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Originally Posted by tecoyah
I would see no inconsistency in this......if the stand is based on personal Ethics/Morals, and not on Christian Dogma. One can have a personal dislike of one issue and not on another. If however, someone claims this based on Biblical teachings, I would tend to consider the results somewhat hypocritical.
This is of course, my personal opinion. I would be more likely to accept the exact opposite.
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So essentially what you're saying is that if the beliefs are to be rooted in a personal moral compass (ie, whatever strikes a persons fancy) then coming to such a conclusion is ok, so long as it's not based on the ancient teachings of Christianity.
It's that sort of thinking that has Christians (left and right) scratching their heads. A person's moral/ethical beliefs are not
moral or ethical. Ethics and morals are guidelines to be used to modify one's behavior. Personal ethics/morals are not rooting in discipline or behavior modification. Personal ethics/morals are thus a sort of oxymoron