Funny how the message that cops are bad was sent through the destruction of someone else's property.
I understand precisely. You believe that your religion is accurate, and your religion has certain moral tenets that you follow. You believe that anyone who fails to follow your religion's tenets will go to Hell.
You feel that it is your duty as a good religious follower to proselytize others, and try to enforce your religious views on others. The proselytizing is acceptable so long as it is not forced on others against their will, or the wills of their guardians. Talk all you want.
When you stop talking and start enacting laws, or threatening those who do not 'see the light,' that's when red flags go up.
No matter what your religious beliefs state, in this country, the LGBTQRSTUVWXYZ folks are free to do what they want between CONSENTING ADULTS.
They start sexually pressuring or acting sexually on children and I'll be right there beside you fighting against it. Perusing my history here will show you that I am rock solid on this.
My reasoning for this is 100% secular. Children are mentally flexible, but still easily damaged. They should be protected and allowed to develop naturally, as much as possible. They should be protected from sexual activity until they are old enough and mentally developed enough to make informed decisions. Some of those children will choose alternate sexualities. A small part of the population has been doing that for as long as humans have existed.
Why do I believe in protecting children outside the framework of religion? There are an absurd number of people in the world today who were damaged as children and suffer lasting effects through their adult years. Millions of people alive today, damaged to some extent or another because they were not protected well enough as children. We'll never be perfect at protecting children, but we should always try to protect them.
BUT. After they are adults, anything they do with other consenting adults is their own damn business unless they WANT to join your religion.
I believe we are contributing, but not to the degree implied by the insane Left.
I also recognize we could become net carbon zero in a couple years if we stopped recycling paper, and started phasing paper products back into use - like paper bags, and paper towels in restrooms.
No need to cripple our economy to become net carbon zero. Just put the carbon back where we got it - underground.
49 here, grew up in SC, and I was definitely exposed to LOTS of racism when I was school age.
It has dramatically decreased as the older population died off.
I apologize. Misread that somehow.
We aren't losing the culture war, we're losing the victim war.
Democrats offer bread and circuses, and victims vote for them.
Then Democrats create more victims when they have power.
Rinse. Repeat.
The only way to reverse this is to fix the election system, implement term limits, and dramatically change how big business and Politicians are allowed to interact.
Lots of conservatives are pro - LEGAL - immigration.
Let's see...
"I never stated that I have a right to establish religious truths for others."
And then...
"The Truth is established for me and for all, the same. There is one God. He is the Truth. Independent of anything I say or do. His law is LAW, independent of anything I say or do."
Bolding is mine, but I changed no text.
I can see rational thought is beyond you. Have a good day.
Most Asian criminals are better citizens than BLM rioters.
Love the crime scene tape in Latin.
Wow. Can we really backdoor into voter ID this way? It would be an amazing feat of political judo.
Aaaand... after we drive the Leftists out of office in the next election, we eliminate vaccine ID's and change the required ID to official drivers licenses, ID cards, or passports.
I am Agnostic. You cannot use evidence to prove God exists, or does not exist. That argument holds zero weight with me, but I understand your point.
Government is not intrinsically bad. It is, however, an excellent vehicle for corruption.
The founding fathers understood this, at least some of them did, which is why our Republic lasted as long as it did before starting to falter in recent decades.
What we need to try to do at this point is pass laws that block the ways Politicians have found to game the system.
If we can't do that, shit's gonna get a lot worse before it gets better.
Sure, but the infiltrates had to build seniority/tenure before they could really start to change things.
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.
Ouch. Sorry to hear that. Hopefully you were moving somewhere sane?
Liberals want more freedoms for all people. Leftists only want freedoms for themselves, and restrictions for all who oppose their ideas.
There is an enormous gulf between being Liberal and being Leftist.
Universities and colleges were mostly sane until the 1980's.
It's only in the last 40 years that they have gone to hell.
That only makes the solution harder, it does not change what the solution is.
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.
Christianity was spread by force, yes, but as non-Islamic religions have become civilized, they have also become less violent.
There is a difference. An enormous difference between the world only 100 years ago and today. Go back 200 years, and things get drastically different. A thousand years? Violence was the rule everywhere.
I will rephrase it then. The only way Biden voters will stop voting Democrat is if we prove to them that voting Democrat is bad for them.
Wow. Never seen that one before.
We do, because the only way that Biden voters will stop voting Democrat is if we can show them that voting Democrat is bad for them.
I do not believe I have EVER said we should not be prepared for violence.
There was once a thing called 'Blue Dog Democrats.'
He might be one. They don't align perfectly with Republicans, but neither do most Republicans.
All we can do is watch what he does until the next time he's up for election.