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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 1601 Views
the problem with your friend is the "southern evangelical christian" part - 17/01/2010 09:07:02 AM 927 Views
They believe gay marriage is ongoing unrepentant sin. - 17/01/2010 12:04:58 PM 930 Views
God your a moron. - 17/01/2010 09:10:17 PM 859 Views
be nice - 18/01/2010 06:26:58 AM 790 Views
<shrug> They can believe that all that they like - 18/01/2010 08:07:28 PM 846 Views
And live accordingly. Just like everyone else. - 18/01/2010 11:10:51 PM 832 Views
Re: And live accordingly. Just like everyone else. - 20/01/2010 10:40:36 PM 785 Views
It is, I believe, hardest for the intelligent educated man. - 21/01/2010 10:29:39 AM 938 Views
You can't use logic in an irrational argument. - 17/01/2010 10:12:11 AM 813 Views
LOL... *NM* - 18/01/2010 05:21:14 AM 441 Views
You and Adam are being equally unconstructive. - 18/01/2010 06:21:45 AM 723 Views
why do you imply "constructive" is in anyway the intent? *NM* - 18/01/2010 06:32:27 AM 361 Views
*shrug* I never stopped believing in lost causes? - 18/01/2010 07:36:04 AM 731 Views
Re: You can't use logic in an irrational argument. - 18/01/2010 06:28:41 AM 896 Views
Always welcome. - 18/01/2010 07:31:27 AM 966 Views
We finally converted you - 17/01/2010 08:43:25 PM 748 Views
Not much of a friend then. Good ridance to bad friends. *NM* - 17/01/2010 08:51:02 PM 492 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 365 Views
seriously. *NM* - 17/01/2010 10:46:17 PM 312 Views
Only because such sentiment is my pet peeve...condemning exclusivity is hypocritical. *NM* - 19/01/2010 12:37:37 AM 400 Views
yeah no kidding - 18/01/2010 06:30:45 AM 724 Views
It forces other people to accept THEIR ideology that same sex unions are legitimate. - 18/01/2010 01:49:20 AM 913 Views
I would assume, then, that you don't support any government-mandated health care? - 18/01/2010 02:07:40 AM 734 Views
Correct - 18/01/2010 04:29:04 AM 819 Views
Although I disagree with the vast majority of your arguments, - 18/01/2010 08:50:09 AM 805 Views
Thank you. - 20/01/2010 01:47:34 AM 975 Views
Please tell me you have a source for that quotation. Other than me. - 21/01/2010 12:31:27 PM 850 Views
It's GK Chesterton! What the hell are you going on about? - 27/01/2010 02:41:00 AM 695 Views
Link? - 27/01/2010 09:28:22 AM 832 Views
I can't find a link to the exact quote - 27/01/2010 12:14:19 PM 925 Views
Re: Link? - 27/01/2010 01:38:36 PM 935 Views
Perhaps we should define our terms more precisely. - 15/02/2010 11:28:09 AM 1312 Views
we do not exist in a free market. - 18/01/2010 04:09:37 AM 728 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 364 Views
I am simply pointing out your arguments do not apply to the present economic environment. - 18/01/2010 04:46:04 AM 693 Views
No I am not. - 19/01/2010 10:44:31 PM 810 Views
That's utter nonsense. - 18/01/2010 04:19:57 AM 761 Views
Re: That's utter nonsense. - 18/01/2010 04:41:27 AM 796 Views
civil marriages DO have a purpose. - 18/01/2010 04:49:12 AM 755 Views
Re: civil marriages DO have a purpose. - 19/01/2010 10:47:18 PM 846 Views
Re: That's utter nonsense. - 18/01/2010 07:13:54 AM 756 Views
Re: That's utter nonsense. - 19/01/2010 10:59:45 PM 726 Views
Re: That's utter nonsense. - 18/01/2010 07:15:50 AM 889 Views
Re: That's utter nonsense. - 20/01/2010 01:38:37 AM 666 Views
Are you at all surprised? - 18/01/2010 07:59:30 AM 750 Views
A truly free country means I don't have the freedom to shoot you - 18/01/2010 05:57:44 AM 864 Views
You really said nothing, right there. - 18/01/2010 08:34:33 AM 806 Views
I presume you are equally against the current set up - 18/01/2010 12:31:33 PM 839 Views
He said as much in his response to me above. *NM* - 18/01/2010 09:37:49 PM 298 Views
That's such an amusing argument - 18/01/2010 08:17:15 PM 726 Views
I'm against people with pasta based nicknames on fantasy forums *NM* - 19/01/2010 03:03:31 PM 315 Views
cannoli is a pastry *NM* - 19/01/2010 07:25:04 PM 301 Views
I have no problem with people with pastry based names, just pasta - 21/01/2010 12:28:44 AM 701 Views
I can't help but find it funny - 18/01/2010 12:51:57 PM 700 Views
So... - 18/01/2010 03:39:33 PM 864 Views
I think you missed who was the one to walk out - 18/01/2010 04:11:05 PM 741 Views
you acept your friends with their warts or you don't - 18/01/2010 06:45:13 PM 841 Views
I think you missed who was the one to walk out *NM* - 18/01/2010 08:01:25 PM 270 Views
I don't think it was that clear - 18/01/2010 10:01:32 PM 778 Views
I don't think it is all that clear yet, either - 18/01/2010 10:27:54 PM 785 Views
I wasn't taking sides - 18/01/2010 10:57:39 PM 676 Views

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