Questions For Evangelicals

As a former Christian I have questions that bug me about the contemporary evangelicals and this new very political version of Christianity with its iron grip on the Republican Party and political objectives. Dominionism.

These are religious questions with a bit of commentary.

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[ConfederateGypsy]

Like I said, dom. doctrine is wrong. I don't think it reflects Christian doctrine.I was raised Episcopalian so if you want to talk weird "magic" ideas, they have them, not Baptists. I don't let people who claim to believe as I do keep me from believing myself. Political involvement ruined a lot of churches and I wish they would steer clear of it. Still, homosexuality is wrong from what I read in the Bible, just like adultery, fornication, murder, lying, etc. I am duty bound to say so.

[MacNutz2]

@ConfederateGypsy I understand that not all fundamentalists are dominionists. I also think many of their supporters do not understand what they are supporting

Contrary to what you may think I'm not disturbed by your position regarding gays. I don't feel the same but you have a right to to your beliefs. It is the attempt to subvert civil law, to enforce ideas of religious law in the public domain, that I am very Much opposed to.

Religious enforcement is not religious freedom.

[ConfederateGypsy]

I don't pick and choose what in Scripture is still binding or not. This has been done for me by the apostles.Common social justice? Not sure how you may define it but I think loving God first and others as yourself may be it.Homosexual activity is condemned in both testaments. Eating shellfish is not.Obsession I suppose is in the eye of the beholder. I find your argument rather weak but typical of many. I once said the same sort of thing myself before I was a Christian.It is not new.

[MacNutz2]

@ConfederateGypsy There are so many ways in which Christians pick and choose.

I am not suggesting anyone is obsessed with shellfish. I am talking about the absolute obsession with gay people.

I was a Christian for years, starting as a Southern Baptist. I left the Baptists early (1965 or '66), the hypocrisy was way too thick. Was always protestant and evangelical until the contradictions and magical ideas became too much. I have never regretted freeing myself from that web

[ConfederateGypsy]

I agree dominionism is bankrupt.After all,Christains of the 1st century AD didn't try to take over the Roman Empire. Your shellfish idea is irrelevant. Paul went to great lengths to make it plain that ceremonial laws of the OT are not binding now.If you can show me a Scripture verse out of the King James New Testament that says Sunday is in any way sacred, I would be amazed.BTW,I was born in 1955, raised in rural N.C., saved in 1976, never went to a Baptist church until after I was a Christian.

[MacNutz2]

@ConfederateGypsy I think my point stands that you pick and choose which parts of the book are true and or important and which parts are not. Once again it comes to convenience and common social practice. Likewise the mixing of two threads. Not dietary, law which you just wave off, but another abomination you choose to ignore. All three things are described and condemned in exactly the same way. Yet, believers obsess on one and ignore the others. The sex obsession is strange and hypocritical.

[ConfederateGypsy]

@MacNutz2 For the record, I do NOT consider myself a fundamentalist. Civil law was/is set up in many ways to oppose the gay agenda and was set up that way long before you and I were born. Some things are just contrary to stability of civilization. Homosexuality is one of those.

[MacNutz2]

@ChurchOfKali66619 I'm not having problems with that but I can no longer post video responses. I keep sending bug reports but all to no avail. This is a very buggy site, youtube.

[ChurchOfKali66619]

Mac, is it just me or have you had trouble voting? I can vote down, but it totally ignores my up-votes. Yes, I know it blocks revoting, but WTF?

[tctheunbeliever]

You don't have to hate the right people, you have to hate the Left people. :-) >