Spirit of the law vs a rejection of it. One is at least trying. I do not only understand marriage as procreation however, I'm just saying according to Catholics and a few others, their theology is consistent. Rather, God said He created him (Adam) in His image and them (Eve as well) in His image. Because His creation was made after His own image, a perversion of that image is sin. A nonChristian would not care about that. Only a Christian would value and understand that we should follow the purpose and way we are made. We are not judges of the world. In our respective countries, we may be politically responsible for our voting. For that, I believe I need to vote on what is 'best' for those I am voting for. It may not and often is not what is being asked for. Medical marijuana is legal in my state. I voted against recreational use. It is not best for society to put their or their children's lungs at risk. It is not best for them to get DUI's. Etc. Etc.
Hi... again...
I won't bust up your paragraph, just answer it 'in one', ok?
No, Lon, were have never been trying, we have been loving. We knew at the beginning that Mrs Eider cannot have children. We love each other....... what more to say?
You mention Catholic theology. Many religions earnestly desire their numbers to rise. Not just Christians. For one example, Baha'ullah the Baha'i prophet exclaimed 'Bring forth ones who will make mention of me!'... On the side, can you tell me what your Creed or Church is?. Churches differ widely in beliefs and Creeds.
No, lots of other religions and philosophies follow the purposes for which they were made, they just believe in a variety of 'purposes', each calling all the others wrong.
Marijuana..... Excellent that your State allows it for genuine medication. In the UK we cannot do that. I often wonder about UK policy about 'drugs'. We spend billions of Police involvement, billions on jailed 'drug' criminals, billions on investigation of drug gangs and drug murders, we don't allow marijuana use at all for any medical reason...... blah blah... and some people here say that to repeal the drug laws or some of them would produce an immense return from taxation, crush the gangs, free up police to go 'policing' ... blah blah.... bit I don't see our legislation changing.
You know of an exception to someone loving the idea of the family? Even blended groups want to exemplify an organic family as it naturally occurs. Most people want that kind of family, even if they do not accomplish it. So I think we can define 'normal' really well, we just aren't succeeding necessarily the first time.
I know that thousands and thousands of couples over here do not want family..... they want their lives together and to be able to afford a house, social status, holidays etc. I've taken a keen interest in feminism over here (UK) and most women don't seem to be foot-stamping feminists because they have the benefit of huge legislation which is slowly turning in their favour. Women here feel much more confident now and because of this they can be quietly confidently calmly insistent about what they want out of their lives. I have to tell you that our young people's God tends to be Mammon regardless of what religion they wear on their sleeve.
The main area where they feel let down is that the top executive positions and incomes are still tending to go to males because the 'old-school-tie', the 'handshake' and 'secret-society' is still strong here and young male mid-class applicants get pushed forward.
The fact that there are less Fat-Cat Female execs than Fat-Cat Male execs doesn#t bother me one jot because they are all earning more than they deserve or are worth imo.
You seem open to all data. Perhaps a moderate?
Me? I grab for all and any info available and then give it all a good objective chewing. I believe in personal investigation for truth and seek it where I can. I haven't got time to bother with indoctrination or evidence which buttresses agendas and all sides of any debate can be tempted to do that.
The best any of us can do, is the 'most loving thing' we can do. We disagree on the difference between indulgence or discipline between groups. To me, it seems politically the left is about indulgence and the right is theologically about following directives and restriction. Both must remain at odds over it.
I went looking around for info about this.
Both left and right, Conservative and Liberal politicians in the US can side for and against various issues at the same time in varying %s ........ In the UK when a politician feels that they must vote with the opposition they are described as 'walking across the floor'..... sometimes our whole Parliament votes together on an issue regardless of political party. It did exactly this last week.
You mentioned the Catholic Church earlier. Have you ever watched the series 'The Borgias'? I know that it's adapted for entertainment viewing but the basis of corruption was so severely crippling that it could be easy to describe it in very hard terms. Ergo, there is as much corruption amongst humans within religions as without, methinks, we just have to set our standards and then stick to them.... ourselves.
