J Bryson
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It becomes their business the moment you want to deny them some of their basic citizen rights.
Or, for that matter, once you hold them up to scrutiny by posting them on a discussion thread in a public online forum.
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It becomes their business the moment you want to deny them some of their basic citizen rights.
Because you live in a society ( are group of people, families) you are bound by will of the majority, by their definitions, when something is defined by the majority that is what it is, in countries like our where government rule by the will of the majority, they seek to know what that will is through referendums, Christian express their points of view and if they are the majority, that the way thing are, if the will of the majority is that marriage is between a man and a woman that is what it is.
Nope. It doesn't matter if 90% of Americans want to kill me; the Constitution protects them from doing it. Good system, IMO.
Well, regardless, it's a good thing that 90% of Americans don't want to kill you. I doubt if .009 want to kill you. Or me either, for that matter.
Yep, in spite of our flaws, we have a pretty good system of government here.
The Catholic Church is the last bastion of sound doctrine ...
In regards to what?
Well, regardless, it's a good thing that 90% of Americans don't want to kill you. I doubt if .009 want to kill you. Or me either, for that matter.
Yep, in spite of our flaws, we have a pretty good system of government here.
I understand all of the above to be very "pro-family".
I'd bet dollars to donuts that when push comes to shove, the majority of people in Australia or US would say that the Catholic Church does not follow the teachings of God. Some of them because they're non-Christian theists, some because they're Protestants. If the majority opinion is all that matters, what should we do with that little detail?
emiliano, I realize that you're responding to about ten people at once whenever you click this thread, but I'm curious about your reaction to my statement that Jesus himself did not follow Levitical law, and did not require his followers to do so, either.
That's not the society I live in. What your describing is a simple Democracy and the United States is a Representative Republic. The two are very different things.
Athenian democracy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Representative democracy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thankfully we don't have to bow down to the will of the majority.
In regards to what?
Interesting how so many people will jump up and down, hoot and holler, scream bloody murder, petition the government to enact laws, to protect the "sanctity" of marriage from same sex couples, but say hardly a word one about protecting the "sanctity" of marriage from divorce....The RCC is one of the faithful Churches that stay strong in defense of the sanctity of marriage and life.
I went back to your question and will try to respond it I am encouraged by the fact that you get the holy trinity Ill direct you to the scriptures that answers it and let you to work it out.
Originally Posted by Leviticus
'3 For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation. You shall not do any work; it is a sabbath to the LORD in all your dwellings.
And what was the punishment for such a thing?
Lev 23:30
And any person who does any work on that same day, that person I will destroy from among his people.
This is excommunication, right?
To whom is this commandment given?
Lev 23:31
You shall do no manner of work; [it shall be] a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
To the Hebrew that Moses brought out of Egypt, right?
What was to be done and for how long?
Lev 23:32
It [shall be] to you a sabbath of [solemn] rest, and you shall afflict your souls; on the ninth [day] of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall celebrate your sabbath."
Now I direct you to what Jesus and the new covenant is:
Mar 2:27
And He said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.
Mat 12:8
For the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath."
We Christians are under a new covenant a covenant of Grace (unmerited favor)
Mat 26:28
For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
I appreciate that you realize that I have to select the post that I respond to and hope that this one answers your question.