Pope: Gayness as dangerous as the rainforest being destroyed.

[Comrade Tovya]

The_vagabond7 said:

Totally comrade, the true democratic ideal of pluralism. As long as nobody is harming one another, and tangibly infringing on their liberties why the fuss? Somebody can believe in Jesus, Allah, Yahweh, or anyone, and that in and of itself hurts no one, neither does homosexuality thank you very much your popeness. As much as the free world boasts of liberty, freedom, and democracy they practice so little of it. I think that in time it will become better, our civilizations are marching in that direction and alot of progress has been made already. I'm actually somewhat excited to see what the world will look like when I'm 80.

 

Exactly.

I've often pondered this... on one hand, a largely Christian nation marches forward proclaiming "democracy and freedom for all" but as soon as those same people say that they don't believe in Jesus, they are automatically condemned to hell for not believing.  Is that truly what democracy is all about?  I think not.

If they truly believe in the Democratic idea, they should say their peace, and when turned down, should imediately say, "God bless you, free will and democracy are one in the same, go in peace".

If a Christian truly believes in democracy, then they should just let that person decide for themselves how they wish to live.  I mean, isn't that what the very basic principals of the founding fathers were all about?  Afterall, they were Christians themselves, and they understood this very clearly.

So long as you do not harm someone else by believing a certain way, you completely have my blessing to live your life in peace.  Such principals are at the very core of democracy... and if we forget that, then we have also forgotten what freedom is, and that would make George Washington turn in his grave.