fagarcia75 said:
FightingGameGuy said:
@Nintendo_fanboy: I think Fargacia75 is promoting a different kind of freedom. I don't think he's talking about freedom to choose a course of actions without legal punishment, but freedom from sin, or the freedom to best live up to one's ideals, such as the image of Christ, in spite of the depravity of man.
If you do not think freedoms of this sort exist, consider a similar one where such a freedom would be a great boon: all the people who have addictions, who want to be something different but for a long time can't. Is their choice to partake in their addictions really an exercise in freedom? Or would they not be more free if they could be rid of their addiction?
I believe freedom from sin refers to a sort of freedom of this type. Many people want to live up to the ideals of their teachings, but constantly falter in some cases due to what in Christianity teaches to be the depravity of man, his bondage to sin. But Christianity also teaches that Jesus, through his words and the Holy Spirit, can help people gain freedom from this bondage.
Does this explanation satisfy your question, Nintendo_fanboy? If not I'd be happy to continue to try to answer any further questions you put forward, but I do not know whether this is the proper forum for such discussion. |
very well spoken, thanks. |
So why don't you go live your life the way you want and let everyone else do the same thing.
How is calling homosexuality a sin and an addiction any different than someone saying the same thing about your religious beliefs. Watching some of these promise keepers or some of these other ultra religious ceremonies with all the gesticulating and fainting certainly supports the idea that religion is an addiction.
Some people just need a strong spiritual element in their lives to stay balanced and others don't. Problems start when one side thinks they are "right" and the other side is "wrong". Just because your religion thinks homosexuality is wrong, that doesn't make it wrong for everyone else.
