tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988962265617663341.post7397436611457386666..comments2023-11-05T03:47:33.710-05:00Comments on Arcane Matters: What Would Jesus Do? No, Really. Which Box Would He Check?Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233972102418274980noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988962265617663341.post-49597027129003587092008-11-17T07:54:00.000-05:002008-11-17T07:54:00.000-05:00Personally, I think they are all sins, abortion, p...Personally, I think they are all sins, abortion, premarital sex, homosexuality, coveting, aldultery, theft and your right the list does go on and on. But even though I don't agree with you in how you believe, to each their own, if it had passed, I wouldn't have cared one way or the other. You guys are the ones that will have to answer one day for how you lived your lives. It's you choice, your problem, your life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988962265617663341.post-13518479001204348642008-11-14T13:57:00.000-05:002008-11-14T13:57:00.000-05:00I too was raised Catholic but also have issues wit...I too was raised Catholic but also have issues with the church, particularly its stance on homosexuality, abortion, and the role of women. I went to Catholic schools for 8 years and went to a Jesuit law school. The overwhelming message that I take from my religious upbringing is that love or charity is utmost. Love for god, love for your family, love for your neighbor. I believe not what my religion tells me to but what my heart and conscience do. And I believe that the definitions of marriage and family should have nothing to do with gender, race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. I believe that denying a minority the rights and privileges enjoyed by the majority is wrong. <BR/><BR/>I am a heterosexual woman in a "traditional" marriage. I have nothing to gain with the legality of same sex marriages. Except a better world where my daughter, regardless of her sexual orientation, will understand that tolerance and compassion are the norm.suzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04308934078733746979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988962265617663341.post-70029128126018007782008-11-14T12:39:00.000-05:002008-11-14T12:39:00.000-05:00I've commented before on my view of what being Chr...I've commented before on my view of what being Christian or Christ-like is, and it looks like Nicole may share my opinion. I do consider myself a Catholic as I was raised that way and have always felt that church was my church (moreso the more progressive Jesuit and Franciscan orders), but I certainly don't agree with all the doctrine. If everyone who claims to be a Christian would simply follow the "golden rule" - do onto others as you'd have done to you - the world would be a much better place free of hate and discrimination, people would respect life (from conception to old age) and see the good in each other. Didn't Jesus associate with the people others shunned? Didn't he offer salvation to those others thought unworthy? Something to consider when human nature causes us to judge others or to hide behind what our churches preach.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com