No, freedom is not the highest ideal. Obedience to God is. This is for our own good, as God's laws are ideal. If followed, they would create an ideal society with maximum happiness and prosperity. This doesn't happen because of sin.
Being agnostic, and poorly educated on Christianity, you repeat a common heresy about judgment.
It is not my place to judge another man's soul. I don't make a moral judgment about what kind of person a homosexual is. They are the same as me, weak, and flawed.
I absolutely judge other men's actions though. And homosexual acts are sin. Point. Blank. It's no different than stealing or murder or lying. All sin. It's not the same degree of a sin as murder is, but it is a sin. That doesn't mean homosexuals go to hell, or anything like that either. Those are also heresies. It means that you can go to hell for homosexual acts.
Being a sin, promoting or assisting is also a sin. Just as paying for an abortion is taking part in abortion, or voting pro-abortion politicians is assisting in abortions and thus sinning, promoting or tolerating homosexual acts including perverting holy matrimony beyond (than promoting state-sponsored or areligious marriage) a sacrament is a sin.
God is eternal, this is non-negotiable.
Freedom within the framework of God's laws is the second highest ideal.
You realize you just betrayed the fact that you did not even read my reply? I stated so clearly.
Your drawing a link between Christianity and Islam is... pathetic. I'll leave it at that.
Happy Easter! Christ died for you, too. Whether you acknowledge it or not is irrelevant to the fact. However, blaspheming only adds to Christ's burden in your own small way. The good news is, God will forgive you that blasphemy, as he will forgive even a murderer, and of course a homosexual who is sorry for their sins.
The path to Heaven isn't closed as long as you live, but all our time grows short, even the longest lifetime is a drop in the ocean compared to eternity.
I did not draw a link between Christianity and Extremist Islam.
I drew a link between yourself and Extremist Islam.
The first step towards religious violence is believing your way is the way all others must follow, even if those others want nothing to do with your faith.
I respect your right to religious freedom, but I will oppose your belief that you have a right to establish religious truths for others.
To be clear, my religious tolerance ends where religious violence and/or persecution begins.
No, freedom is not the highest ideal. Obedience to God is. This is for our own good, as God's laws are ideal. If followed, they would create an ideal society with maximum happiness and prosperity. This doesn't happen because of sin.
Being agnostic, and poorly educated on Christianity, you repeat a common heresy about judgment.
It is not my place to judge another man's soul. I don't make a moral judgment about what kind of person a homosexual is. They are the same as me, weak, and flawed.
I absolutely judge other men's actions though. And homosexual acts are sin. Point. Blank. It's no different than stealing or murder or lying. All sin. It's not the same degree of a sin as murder is, but it is a sin. That doesn't mean homosexuals go to hell, or anything like that either. Those are also heresies. It means that you can go to hell for homosexual acts.
Being a sin, promoting or assisting is also a sin. Just as paying for an abortion is taking part in abortion, or voting pro-abortion politicians is assisting in abortions and thus sinning, promoting or tolerating homosexual acts including perverting holy matrimony beyond (than promoting state-sponsored or areligious marriage) a sacrament is a sin.
God is eternal, this is non-negotiable.
Freedom within the framework of God's laws is the second highest ideal.
You do realize that not all sins are equal, even in the eyes of God?
He gave Moses 10 commandments, not 15, 50, 100, or 1000.
Since alternate sexualities are not in the top 10 sins, at best it is the 11th worst sin.
Ever since the Apple, God's laws cannot all be followed by mortal men. That's the whole reason behind Jesus, eh?
The mindset that your religion is how everyone else should live is only one explosive vest away from Aloha Slackware.
You realize you just betrayed the fact that you did not even read my reply? I stated so clearly.
Your drawing a link between Christianity and Islam is... pathetic. I'll leave it at that.
Happy Easter! Christ died for you, too. Whether you acknowledge it or not is irrelevant to the fact. However, blaspheming only adds to Christ's burden in your own small way. The good news is, God will forgive you that blasphemy, as he will forgive even a murderer, and of course a homosexual who is sorry for their sins.
The path to Heaven isn't closed as long as you live, but all our time grows short, even the longest lifetime is a drop in the ocean compared to eternity.
I did not draw a link between Christianity and Extremist Islam.
I drew a link between yourself and Extremist Islam.
The first step towards religious violence is believing your way is the way all others must follow, even if those others want nothing to do with your faith.
I respect your right to religious freedom, but I will oppose your belief that you have a right to establish religious truths for others.
To be clear, my religious tolerance ends where religious violence and/or persecution begins.