Cultural Values and the Preaching of Repentance

Mark Driscoll discusses issues related to the Desiring God 2006 National Conference

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[delagrazia]

@Drreality78 thats because true religion is an inner state and not what u say or think u are (as in definition which is ultimately a word+doesnt mean it corresponds to realitty

[MrPunnoosej]

God bless pastor Mark!

[Drreality78]

Totally agree (of course I'm a heathen and I'm going to hell according to xians so my opinion can be taken with a grain of salt on here :))

[Drreality78]

Non xians don't wake up everyday thinking about all of the immoral things that they can do all day. I know xians would like to believe this but it is simply not true. I do agree with you on one point, however: Xianity IS exclusive. That is the REAL draw to it (in addition to fear). People want to feel special, like they have some priviledge that others don't have. No one wants to believe that we are high functioning animals and will disappear into oblivion after death, like ants, dogs, etc.

[Drreality78]

Would it be morally bad if the sodomized stud was my boyfriend? Well, the answer is NA as I'm straight, but if I was gay, then it would be morally bad if there was deceit involved on the part of my 'boyfriend' and it would be morally bad for Driscoll to be sodomizing this person while preaching against the same behavior (read: hypocrisy). Not being a xian doesn't make you a prisoner of desires any more than being a xian makes you not do immoral things.

[Drreality78]

Pascal's Wager?! Are you serious?! Using Pascal's wager to prove you point is basically saying that your point makes no sense so I'll try to scare you into buying into the BS I'm selling. What if Muslims are right and you are not? You can apply the same logic to every other religion out there, which puts you in the same position as everyone else: wagering on the fate of your soul based on a book/ideology of absurdities and contradictions.

[santisimasimagenes]

...and then again, you just might be the brainwashed (Pascal's Wager?, desicion theory..but the stakes are really high)..& is it freedom to be a prisoner of desires? Or can a man conquer sin, yes indeed, but alone through Christ!!!It is madness how can we blind ourselves to the destruccion that comes from sin. Great people are overpowered by "animal instinct," destroying morality(would it be morally bad if that sodomized stud happens to be your boyfriend..Cristianity is exclusive!Dr.S.

[Drreality78]

We'll see how you all feel when this guy gets caught sodomizing some young stud somewhere in Capitol Hill and then blames it on his wife for being sexually unavailable. You people should start thinking for yourselves instead of relying on some Bronze Age book of man made myths and the advise of some douchebag homophobic, sexist asshole for your worldview. Of course you're all brainwashed so you won't listen but I've said my piece.

In reason,

-Dr.

[Drreality78]

Mark Driscoll is a complete douchebag!! Why don't all of you xian chicks marry straight outta high school so you can get a head start at crankin' those babies out since that's apparently all you're good for. I can't believe that your self esteem is so far in the shitter that you actually believe this garbage! Wake up ladies, you're worth more than being Susie homemaker. I'm not knockin' you if thats REALLY what you wanna do but to say that this is a woman's calling is crazy.

[Conail23]

good stuff!