| NightlyPoe said: As I said, your interpretation is only one of what that passage means. It is not "black and white" and repeating how a section that has already been translated out of its original language and can be best understood within the cultural context of 1st Century Jews living in a specific area only has one possible meaning will not make it so. |
There is only one interpretation. - The rest are apologetic points of view to twist it so it means something else to fit another narrative.
What the Bible says in black and white is undeniable and I have already provided all the evidence necessary, making your argument pretty superfluous at this point in time.
| NightlyPoe said: That is your opinion. However, you cannot use the government to impose that view on others, which is the problem here. Basically, it appears that you think the 1st Amendment should be gutted and people's rights be taken away because you value something else above it. That would make you pretty much the type of person the 1st Amendment was designed to protect against. |
Rubbish. I fully comprehend there are many denominations.
I fully support Freedom of Religion and Freedom from Religion... Thus making your argument entirely pointless as well.
As for the 1st Amendment, it doesn't apply to me, I am not American... But let's argue for arguments sake.
The first Amendment establishes that: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Yet the US Congress/President/Government have constantly made rules and law based around "Christian Values". - The entire same-sex marriage debate was built around that remember.
Perhaps the US Government should try being a little more secular?
And obviously this has a flow-on effect to incidents like the Baker, which is why if this happened in say... A more progressive and secular state of Europe, the results would have been far far far different.
| NightlyPoe said: I'll tell you a secret: They don't want cake. What they really want the baker's scalp. |
Good for them too. Everyone has a right to use the legal system in the US if they feel they have been wronged, do they not?
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