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Comment on Lord it over by Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:53:36 +0000

Well….who creates the more weighty rules!

Comment on In the event of a sudden decrease in cabin pressure… by Kathy

Kathy — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:46:38 +0000

The Christian will certainly find your point to be true. Actually, I think a common misconception of Christianity is that it’s centered around service, when at its core is the individual relationship between God and man. So in this case “helping yourself” becomes “getting help for yourself,” which, as you’re saying and I agree, becomes the starting point for helping others.

Comment on In the event of a sudden decrease in cabin pressure… by Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:24:22 +0000

Hmm, I agree. If I haven’t learned the lesson myself, I cannot effectively teach others without looking like a hypocrite. But I would take what you say one step further. You wrote, “Indeed, treating others as we would treat ourselves is the Golden Rule, but we can also infer that we’re only capable of helping others insofar as we are able to help ourselves.” Yet we cannot help ourselves – we can’t be our own salvation. So the first step is to admit we cannot do it, and our outside help – the Lord – comes to our rescue. Only then, through dependence on Him and out of an overflow of His assistance, are we able to help others. Thoughts?

Comment on Accounting for Time by Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:48:23 +0000

Hey, Kathy, thanks – I might check out that book now!

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Comment on What is Marriage? Part 2 by Teri

Teri — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:22:41 +0000

This is a great perspective Kathy. I guess apart from God creating marriage and what it means to Him, I’m rather clueless as to why people would bother. The whole idea of a society being more stable and healthy when it’s marriages are doesn’t seem like a natural idea (in light of the fact that we are “evolving” away from this belief), in other words, something that human beings decided was a good idea all on their own. I think about how animals reproduce and there are very few life long unions in the animal world and yet “scientists” tell us we evolved from that. So why we would have chosen to institute marriage is beyond me. But when you see it from God’s perspective, ah, now it all becomes clear.

Comment on What is Marriage? Part 2 by rubyeliot

rubyeliot — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:37:12 +0000

thanks for this post. i agree. so many problems could be solved if people realized the kind of love real marriage entails, and the real purpose of marriage–which is to be the foundation of society.

sort of beautiful since it takes one of each gender working together.

Comment on What is marriage? by What is Marriage? Part 2 « Katheism

What is Marriage? Part 2 « Katheism — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:22:40 +0000

[...] marriage I’ve been giving more thoughts to what marriage is all about. (See my last post on the topic.) It has occurred to me that there is one critical issue that people fail to [...]

Comment on Is marriage a right? by Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:23:20 +0000

Daniel: Like I said, there are other factors such that you can’t make genetics the magic bullet. Upbringing affects sexuality like it affects many other parts of personal development — the effects are not always exactly the same, b/c people are different, but there are still effects.

All: BTW, I don’t intend to belittle anyone’s personal struggles. They are rough. But I want try to analyze the issues rationally. If we’re going to be making laws about things, we need to argue rationally — and yes, semantics matter.

It’s probably time for another post.

Comment on Is marriage a right? by danielmontgomery

danielmontgomery — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:22:40 +0000

My significant assumption is based on much scientific research. Studies of identical twins indicates that there is a greater incidence of homosexuality in one twin if the other is also gay, as compared to fraternal twins. Birth order may be a factor in males as it applies to hormones during pregnancy. Genetics are a factor in some. Homosexuality is observed in the animal kingdom.

Upbringing seems to have little effect. Children conform to or deviate from gender norms long before it can be said that they have “learned” it. Children raised in the same household by the same parents may be gay or straight regardless of having received the same upbringing.

But the discussion of hormones, genetics, and upbringing are besides the point. It is a complicated issue for scientists. And the issue of defining rights versus privileges can be made complicated if we choose to make this debate about semantics. But that too obfuscates a very simple ideological problem: the belief that homosexual marriage somehow causes a deterioration of all marriage, the belief that heterosexual love is superior to homosexual love, that a man and a woman are inherently better parents than two men or two women.

Ellen DeGeneres, that most wholesome of entertainers, she of “Finding Nemo” and her eponymous, family-friendly talk show, recently married her partner, actress Portia de Rossi. How does their union deteriorate marriage? How has their decision to devote their lives to each other damaged anyone else’s family? As we speak, the votes are being counted, and it appears that the people are California will pass Propositon 8 and invalidate her marriage. Similar legislation was passed last night in other states. On a day when America took a great leap forward by making a black man the next President of the United States, the electorate proved that discrimination is still alive and well in America.

Congratulations to gay marriage opponents on the great strides they have made in preserving the sanctity of marriage; may they continue to corner the market in adultery and divorce.