Freedom To Marry

[caglewis]

See Loving v Virgimia -inter-racial marriage was once illegal and overturned - how is your hateful exclusionary message any different? Churches don't get to make/enforce Civil rules!

[kantuckyII]

Marriage has always been a union between one man, and one woman. That is what MARRIAGE IS! it's like looking up at the moon and calling it a planet or a star. It is, no matter what anyone wants it to be, the Moon

[abuck76]

Cage is right....marriage is and has always been a secular issue..........Religion only plays a part if YOU so choose.........Many do not choose it to be a religious ceremony....And that is o.k........That is what makes this country great....We are not, nor ever have been, and never will be a Religion based nation...........Thank God for that........ :12224

[dazed&confused]

God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, one of the reasons was the rampant homosexuality.

Mike, that is a religious story. Believable if you have faith, fairy tale if you do not. I am on the skeptical side.

Here's a few good examples of the Bible's historical accuracy

Over the years there have been many criticisms leveled against the Bible concerning its historical reliability. These criticisms are usually based on a lack of evidence from outside sources to confirm the Biblical record. Since the Bible is a religious book, many scholars take the position that it is biased and cannot be trusted unless we have corroborating evidence from extra-Biblical sources. In other words, the Bible is guilty until proven innocent, and a lack of outside evidence places the Biblical account in doubt.

This standard is far different from that applied to other ancient documents, even though many, if not most, have a religious element. They are considered to be accurate, unless there is evidence to show that they are not. Although it is not possible to verify every incident in the Bible, the discoveries of archaeology since the mid-1800s have demonstrated the reliability and plausibility of the Bible narrative.

Here are some examples:

*The discovery of the Ebla archive in northern Syria in the 1970s has shown the Biblical writings concerning the Patriarchs to be viable. Documents written on clay tablets from around 2300 B.C. demonstrate that personal and place names in the Patriarchal accounts are genuine. The name “Canaan” was in use in Ebla, a name critics once said was not used at that time and was used incorrectly in the early chapters of the Bible. The word tehom (“the deep”) in Genesis 1:2 was said to be a late word demonstrating the late writing of the creation story. “Tehom” was part of the vocabulary at Ebla, in use some 800 years before Moses. Ancient customs reflected in the stories of the Patriarchs have also been found in clay tablets from Nuzi and Mari.

*The Hittites were once thought to be a Biblical legend, until their capital and records were discovered at Bogazkoy, Turkey.

*Many thought the Biblical references to Solomon's wealth were greatly exaggerated. Recovered records from the past show that wealth in antiquity was concentrated with the king and Solomon's prosperity was entirely feasible.
It was once claimed there was no Assyrian king named Sargon as recorded in Isaiah 20:1, because this name was not known in any other record. Then, Sargon's palace was discovered in Khorsabad, Iraq. The very event mentioned in Isaiah 20, his capture of Ashdod, was recorded on the palace walls. What is more, fragments of a stela memorializing the victory were found at Ashdod itself.

*Another king who was in doubt was Belshazzar, king of Babylon, named in Daniel 5. The last king of Babylon was Nabonidus according to recorded history. Tablets were found showing that Belshazzar was Nabonidus' son who served as coregent in Babylon. Thus, Belshazzar could offer to make Daniel “third highest ruler in the kingdom” (Dan. 5:16) for reading the handwriting on the wall, the highest available position. Here we see the “eye-witness” nature of the Biblical record, as is so often brought out by the discoveries of archaeology.

...and the earth isonly 10,000 years old, God created it in 7 days and dinosaurs roamed the earth with man.

[Kentucky Trojan]

Revolution...it is a comin'...

[Kentucky Trojan]

[abuck76]

Wow you sure love that cartoon.............Redundant??............ :12224

[Kentucky Trojan]

Revolution...it is a comin'...

[mikepike]

People can eat what they want. People can do what they want. But don't expect me to support something that I think is wrong. You, abuck, stand for what you believe in, I'll stand for what I believe in. I suggest you get off of the couch next Sunday, put aside your self-developed version of Christianity, and attend a local church.

There are churches that are not anti-gay. There are churches that welcome gay clergy. abuck could very well attend a church that has the same views as he does on this subject.

I attend a church that is anti-sin, not anti-gay.

[Kentucky Trojan]

[dazed&confused]

Revolution...it is a comin'...

Gosh it's reassuring to know some things never change!

[Kentucky Trojan]

...and it will come soon...

[dazed&confused]

...and it will come soon...

[Kentucky Trojan]

[dazed&confused]

[dazed&confused]

[Kentucky Trojan]

God's Country in Kentucky.

Front line of conservatism's battle against the liberals who are destroying this country.

Revolution...it is a comin'...

[dazed&confused]

[Kentucky Trojan]

Lennon is dead...as we all will be someday...

...but Jesus lives forever!

[dazed&confused]

Lennon is dead...as we all will be someday...

...but Jesus lives forever!

....And yet it is wrong to hope for peace and tolerance. I need say no more.