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Of course, if they are walking around with a beard they will also go the the HC office, so I am not sure that is too useful as an indicator of eccleisiastical import.
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And the minions of hell will be loosed upon the earth, daughters ravaged, sons raped, and horses loosed to run wild and trample the crops of man, death and starvation the result of the sins of the world. Got it. It really is a slippery slope. |
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This is very likely. I argued this back in 2000, when same sex marriage first seemed to be ascending.
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There are a lot of church members who believe crap like this. |
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It illustrates that the Church's problem with homosexuality goes well beyond the sex act. How often to we hear the refrain that there is no sin in same-sex attraction, just in the ultimate sexual consummation of that attraction? Is it a sin for a homosexual couple to hold hands, if that is as far as they ever take it?
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However, love, LOVE, LOVE is a very different thing. And for a man to love another man is horrifying, and means that SSA has gone too far, and is now devilish and evil. Why is holding hands so offensive and worthy of priesthood intervention? Because it indicates love. And if a man can truly love a man, in the true sense of love, then there is no God. It's really as simple as that. |
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Being the activist that you are, why not write a letter to the FP and lay out your argument for them? That kind of courage would be exemplary. Have you shared these concerns with any local or regional Church authorities?
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