| Zappykins said: mrstickball said "Given the fact that is about 80% of Christians that still believe in the Biblical definition of marriage, I don't understand your point."
Um, what? There is no point in making stuff up. That is just silly - I think you have been feeding at the propaganda machine too much. The Biblical definition of marriage is not one man and one woman. It is one many and many women. Plus, it gets all messy if your brother dies, with a wife, and no kids, she then becomes your wife. But I have 3 brothers, so which one of us would be stuck with his wife? (What happens if you are already married?) Plus, if you rape a women you have to marry her, etc. Plus so many ‘Christians’ get tattoos, remarried after divorce and have no problems with selectively using their religious books for their own agenda. People seems to forget that many Church DO have same sex ceremonies for marriage. It's the LEGAL RIGHTS that same sex couples want that come from the state. Plus, the other guy talking about Christian and Slavery really has no clue. Christianity has been used to justify slavery more nearly 2000 years. It was only in 1860’s in the USA that slavery was abolished and the Christian Church has been in power quite a long time. And the Roman Catholic Church until fairly recently, was more than happy to enslave people as it 'converted' and 'concord' them - just look at Mexico's history. What I find interesting is that nearly the exact same arguments against Same Sex Marraige were used against giving Women the Right to Vote. And they still don’t have that right in some countries. (I.e. hurts the family, bad for the children, etc.)
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New Testament is quite different from the OT, especially among those that look to the Gospels and writings of Paul for the rules of life, faith, and praxis.
That does away with your "One man, many women" argument, along with "brother's wife", "rape a woman", and the rest. What it still maintains is the idea that marriage and sexuality is between one man and one woman. It's certainly inconvient and at odds with homosexuals, swingers, players, multiple-divorcees, and the rest, but its still there.
Like I said, 80% still believe the Bible. The 20% are those that do have rites for same-sex couples, rites for animals, and promote a thousand other things that are against the Bible. If they want to do that stuff, fine. I just know that what they're doing is contrary to what their Bibles state.
Additionally, I'd like you to do a quick study on who were the most prominent abolitionists in the USA. Go look at which religions they were a part of. Both sides of the slavery argument had Christians. But only one side was founded by Christian leaders. John Greenleaf was a Quaker, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote on Jesus in her missives, Fredrick Douglas was a strong church-goer, and Charles Langston was part of the African Methodist-Episcopal church. To deny their contributions to destroying slavery would be remarkable.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
