challenged or questioned in any way.

[spot]

The thing is, Bobby, people can be very intense believers and yet cause immense suffering, and they can be complete non-believers and great assets to society. They can even, at a pinch, be rampantly sexual perverts or just heavily into fornication and be great assets to society. A permissive society is a healthier society than a repressive one. Societies dominated by religion are invariably repressive. Religion as a personal ethic is fine for those who need it, it just needs to be kept where it belongs.

[Pheasy]

Originally Posted by BHughesNC

rjwould said:

Isn't that the truth..........see here

I will ask that you look here and here

Thanks
Bobby

Are you saying that RJ is the devil, or one of his worshipers, because he questioned or high-lighted the possibility that Jesus may have been gay?

[Accountable]

Originally Posted by BHughesNC

[...]
The common idea is that people should be able to live their lives in the open without fear of condemnation. [...]

I agree with virtually all of your opening post, Bobby. Well done. This sentence doesn't fit well in it, though. Are you saying we, as Christians, should be publicly condemning those who live sinful lives? I see that as counterproductive. We shine our light to attract others, not necessarily to expose them -- to draw them out of the darkness, rather than catching them misbehaving in it. I'll leave condemnation up to Him, lest I condemn the wrong person.

[BHughesNC]

Originally Posted by Accountable

I agree with virtually all of your opening post, Bobby. Well done. This sentence doesn't fit well in it, though. Are you saying we, as Christians, should be publicly condemning those who live sinful lives? I see that as counterproductive. We shine our light to attract others, not necessarily to expose them -- to draw them out of the darkness, rather than catching them misbehaving in it. I'll leave condemnation up to Him, lest I condemn the wrong person.

Thanks for your illuminating input. The point I was trying to make is that some Christians are satisfied with leaving sin in the dark. If we do not expose sin as sin we can just ignore it. My feeling is that some people do not know certain behaviors are sinful because no one has exposed it as sin.

Thanks condemnation is totally the wrong word. I do believe that sin needs to be exposed as sin. I think there are Christians who burn their own personal candles dimly so as not to expose their own sin.

Thanks again for your input. I really appreciate it.

Bobby

[Richard Bell]

The common idea is that people should be able to live their lives in the open without fear of condemnation.

A/K/A Western Democracy

How have we come to such a place?

By defending it against those who would take it away from us.

No theocracy for me, thank you.

[gmc]

Originally Posted by BHughesNC

Thanks for your illuminating input. The point I was trying to make is that some Christians are satisfied with leaving sin in the dark. If we do not expose sin as sin we can just ignore it. My feeling is that some people do not know certain behaviors are sinful because no one has exposed it as sin.

Thanks condemnation is totally the wrong word. I do believe that sin needs to be exposed as sin. I think there are Christians who burn their own personal candles dimly so as not to expose their own sin.

Thanks again for your input. I really appreciate it.

Bobby

Why do so many Christians have such a prurient interest in the lifestyles of others? Only in the religious posts do you see such fascination with homosexuality and none of them are about preaching christian tolerance.

Fire and brimstone, be afraid of hell and the wrath of god. What happened to the god jesus seemed to believe in? Not scary enough or something?