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you acept your friends with their warts or you don't random thoughts Send a noteboard - 18/01/2010 06:45:13 PM

So she has some religious beliefs you don't agree with if she is a friend in other regards simply stop discussing religion with her. Arguing why you don't think she should hold her beliefs would be like arguing that a Muslim should eat pork. It doesn't matter what argument you use it won't trump what her religion teaches her. Now if it is her refusing to accept you and your right to hold your own beliefs then you are better off without her.

Leave the much more touchy gay marriage argument and look at the more straightforward you cannot go to heaven argument. I can’t quote chapter and verse but the bible says straight out that acts will not get you to heaven and the only way to get there is though accepting Christ as your savior. That isn’t some crazy concept a fundamentalist church in Texas came up with by misreading a single passage, it is a basic tenant of the Christian religion. It is pretty much on par with Muslims accepting Mohamed was the prophet of god. I would have to say you judging her for that belief shows intolerance on your part not the other way around.

The gay marriage issue is much more complicated since it isn’t verbatim from the bible and it involves actually denying something from other people but it still stems form the same belief system. Do you feel so strongly about the issue that you can only be friends with people who feel the same way? There are issues I feel so strongly about that I won't be friends with people who disagree but they tend to be extreme views and not ones held by significant percentages of the population.

She is right about one thing, you have to watch out for those crazy east coast liberals. ;)
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I may have lost a friend over same sex marriage - 17/01/2010 08:03:26 AM 1496 Views
the problem with your friend is the "southern evangelical christian" part - 17/01/2010 09:07:02 AM 807 Views
They believe gay marriage is ongoing unrepentant sin. - 17/01/2010 12:04:58 PM 801 Views
God your a moron. - 17/01/2010 09:10:17 PM 754 Views
be nice - 18/01/2010 06:26:58 AM 662 Views
<shrug> They can believe that all that they like - 18/01/2010 08:07:28 PM 714 Views
And live accordingly. Just like everyone else. - 18/01/2010 11:10:51 PM 716 Views
Re: And live accordingly. Just like everyone else. - 20/01/2010 10:40:36 PM 669 Views
It is, I believe, hardest for the intelligent educated man. - 21/01/2010 10:29:39 AM 803 Views
You can't use logic in an irrational argument. - 17/01/2010 10:12:11 AM 701 Views
LOL... *NM* - 18/01/2010 05:21:14 AM 385 Views
You and Adam are being equally unconstructive. - 18/01/2010 06:21:45 AM 615 Views
why do you imply "constructive" is in anyway the intent? *NM* - 18/01/2010 06:32:27 AM 302 Views
*shrug* I never stopped believing in lost causes? - 18/01/2010 07:36:04 AM 620 Views
Re: You can't use logic in an irrational argument. - 18/01/2010 06:28:41 AM 756 Views
Always welcome. - 18/01/2010 07:31:27 AM 865 Views
We finally converted you - 17/01/2010 08:43:25 PM 641 Views
Not much of a friend then. Good ridance to bad friends. *NM* - 17/01/2010 08:51:02 PM 442 Views
I agree. A friend who can't respect differences of opinion is no friend at all. *NM* - 17/01/2010 09:11:33 PM 304 Views
seriously. *NM* - 17/01/2010 10:46:17 PM 260 Views
Only because such sentiment is my pet peeve...condemning exclusivity is hypocritical. *NM* - 19/01/2010 12:37:37 AM 329 Views
yeah no kidding - 18/01/2010 06:30:45 AM 627 Views
It forces other people to accept THEIR ideology that same sex unions are legitimate. - 18/01/2010 01:49:20 AM 802 Views
I would assume, then, that you don't support any government-mandated health care? - 18/01/2010 02:07:40 AM 619 Views
Correct - 18/01/2010 04:29:04 AM 704 Views
Although I disagree with the vast majority of your arguments, - 18/01/2010 08:50:09 AM 695 Views
Thank you. - 20/01/2010 01:47:34 AM 850 Views
Please tell me you have a source for that quotation. Other than me. - 21/01/2010 12:31:27 PM 716 Views
It's GK Chesterton! What the hell are you going on about? - 27/01/2010 02:41:00 AM 590 Views
Link? - 27/01/2010 09:28:22 AM 687 Views
I can't find a link to the exact quote - 27/01/2010 12:14:19 PM 796 Views
Re: Link? - 27/01/2010 01:38:36 PM 819 Views
Perhaps we should define our terms more precisely. - 15/02/2010 11:28:09 AM 1189 Views
we do not exist in a free market. - 18/01/2010 04:09:37 AM 631 Views
And that's bad. Since when has the correct response to oppression been "accept further oppression"? *NM* - 18/01/2010 04:30:44 AM 310 Views
I am simply pointing out your arguments do not apply to the present economic environment. - 18/01/2010 04:46:04 AM 579 Views
No I am not. - 19/01/2010 10:44:31 PM 710 Views
That's utter nonsense. - 18/01/2010 04:19:57 AM 661 Views
Re: That's utter nonsense. - 18/01/2010 04:41:27 AM 677 Views
civil marriages DO have a purpose. - 18/01/2010 04:49:12 AM 659 Views
Re: civil marriages DO have a purpose. - 19/01/2010 10:47:18 PM 717 Views
Re: That's utter nonsense. - 18/01/2010 07:13:54 AM 662 Views
Re: That's utter nonsense. - 19/01/2010 10:59:45 PM 627 Views
Re: That's utter nonsense. - 18/01/2010 07:15:50 AM 767 Views
Re: That's utter nonsense. - 20/01/2010 01:38:37 AM 549 Views
Are you at all surprised? - 18/01/2010 07:59:30 AM 651 Views
A truly free country means I don't have the freedom to shoot you - 18/01/2010 05:57:44 AM 748 Views
You really said nothing, right there. - 18/01/2010 08:34:33 AM 698 Views
I presume you are equally against the current set up - 18/01/2010 12:31:33 PM 732 Views
He said as much in his response to me above. *NM* - 18/01/2010 09:37:49 PM 249 Views
That's such an amusing argument - 18/01/2010 08:17:15 PM 615 Views
I'm against people with pasta based nicknames on fantasy forums *NM* - 19/01/2010 03:03:31 PM 271 Views
cannoli is a pastry *NM* - 19/01/2010 07:25:04 PM 245 Views
I have no problem with people with pastry based names, just pasta - 21/01/2010 12:28:44 AM 587 Views
I can't help but find it funny - 18/01/2010 12:51:57 PM 601 Views
So... - 18/01/2010 03:39:33 PM 740 Views
I think you missed who was the one to walk out - 18/01/2010 04:11:05 PM 624 Views
you acept your friends with their warts or you don't - 18/01/2010 06:45:13 PM 728 Views
I think you missed who was the one to walk out *NM* - 18/01/2010 08:01:25 PM 228 Views
I don't think it was that clear - 18/01/2010 10:01:32 PM 647 Views
I don't think it is all that clear yet, either - 18/01/2010 10:27:54 PM 681 Views
I wasn't taking sides - 18/01/2010 10:57:39 PM 559 Views

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