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...why not pass the more prominent marriage restrictions in The Bible? We can pass amendments that prohibit interfaith marriage (2 Cor 6:14), inter-racial marriage (Deut 7:3-4), and require a prenuptial virginity test for women (Lev 21:14). Also, since “sanctity” of marriage is what we are truly concerned about, perhaps we can do away with those Las Vegas drive-thru weddings performed by Elvis (not very sanctimonious) or even weddings done by other faith traditions that don't pass muster with American Evangelicals. We can end the “eternal” marriages of Mormons or the prearranged unions of Hindus. Why not impose our religion wholesale? Once upon a time, we Evangelicals were consistent in our opposition to imposition. C.S. Lewis wrote in Mere Christianity, “I should like to distinguish two things which are very often confused. The Christian conception of marriage is one: the other is the quite different question, how far Christians if they are voters or members of government ought to try to force their views of marriage on the rest of the community through laws. My own view is that the Churches should frankly recognize that the majority of people are not Christian and, therefore, cannot be expected to live Christian lives.” Perhaps we should reflect on how far we have drifted away from this once calm and popular evangelical opinion. Finally, as a person who sees The Bible as God's infallible, inspired word, and Jesus Christ as the incarnate and enigmatic Son of God, I cannot abide any effort to dismiss, devalue, or defeat the weak, lonely, and overlooked. Homosexual men and women may find honor in Hollywood and New York, but in the rest of the country they are social lepers--abused, unloved, and often targets of bigotry and unprovoked hatred. A Christian needn't endorse a person's lifestyle to feel sorrow for their plight, nor do they honor God by wielding the sword of the State in the name of Jesus. Interestingly enough Jesus once rejected partnership with the government. The gospels say that when Satan encouraged Christ to institute His Kingdom through a theocracy, He dismissed the scam as heresy. Instead, Jesus left the mountain and took His good news to the lowly people oppressed by an empire, warmly announcing that “The Kingdom of Heaven is near”. Today I wonder exactly what sort of kingdom we think Heaven is. Is it a place where the disenfranchised and the downtrodden are made illegitimate in their own homes, treated unequally in the name of a loving God? Or is it a place where regardless of our fancies we embrace one another as children of the Almighty, slaves freed by sacrifice, carriers of the imago Dei? Those who have ears to hear, let them hear. 基督教保守派撐同性婚姻的理由! |
自由派根本不相信神,不相信聖經,反對聖經巳經到了盲目的地步。
MSM對個人、對社會的傷害,從科學研究巳經可以客觀地看到, 對於不相信神,不相信聖經的自由派,聖經怎樣說有什麼關係呢? 仇視聖經就能令同性戀者的壽命得以延長嗎? 為了同性戀者的好處,為什麼不多花時間在科學研究、literature research, etc呢? |
這篇文章是由一位褔音派牧師所寫,解釋為何基督教有保守派因為信《聖經》及信耶穌,所以支持同性婚姻。
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你為什麼選擇相信這一位 褔音派牧師而不是另一位褔音派牧師呢?
背後原因不是和你選擇性相信聖經一樣嗎? 真的是這一位牧師較可信嗎? 你其實只是相信自己。 |
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這篇文章顯示保守派/褔音派內部存在支持同性戀者/同性婚姻的聲音。而且,支持的理由正是因為相信《聖經》是神默示的話語、相信耶穌基督是神道成肉身的兒子,所以效法基督,不去否定或貶低軟弱、孤獨者。
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