JimBowie1958
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Again/still/some more? Everybody on this board is quite aware of how both sides feel.
I see a difference between how Jughead feels and responds. You can honestly say you don't?
No. It doesn't matter why you keep your children from those icky gays...it's still bigotry. Hiding behind religion doesn't make it less so.
Okay. Well, I can't agree. I do believe there are shades of gray. I see lots of people using the Bible as an excuse, and a club.
I do not see him as one of them.
It's an interesting subject though, I feel. Do you believe it is impossible for a person of faith to just believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God without bigotry and negativity coloring their perceptions?
My dearly beloved sister once asked me if I thought she was going to hell because she's a lesbian. I said "No. I think you're going to hell because you've turned your back on God."
I no longer believe that. I reject the God of hate and rage. And I believe my God made gays, just as sure as he made me left-handed for no reason whatsoever.
I don't believe there is anywhere in the Bible that allows us to hate, judge, mock, shame or belittle our fellow man.
Your attitude, though I disagree, is within the bounds of rational discussion and tolerance.
Seawitch is a fascist who uses her ideology to divide the world into two camps; one she supports and the other she hates and wants destroyed. It is a shame that such fascists as her are pushing our society toward a dreadful and violent dichotomy.