xKuroiTaimax
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If I said 'God's law is final and if you don't follow every rule you'll go to hell!' you'd be upset.
If I said 'don't worry about it, God won't have a problem with you' you'd be upset. *sigh*
What I meant in churchy terms was the Crucifixion was the advent of a new covenant with God. It opened up a whole new relationship and pact with God, and the ultimate defeat of sin and death. Before Jesus, everything was a bit more black and white and unforgiving. That's why they say Jesus died to save us, we actually have the option of saying 'Lord dude, I screwed up, help me out.' You noticed how the New Testament God is less about yelling and smiting and more love? I mean, he was Jesus' father but even God had to learn how to be a 'Daddy' (Hebrew, 'Abba')
As for stupid things like the beard, my thought is that as a creation of god, cutting the hair could have been seen as deforming oneself, or the body as god's 'temple' made in his image. The same way self harm is discouraged. I also suspect though that some of those laws were also down to cultural appropriation or custom rather than actually directly following god's word. Hey, the bible was written by humans and humans can be flawed and biased.
Yeah, I'm a christian. I just don't see why gay people feel the need to go parading, especially when it makes alot of people feel uncomfortable, it's inconsiderate.
Deviation is always going to upset someone, that's just the way it is.
I said I have a problem with the way christians treat gays. I then expressed my opinion of the more exhibitionistic gay types, but I said nothing malicious, so don't make it sound like you're going to lynch me or something for being a christian. 'We got another christian here' (or something like that) sounds more intimidating than anything I said about gay people. (well, the LGBT community) Things would be easier if people kept themselves to themselves when aporopriate, ne?
I really don't want to start fights, that's just my opinion and I tried to state it in way that no one would feel 'attacked' by or anything.
I can't be bothered with internetz wars. *curls up quietly with tail over face*
If I said 'don't worry about it, God won't have a problem with you' you'd be upset. *sigh*
What I meant in churchy terms was the Crucifixion was the advent of a new covenant with God. It opened up a whole new relationship and pact with God, and the ultimate defeat of sin and death. Before Jesus, everything was a bit more black and white and unforgiving. That's why they say Jesus died to save us, we actually have the option of saying 'Lord dude, I screwed up, help me out.' You noticed how the New Testament God is less about yelling and smiting and more love? I mean, he was Jesus' father but even God had to learn how to be a 'Daddy' (Hebrew, 'Abba')
As for stupid things like the beard, my thought is that as a creation of god, cutting the hair could have been seen as deforming oneself, or the body as god's 'temple' made in his image. The same way self harm is discouraged. I also suspect though that some of those laws were also down to cultural appropriation or custom rather than actually directly following god's word. Hey, the bible was written by humans and humans can be flawed and biased.
Yeah, I'm a christian. I just don't see why gay people feel the need to go parading, especially when it makes alot of people feel uncomfortable, it's inconsiderate.
Deviation is always going to upset someone, that's just the way it is.
I said I have a problem with the way christians treat gays. I then expressed my opinion of the more exhibitionistic gay types, but I said nothing malicious, so don't make it sound like you're going to lynch me or something for being a christian. 'We got another christian here' (or something like that) sounds more intimidating than anything I said about gay people. (well, the LGBT community) Things would be easier if people kept themselves to themselves when aporopriate, ne?
I really don't want to start fights, that's just my opinion and I tried to state it in way that no one would feel 'attacked' by or anything.
I can't be bothered with internetz wars. *curls up quietly with tail over face*