That's okay. No problem.

My point is that if one believes in God, they know that God doesn't make mistakes.

Indirect and direct objects? what is that? Forgive me I don't have kids so I am clueless.

English class.

Direct object - Names the receiver of the action of the verb.

Indirect object - Tells to whom or what or for whom or what an action is done.

If I wanted to take the conflicts with me, I might as well stay here.. grin!

Oh for pete sakes, didn't even relate that to english class. lmao

ditto !!... ...my style of debate is civil...I think...lol

I try civil first!

Thank-you for the lesson. While you were using your search engine did you happen to search for any cases regarding marriarge discrimination that have been submitted for Supreme Court Review? OR how about ANY case submitted in which Homosexuals are claiming discrimination of the law?

They are more difficult to find, but they are there and there has been refusal to call them up.

Also, this is not 'just any old case'. It is a case specifically appealing to constitutional law and while it is neglected millions are being discrimated against.

By the way, have you wondered what cases the Supreme court has decided to hear, INSTEAD?

How about the 20 year old Exxon Valdez incident in Alaska - not the major battle, but the disagreement on punitive damages.

I'm sure after 20 years this had greater ranking than determining the constitutionality of a case in which millions continue to be discriminated against because Federal law 'allows' it.

Of the 8 or so cases per year the SC reviews, how many do REALLY think are more important. How would you know, unless you knew the cases they CHOSE to review AND over which cases they took precident?

Leaning new things is great and I commend you; but what good is the knowledge if you don't use it to complete the research?

Stay the course and compare what you have learned with reality.

If it was up to me...I'd tell jokes all day long...lol...

Dang I could have used that line. Love it!!

Well let's see this topic has what? 590 posts, we could have used a few more jokes. Clean ones of course. Where the h$ll were ya?

Live and let live.....it is nobody's job to judge!! If god doesn't like it then he can deal with it on judgement day! We as the "people" are not called upon to pass judgement for him! We all have a right to love whatever that may mean to us! JMO

On face value that seems to be a nice idea, but it still assumes that God will jude us as the evil that other assume us to be according to the bible, so why worry about juding those immoral people. So in a sense it's still insulting, but I guess you can't win either way.

'We all have a right to love whatever that may mean to us!'

I like that part, I'll just keep that part..

I'm embarrassed to say I did very well in English class 30 or so years ago. You wouldn't know it now.. Cracking up...

I did very well too. But..I still had to look it up.

At my age I am lucky to remember that I did well at one time.. grin.

Night Winx !!

Night.

I say ban marriage all together, its nothing more than a financial institution anyway!!



Let freedom ring and let LOVE RULE!!

No cival right of a minority should be subject to a vote to the majority!!

What does God hate? Does God grant YOU the power to exercise the right of judgment over those whom you ‘believe’ are not following the rules as YOU have decided to understand them?

What punishment would YOU as judge bestow on any who have sinned? On what basis would you determine the extent and magnitude of punishment for those who commit a particular sin?




Those who attack are providing a reciprocal behavior. You have judged so they are returning the favor.



How can you be sure that God is on YOUR SIDE? What sins have you committed and what punishment have you had to bear for those sins?

I expect the answer to be something in connection with the sacrifice of Jesus. All you need do is repent and in Jesus name and sin dissolves. Your punishment is excused.

Yet, you feel it necessary to inflict punishment, in God’s place, on those you THINK have sinned. How often can you repent of the same sin (like judging others) before it is a “cry of wolf” to God’s ears?




Now then, let’s consider the hermaphrodite. A child that is ‘judged’ to be – in error. Does God create errors? People must think so, because for many years people have had these children surgically altered – and who were they to determine what God had made should be corrected? And of those children who suffered the surgeon’s scalpel, those who redesigned to be one or the other sex – and then grew up to declare the error. The child who grew up as Andy likes guys, is he sinning? How do you know? What if he really was a he – a homosexual he? What if he wasn’t ? How do YOU know?



The concept is not difficult to comprehend, what is difficult to comprehend is that some would judge the sin of others and ignore their own. What is difficult to comprehend is that the nature of sin cannot even be agreed upon by a group of people who claim to know what sin is. What is difficult to understand is how any human can look at the suffering of some and cry as they turn away to pray and upon looking up ADD to the suffering of others by their own will and then claim their actions to be justified.



Almost made sense for moment and then:



God says a lot of things are sin – but you seem to hold homosexuality above many other sins – why?

Has it ever occurred to you that by denying homosexuals the same exact treatment and benefit from all the laws of this land, that you may be held responsible to God later?

Consider this: By actively participating, even if only vocally, in the denying full equality to any person, you are denying them the opportunity to follow a path that might bring that person TO GOD? On the day you meet your God how surprised might you be to discover that your words, your actions, your vote against equality effectively stopped a person from the path that would save that person. Just how lenient do you think God will be on you? How lenient in comparison to the person whom YOU condemned, the sinner?

Your beliefs and your actions are in dissonance, they do not agree – yet another reason those who claim Christianity as their shield are so often ‘attacked’.