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Blake
05-24-2018, 04:38 PM
"A*2000 audio clip resurfaced online*recently in which he counseled physically abused wives to “pray through” the situation, stay in abusive relationships,*“be submissive in every way” and try as hard as possible not to get divorced.**

“I had a woman who was in a church that I served and she was being subject to some abuse and I told her, I said ‘All right, I want you to do this every evening,’ ” Patterson said. ”‘Get down by your bed as you go to sleep, get down by the bed when you think he’s just about asleep, pray and ask God to intervene.’ I said, ‘Get ready because he may get a little more violent when he discovers it.’”

He has also*joked*in the past about how everyone should “own at least one” woman and has spoken inappropriately about the body of a*16-year-old*girl, defending the comments by claiming it’s what the Bible says.

And he reportedly encouraged a woman who had been sexually assaulted not to go to the police and instead told her to forgive the assailant, the woman*told The Washington Post.*

Although some Southern Baptists have urged Patterson to resign, others have defended him.*A petition defending him, which*garnered almost 600 signatures, referred to the resurfacing of Patterson’s past comments as “malicious attacks” and “wrong.”......

https://www.yahoo.com/news/southern-baptist-leader-said-abused-120011599.html

Spurtacular
05-24-2018, 04:43 PM
The baptists aren't why you got cucked.

benefactor
05-24-2018, 04:44 PM
lol religion

Blake
05-24-2018, 04:44 PM
Of course there's a petition defending him. What he said was biblical.

Blake
05-24-2018, 04:44 PM
The baptists aren't why you got cucked.

So obsessed

Spurtacular
05-24-2018, 05:22 PM
So obsessed

Not at all. I just know how your cuck brain works. Your "wife" was Christian, so you think that's what led to you being cucked.

Isitjustme?
05-24-2018, 05:58 PM
Not at all. I just know how your cuck brain works. Your "wife" was Christian, so you think that's what led to you being cucked.
Youre obsessed with blakes cheating story. This is not "alpha" behavior

Chris
05-24-2018, 06:00 PM
Another anti-religion thread from Atheist Blake.

Blake
05-24-2018, 06:25 PM
Not at all. I just know how your cuck brain works. Your "wife" was Christian, so you think that's what led to you being cucked.

And you try so hard

Blake
05-24-2018, 06:27 PM
Another anti-religion thread from Atheist Blake.

It's more of an anti-abuse thread, tbh.

And they didn't even fire the guy. Just demoted him. SAD!

spurraider21
05-24-2018, 06:32 PM
atheist blake starting a thread over a recording from 18 years ago

Chris
05-24-2018, 06:33 PM
:lmao

Spurtacular
05-24-2018, 07:17 PM
Youre obsessed with blakes cheating story. This is not "alpha" behavior

Alphas don't put alpha in quotes :lmao

Spurtacular
05-24-2018, 07:19 PM
And you try so hard

:lol No denial.
:lol Called it.

Blake
05-25-2018, 09:08 AM
atheist blake starting a thread over a recording from 18 years ago

It's a current news story.

But hey you got Chris to giggle :tu

Blake
05-25-2018, 09:10 AM
:lol No denial.
:lol Called it.

Still trying.

boutons_deux
05-25-2018, 09:24 AM
Did somebody say "Baptist" or "Patterson"?

Anti-LGBTQ pastor arrested on 8 counts of sexual molestation of minors

Metro Police in Nashville have arrested a long-time pastor with eight counts of aggravated sexual battery for alleged molestation of multiple boys, WBRC News reported Friday (https://www.wbrc.com/story/37849349/former-pastor-arrested-on-sexual-battery-charges).

Matthew Dennis Patterson, 45, who goes by Denny, resigned from Nolensville Road Baptist Church on September 24 and moved to Pennsylvania. Three days later, church members reported to police that Patterson had asked children to sit on his face.



Detectives identified multiple victims, mostly boys, going back to 1998.

“We here at Nolensville Road Baptist Church want to let our community know that the sinful actions of one man does not reflect upon the church as a whole,” :lol but Muslim terrorists reflect on all Muslims :lol

congregation spokesperson James Thomas said.

“We remain committed to truth, transparency in all our operations, :lol except for transparently scientific truths :lol

The newspaper noted that Patterson was a vocal opponent of LGBTQ anti-discrimination bills.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/anti-lgbtq-pastor-arrested-8-counts-sexual-molestation-minors/

RandomGuy
05-25-2018, 11:25 AM
atheist blake starting a thread over a recording from 18 years ago

Dude was forced to resign in the last couple of days.

Sort of makes it relevant today, don't you think?

spurraider21
05-25-2018, 12:22 PM
Dude was forced to resign in the last couple of days.

Sort of makes it relevant today, don't you think?
i know. i just like throwing jabs here and there. keeps things interesting.

Spurtacular
05-25-2018, 10:59 PM
Dude was forced to resign in the last couple of days.

Sort of makes it relevant today, don't you think?

The subtext of this thread is still completely relevant. You ain't cucked cos your wife was Christian, blake. :lmao

Blake
05-26-2018, 12:25 AM
The subtext of this thread is still completely relevant. You ain't cucked cos your wife was Christian, blake. :lmao

Still trying. So hard.

Spurtacular
05-26-2018, 01:27 AM
Still trying. So hard.

No denial still.

dbestpro
05-26-2018, 11:24 AM
lol religion
Everyone has a religion in one way or another.

benefactor
05-26-2018, 11:26 AM
Everyone has a religion in one way or another.
Ok...then lol Abrahamic religions

Blake
05-26-2018, 12:19 PM
Everyone has a religion in one way or another.

Lol no.

benefactor
05-26-2018, 12:55 PM
Lol no.
He's using the Dale Robinson definition tbh

Spurtacular
05-26-2018, 01:50 PM
Ok...then lol Abrahamic religions

:lol "Abrahamic religions"
:lol Don't fool yourself, bro. Islam is the same basis as yours: "Christians (Jews) trigger me" :lol

koriwhat
05-26-2018, 03:18 PM
poor blake... maybe you should've joined in with your wife and her boyfriend.

Blake
05-26-2018, 04:03 PM
poor blake... maybe you should've joined in with your wife and her boyfriend.

Poor KW fantasizing about me in a 3 way

Spurtacular
05-26-2018, 04:07 PM
poor blake... maybe you should've joined in with your wife and her boyfriend.

Doubt she was offering. Blake (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=3460) is still in total denial about it all, too. He thinks the signs weren't there and that he was just utterly blindsided.

:lol Today's cuck.

koriwhat
05-26-2018, 04:25 PM
Doubt she was offering. Blake (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=3460) is still in total denial about it all, too. He thinks the signs weren't there and that he was just utterly blindsided.

:lol Today's cuck.

he's yesterday's, today's, and tomorrow's cuck tbh. forever cucked.

Blake
05-26-2018, 04:28 PM
Doubt she was offering. Blake (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=3460) is still in total denial about it all, too. He thinks the signs weren't there and that he was just utterly blindsided.

:lol Today's cuck.

Spurt joining in on the fantasizing with KW.

Not gay.

Spurtacular
05-26-2018, 04:31 PM
Spurt joining in on the fantasizing with KW.

Not gay.

Nobody's fantasy has you in it, including your "wife's."

:lmao Today's cuck

benefactor
05-26-2018, 05:38 PM
:lol "Abrahamic religions"
:lol Don't fool yourself, bro. Islam is the same basis as yours: "Christians (Jews) trigger me" :lol
That makes no sense per par

koriwhat
05-26-2018, 05:51 PM
Nobody's fantasy has you in it, including your "wife's."

:lmao Today's cuck

https://i.imgur.com/zNP85pW.gif

pgardn
05-26-2018, 07:12 PM
Nobody's fantasy has you in it, including your "wife's."

:lmao Today's cuck


You are openly fascinated with other people’s sex lives.
Are you ill?

Are you married Spurt queer?

Blake
05-26-2018, 07:52 PM
Nobody's fantasy has you in it, including your "wife's."

:lmao Today's cuck




https://i.imgur.com/zNP85pW.gif

Both of you do. You just explained your fantasies about me right here.

Spurtacular
05-26-2018, 09:13 PM
That makes no sense per par

What are you having a hard time with, bruh?

Spurtacular
05-26-2018, 09:14 PM
Both of you do. You just explained your fantasies about me right here.

A cuck hears about sex without him and he thinks it's a fantasy about him.

:lol Today's Blake (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=3460)

Spurtacular
05-26-2018, 09:21 PM
You are openly fascinated with other people’s sex lives.
Are you ill?

Are you married Spurt queer?

I'm "fascinated" with it in a similar manner of a Freudian. Blake actually goes around lashing out at Christians cos he blames the religion for cucking him! :lmao

Blake
05-26-2018, 10:22 PM
Stop with the obsessive mentioning, freak.

Spurtacular
05-26-2018, 10:34 PM
Stop with the obsessive mentioning, freak.

You obsessively post anti-christian stuff cos you blame it for cucking you, bro.

Blake
05-26-2018, 10:39 PM
No I don't, and if you don't like it, don't open the thread.

In the meantime, stop with the obsession, freak.

Spurtacular
05-26-2018, 10:48 PM
No I don't, and if you don't like it, don't open the thread.

In the meantime, stop with the obsession, freak.

Bro, it's all out there for everyone to see. Christianity didn't make you the cuck you are. Come to terms.

DMC
05-27-2018, 01:04 AM
I get the concept of spirituality meaning introspection and reverence for it, however building a belief system and maze of outright stupidity and then asking people to pretend it's all real - convincing yourself through years of study and meditation that a god exists and not only that, but that man has a template for the desires of the god, knows the thoughts of the god and dismisses any logical, rational discourse on the matter as satanic interference, as predicted by god himself... well that's mentally retarded as fuck.

Blake
05-27-2018, 11:36 AM
Bro, it's all out there for everyone to see. Christianity didn't make you the cuck you are. Come to terms.

Yeah I don't care about your thoughts. Just stop with the annoying mentions. Thanks in advance, freak.

Spurtacular
05-27-2018, 03:35 PM
Yeah I don't care about your thoughts. Just stop with the annoying mentions. Thanks in advance, freak.

You never should've came at me if you don't care, bro. Now, you should come to terms. Crying won't save you.

Blake
05-27-2018, 09:35 PM
Lol ":cry came at me :cry"

Now the obsessive behavior makes sense.

Spurtacular
05-27-2018, 10:14 PM
Lol ":cry came at me :cry"

Now the obsessive behavior makes sense.

:lol Begs to be left alone.
:lol Then comes back to take his shots.
:lol Today's cuck.

spurraider21
05-28-2018, 01:08 AM
I get the concept of spirituality meaning introspection and reverence for it, however building a belief system and maze of outright stupidity and then asking people to pretend it's all real - convincing yourself through years of study and meditation that a god exists and not only that, but that man has a template for the desires of the god, knows the thoughts of the god and dismisses any logical, rational discourse on the matter as satanic interference, as predicted by god himself... well that's mentally retarded as fuck.
Satanic post

Blake
05-28-2018, 02:10 AM
:lol Begs to be left alone.
:lol Then comes back to take his shots.
:lol Today's cuck.

I don't care about what you say in these threads. Stop with the fucking annoying mentions.

Obsessed freak.

Spurtacular
05-28-2018, 02:16 AM
I don't care about what you say in these threads. Stop with the fucking annoying mentions.

Obsessed freak.

Cucks don't give orders, sorry. :lol

Blake
05-28-2018, 03:06 AM
You'll stop because you care about message board looks. You look completely obsessed when you mention me in threads I have no desire to ever enter. You're a freak.

Spurtacular
05-28-2018, 03:09 AM
You'll stop because you care about message board looks.

Sorry, I don't speak cuck. I don't know what that means.

pgardn
05-28-2018, 07:39 AM
I get the concept of spirituality meaning introspection and reverence for it, however building a belief system and maze of outright stupidity and then asking people to pretend it's all real - convincing yourself through years of study and meditation that a god exists and not only that, but that man has a template for the desires of the god, knows the thoughts of the god and dismisses any logical, rational discourse on the matter as satanic interference, as predicted by god himself... well that's mentally retarded as fuck.


If one one throws in a dash of “I know God better than you...” with the above.

Well, that’s worth a good 1000 years of fighting.

pgardn
05-28-2018, 07:41 AM
Sorry, I don't speak cuck. I don't know what that means.

You are strange.
Are you married?
Im betting women treat you like foot fungus.

RandomGuy
06-01-2018, 01:47 PM
The subtext of this thread is still completely relevant. You ain't cucked cos your wife was Christian, blake. :lmao

??? I'm not Blake, and have no idea whatsoever what you are talking about here.

RandomGuy
06-01-2018, 01:48 PM
You are strange.
Are you married?
Im betting women treat you like foot fungus.

I would bet no. He might be able to convince some woman with particularly low self-esteem to pair with him briefly, but he doesn't seem the type to be able to form long-term relationships.

RandomGuy
06-01-2018, 01:50 PM
Another anti-religion thread from Atheist Blake.

666 fifth avenue, NY NY.

boutons_deux
06-02-2018, 06:10 PM
As a Teen, Emily Joy Was Abused by a Church Youth Leader. Now She’s Leading a Movement to Change Evangelical America.

#ChurchToo has opened the floodgates.

while the accused was a man in a position of power over his victim, her story also had a key difference:

Joy’s abuser was a trusted member of her evangelical church.

After talking it over with her friends, the 27-year-old poet decided to post to Twitter her story about

Ty Sïlzer, the then-thirtysomething man in her mega-church in Peoria, Illinois,

who she says manipulated her into a romantic relationship when she was still a teenager.

“It took me a long time and therapy even to understand, ‘Oh, that’s because I didn’t have an understanding of consent—

my church community didn’t have an understanding of consent.'”

When Joy woke up the next day in her home in Nashville, her phone was flooded with notifications. Nearly 1,500 miles away in Phoenix, Paasch was experiencing the same digital deluge.

Men and women from all over the world were sharing their stories of

sexual abuse in churches, particularly in evangelical houses of worship, using #ChurchToo.

Among them was Emiko Ragan, who was in Joy’s high school youth group back in Peoria and used the hashtag to share

her story of abuse—by the same man who allegedly abused Joy.

When she was 17 and he was in his 30s, Ragan says,

the two began a relationship—

he said God told him she was meant to be his wife.

https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2018/05/as-a-teen-emily-joy-was-abused-by-a-church-youth-leader-now-shes-leading-a-movement-to-change-evangelical-america/

Spurminator
06-16-2018, 09:35 AM
http://on.theatln.tc/HTEw47r


Indeed, disentangling the SBC from the GOP is central to the denomination’s makeover. For example, a motion to defund the ERLC in response to the agency’s full-throated opposition to Donald Trump failed miserably.

Vice President Mike Pence addressed the convention this year, which may seem like the same old song to outsiders. But there was widespread resistance to Pence’s participation. A motion to disinvite the vice president was proposed and debated, but was ultimately voted down. During his address, which hit some notes more typical of a campaign speech, a few Southern Baptists left the room out of protest. Others criticized the move to reporters or spoke out on Twitter. The newly elected Greear tweeted that the invitation “sent a terribly mixed signal” and reminded his fellow Baptists that “commissioned missionaries, not political platforms, are what we do.”

Though most Southern Baptists remain politically conservative, it seems that some are now less willing to have their denomination serve as a handmaiden to the GOP, especially in the current political moment. They appear to recognize that tethering themselves to Donald Trump—a thrice-married man who has bragged about committing adultery, lies with impunity, allegedly paid hush money to a porn star with whom he had an affair, and says he has never asked God for forgiveness—places the moral credibility of the Southern Baptist Convention at risk.

“Southern Baptists thought that if they became more conservative, their growth would continue unabated. But they couldn’t outrun the demographics and hold the decline at bay,” said Leonard. “Classic fundamentalist old-guard churches are either dead or dying, and the younger generation is realizing that the old way of articulating the gospel is turning away more people than it is attracting. “

Regardless of their motivations, this shift away from a more culturally strident and politically partisan stance is significant.

As the late pastor Adrian Rogers said at the 2002 SBC annual meeting in St. Louis, “As the West goes, so goes the world. As America goes, so goes the West. As Christianity goes, so goes America. As evangelicals go, so goes Christianity. As Southern Baptists go, so go evangelicals.”

Rogers may have had an inflated sense of the denomination’s importance, but the fact remains that what happens in the SBC often ripples across culture. In Trump’s America, where the religious right wields outsized influence, the shifts among Southern Baptists could be a harbinger of broader change among evangelicals.

boutons_deux
06-16-2018, 09:52 AM
"a harbinger of broader change among evangelicals"

en masse, evangelicals, Protestant or Catholic, will never vote for the Dems as the party of non-white-non-males, LGBTQ, abortion, "socialists".

At best, they could decide not to vote Repug, not to vote Dem, so having nowhere to go, just not vote, effectively voting, passively, for Dems.

Spurminator
06-16-2018, 10:06 AM
"a harbinger of broader change among evangelicals"

en masse, evangelicals, Protestant or Catholic, will never vote for the Dems as the party of non-white-males, LGBTQ, abortion, "socialists".

At best, they could decide not to vote Repug, not to vote Dem, so having no where to go, just not vote, effectively voting, passively, for Dems.




The church evolves much more slowly than the rest of society but it still evolves. They'll likely always lean conservative but I doubt they'll be overtly homophobic much longer.

boutons_deux
06-16-2018, 10:55 AM
doubt they'll be overtly homophobic much longer.

the hateful viciousness we see in their racism, xenophobia, homophobia, misogyny doesn't indicate individuals will change even if their churches get more Christ-like.

They'll just go find a hate-filled church to match their own hate

Blake
06-16-2018, 03:27 PM
The church evolves much more slowly than the rest of society but it still evolves. They'll likely always lean conservative but I doubt they'll be overtly homophobic much longer.

Not sure about that. At least not in our lifetime

Spurminator
06-16-2018, 03:57 PM
Not sure about that. At least not in our lifetime

In our lifetime a majority of evangelical Christians opposed interracial marriage, and that wouldn't even be given a second thought as a platform now.

boutons_deux
06-16-2018, 04:23 PM
In our lifetime a majority of evangelical Christians opposed interracial marriage, and that wouldn't even be given a second thought as a platform now.

I find that SCOTUS ruled anti-miscegenation laws unConstitutional in 1967.

Since then Protestants / evangelicals have become much more politicized (with many thanks to Billy Graham, whose son is much worse), polarized,

and relentless in imposing their Bible shit on everybody, in schools, in businesses, with the help of the oligarchy SCOTUS (cake baking)

The evangelical church has become leaner and arguably meaner

evangelicals’ numerical decline has produced a leaner, and perhaps meaner, church.

The most moderate voices — people who have tempered extremes in politics and policy with commonsense and compassion — are the most likely to vacate the pews (https://psmag.com/news/is-the-christian-right-driving-americans-away-from-religion.).

Research shows that the rates of new “nones” are rising most quickly in Republican states.

The evangelical church is left with its most conservative, least compromising members in charge of vast amounts of money and influence.

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-sager-loskota-evangelical-20180531-story.html

"most conservative, least compromising members" are vehemently defending, imposing their core beliefs of misogyny, racism, anti-abortion, anti-public schools, anti-govt, anti-science, pro-Biblical-fairy-tales

Blake
06-16-2018, 06:49 PM
In our lifetime a majority of evangelical Christians opposed interracial marriage, and that wouldn't even be given a second thought as a platform now.

Majority? I'm not so sure. I was a little kid but I don't recall anyone in arms over the Jeffersons neighbors the Willises.

Spurminator
06-16-2018, 08:36 PM
Majority? I'm not so sure. I was a little kid but I don't recall anyone in arms over the Jeffersons neighbors the Willises.

In 1983, 50% of all Americans surveyed disapproved of blacks marrying whites. For whites surveyed, that number was 56%. It can be safely assumed that evangelical Christians were not below the national average.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/11836/acceptance-interracial-marriage-record-high.aspx

http://media.gallup.com/GPTB/religValue/20040601_1.gif

Spurtacular
06-16-2018, 11:50 PM
The church evolves much more slowly than the rest of society but it still evolves. They'll likely always lean conservative but I doubt they'll be overtly homophobic much longer.

http://cdn1.alloy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Katy-Perry-youre-so-gay.gif

Blake
06-18-2018, 08:51 AM
In 1983, 50% of all Americans surveyed disapproved of blacks marrying whites. For whites surveyed, that number was 56%. It can be safely assumed that evangelical Christians were not below the national average.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/11836/acceptance-interracial-marriage-record-high.aspx

http://media.gallup.com/GPTB/religValue/20040601_1.gif

Eh yeah I'm still not sure about religious nuts coming around on gay marriage

I think the big difference is that the bible in plain words says gays should be put to death. Hard to get around that for Christians.

Nothing in the bible against interracial relationships

Spurminator
06-18-2018, 10:19 AM
Eh yeah I'm still not sure about religious nuts coming around on gay marriage

I think the big difference is that the bible in plain words says gays should be put to death. Hard to get around that for Christians.

Nothing in the bible against interracial relationships

On the contrary, opponents of interracial marriage had several scriptures they pointed to when arguing against interracial marriage.

One example was the sons of Noah - Shem, Ham and Japheth. Evangelicals believed these were the origins of whites, negroids and mongoloids. Ham was cursed, so naturally he was the father of the negroids. So they opposed intermarrying with a cursed race. Stupid, right?

A more common argument was always that God intended for the races to be separate, and that interbreeding went against God's will. They would quote several scriptures alluding to this. That's a common evergreen argument for Christians resistant to shifting cultural Dynamics. "But that's not what God intended!" You hear the same thing when it comes to the gays.

As for Biblical opposition to gay marriage, it would not be unlike the church's evolution beyond considering divorce a mortal sin. There are plenty of sins that the Bible condemns as execution-worthy that Christians rarely quibble over today. https://www.thedailybeast.com/all-the-things-the-bible-wants-to-execute-you-for

Christian churches have evolved past their opposition to women participating in service (or even attending service without their heads covered), instrumental music, allowing divorced people to remarry, and interracial marriage. I think of you talk to a few Christians under the age of 30 you'll be pleasantly surprised at their open mindedness and their real motivations, even if they do still literally believe in fairy tales.

Blake
06-18-2018, 10:21 AM
"We know of no biblical or moral considerations that would prohibit interracial marriage, and we disagree with those who attempt to use the Bible to condemn it. Every person, regardless of their race and culture, is of equal worth in God's eyes. Whenever a man and a woman pledge themselves to one another for life and do so with the intent to honor God in their marriage, it should be a cause for celebration. Period."

https://www.focusonthefamily.com/family-q-and-a/relationships-and-marriage/interracial-intercultural-marriage

Blake
06-18-2018, 10:25 AM
"Homosexual behavior is just one of many sins God forgives and brings people out of.*"

https://www.focusonthefamily.com/socialissues/sexuality/leaving-homosexuality/homosexuality-real-hope-and-real-change

Blake
06-18-2018, 10:31 AM
2012

http://www.sbc.net/resolutions/1224/on-samesex-marriage-and-civil-rights-rhetoric

spurraider21
06-18-2018, 10:34 AM
yeah there are a lot more direct/overt quotes about homophobia than potential vague allusions to racism

spurraider21
06-18-2018, 10:36 AM
also, :lol 5:20


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB3g6mXLEKk&t=376s

Blake
06-18-2018, 10:38 AM
http://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/03160605/FT_17.05.04_millennialEvangelicals_420px.png

It's getting there, but again, not sure enough acceptance will happen in our lifetime

RandomGuy
06-18-2018, 12:43 PM
http://on.theatln.tc/HTEw47r

Saw that. Looks like Trump is costing the GOP evangelicals. The cranky old white ones may stay... but everrbody else is coming to their senses.

RandomGuy
06-18-2018, 12:43 PM
also, :lol 5:20


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB3g6mXLEKk&t=376s

Nonstampcollector.. FTW.

Spurminator
06-18-2018, 12:53 PM
yeah there are a lot more direct/overt quotes about homophobia than potential vague allusions to racism

And there are more direct quotes about adultery and divorce than either of those. None whatsoever about abortion. Biblical literalists are selective about their pet issues.

Blake
06-18-2018, 01:27 PM
None whatsoever about abortion.

"You shalt not kill"

Spurminator
06-18-2018, 04:52 PM
"You shalt not kill"

And yet many verses demanding the execution of people for a variety of sins. Like the one you referenced about homosexuals.

Again, it's all about convenient selectivity. Tomorrow's young Christians will reinterpret or ignore certain Biblical passages to fit their view of the world. As has been the case for centuries.

RandomGuy
06-18-2018, 05:15 PM
And yet many verses demanding the execution of people for a variety of sins. Like the one you referenced about homosexuals.

Again, it's all about convenient selectivity. Tomorrow's young Christians will reinterpret or ignore certain Biblical passages to fit their view of the world. As has been the case for centuries.

Bible is the big book of multiple choice.

A Roscharch test for the gullible, IMO. Magic man in the sky watching you masturbate... ROFL.

DMC
06-18-2018, 05:22 PM
On the contrary, opponents of interracial marriage had several scriptures they pointed to when arguing against interracial marriage.

One example was the sons of Noah - Shem, Ham and Japheth. Evangelicals believed these were the origins of whites, negroids and mongoloids. Ham was cursed, so naturally he was the father of the negroids. So they opposed intermarrying with a cursed race. Stupid, right?

A more common argument was always that God intended for the races to be separate, and that interbreeding went against God's will. They would quote several scriptures alluding to this. That's a common evergreen argument for Christians resistant to shifting cultural Dynamics. "But that's not what God intended!" You hear the same thing when it comes to the gays.

As for Biblical opposition to gay marriage, it would not be unlike the church's evolution beyond considering divorce a mortal sin. There are plenty of sins that the Bible condemns as execution-worthy that Christians rarely quibble over today. https://www.thedailybeast.com/all-the-things-the-bible-wants-to-execute-you-for

Christian churches have evolved past their opposition to women participating in service (or even attending service without their heads covered), instrumental music, allowing divorced people to remarry, and interracial marriage. I think of you talk to a few Christians under the age of 30 you'll be pleasantly surprised at their open mindedness and their real motivations, even if they do still literally believe in fairy tales.

You seem like a new age Christian who's probably Gay and wants to believe God is ok with it.

Chris
06-18-2018, 05:25 PM
You seem like a new age Christian who's probably Gay and wants to believe God is ok with it.

:lol

DMC
06-18-2018, 05:31 PM
:lol

I know a few of them and they really do believe that one day Christ will return and take all of his children home.. to meet the father. I mean you can interpret that a lot of different ways.

Blake
06-18-2018, 05:42 PM
I know a few of them and they really do believe that one day Christ will return and take all of his children home.. to meet the father. I mean you can interpret that a lot of different ways.

And his 12 best "friends"

Blake
06-18-2018, 05:45 PM
And yet many verses demanding the execution of people for a variety of sins. Like the one you referenced about homosexuals.

Again, it's all about convenient selectivity. Tomorrow's young Christians will reinterpret or ignore certain Biblical passages to fit their view of the world. As has been the case for centuries.

Of course it's selective. I'm just telling you the main verse anti-abortionists use.

But I still don't see any signs that the SBC will be changing their minds any time soon on the gays. They seem to really be holding their ground.

Spurminator
06-18-2018, 05:49 PM
Of course it's selective. I'm just telling you the main verse anti-abortionists use.

I don't need you to tell me what verse they use. We're talking about interpreting the Bible to fit one's needs. There is no specific verse about abortion so of course they use other verses.


But I still don't see any signs that the SBC will be changing their minds any time soon on the gays. They seem to really be holding their ground.

Yes, you've said that several times. We agree to disagree.

Blake
06-18-2018, 06:34 PM
Lol yes I've said it several times because I'm not sure where the tangent about abortion was headed.