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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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Originally Posted by guthmund
It's 'wrong' when I decide to push that interpretation or lifestyle preference on anyone else against their will. Your right guaranteed under our law to practice, preach or observe your religion without fear of retribution only extends as far as your nose.
Why does the vast majority abhor the practice of snatching random homosexuals off the street and sending them to these re-education camps, but are perfectly accepting of parents sending their homosexual teenagers to the same place?
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The "wrong" is correct, that's the right time when it is wrong. Unfortunately, parents are the sole person liable for minors. It's up to them to decide what they think is right or wrong for them in their lifestyle and belief system.
I don't think its acceptable for me and mine, but I have to respect it because it is under the shield and guise of religious beliefs.
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I disagree with the implication there...in a certain sense, Ustwo is right...Christian religion is not just supposed to be warm fuzzies. The kind of love that founds this faith is one so radical it will embrace the very worst violence we have to offer as human beings, confront it, show it to be a dead idol that is powerless, and forgive the practicioners. there is judgement....but the judgment and the mercy are the same.
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For you and your interpretation of the bible, my personal perspective differs from yours as it should be since my belief is that the relationship between me and god is between me and god not vis a vie and intermediary like a priest, rabbi, minister. Just like there are islamists that have a fanatical interpretation of the Koran, there are those that have that same with the bible.
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