nathannathaniel #fundie

nathannathaniel #fundie cbc.ca

But imagine some stranger came knocking on the door of your house and asked if he could move in and live with you. How much would you welcome him? You would certainly see him as "the other," and in many ways he is. He is not part of your family.

The request of gays to be "married" might be similar, even for a tolerant person like myself. The request to be married is a request to move into my "house"--the order of my society that has been traditional for thousands of years.

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old comment by John_in_Oz

Fail on analogy, history and facts.
The tradition of the North American Continent for 'thousands of years' is not Monogamy. A few hundred years only. Even then there were polygamous exceptions, and it has changed over that time, with inter-racial marriage, divorce and substantial change in the demographics.
What you imagine as 'traditional' marriage was not the marriage that Jesus spoke of. His culture was polygamous. What you're doing is defending the practices of the pagan Romans.
Oh, and since tradition is so important to you, there is a much longer tradition of gay marriage than you're aware of.
Your complaint seems to amount to 'they're mocking me', to which the answer is "Of course. But not by marrying the person we love."

old comment by Enigma32

"But imagine some stranger came knocking on the door of your house and asked if he could move in and live with you. How much would you welcome him? You would certainly see him as "the other," and in many ways he is. He is not part of your family."

Shit. There goes another irony meter. If you READ the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, you'd find that the major qualm god had with the cities is that they weren't HOSPITABLE. Hospitality is something that's stressed over and over again, because it's important to survival over in that part of the world. A Bedouin would give you the shirt off his back if he thought it was being hospitable.

Funny thing is, you just defied the story that you, in your infinity ignorance, keep using as a reason to condemn gays and lesbians - IN A COMMENT CONDEMNING GAYS AND LESBIANS.

Shit. New another irony meter now....

old comment by Blaidd drwg

For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'

37"Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'

40"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'

41"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.'

44"They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?'

45"He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.'

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