The church should be most concerned with persuading individuals to the truth of the Gospel.
I don't believe Jesus wasted any time in the courthouse trying to tell them what should be done to address sin in the community. He addressed people and their sinful lives directly; not indirectly through their government.
Protecting individual liberties is not contradictory to declaring Biblical absolutes. God is the One who gave the gift of free will to people in the first place. Therefore, we allow the same freedom for people to choose sin or choose righteousness, and at the same time, we offer the solution for sin, should that be their choice.
Our job is to offer the solution to sin; not enforce righteousness.
Fantastic post.
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Wouldn't married people have enlarged hypothalmususisis? I mean, when I was married we had relations sometimes two or three times a day for several weeks with a short break... and would rev up again. lol How would my hypothalmacupakis know the difference??? LOL
Sorry. There is a gay scientist that theorized that he found enlarged hypothalmic areas in brains. a hand full of gays that died from aids, some animals and 1993.
His own analysis is based on the examination of less than 50 brains (19 gay men who had died of Aids, 16 presumed heterosexual men, and six presumed heterosexual women), as well as some monkeys and rats
LeVay's finding was widely reported in the media.[2] LeVay cautioned against misinterpreting his findings in a 1994 interview: "It’s important to stress what I didn’t find. I did not prove that homosexuality is genetic, or find a genetic cause for being gay. I didn’t show that gay men are born that way, the most common mistake people make in interpreting my work. Nor did I locate a gay center in the brain.
He is not a neuro surgeon. I describe fresh life human brain tissue as a texture between stiff jello and cream cheese. It can't be touched by a suction tip directly or it will come out. These samples can dehydrate before he gets them set in formaldehyde.
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His belief that Freud was mostly wrong - that homosexuals are not the product of over-bearing mothers and weak or hostile fathers
- may please his own dad, one of very few breeders in a sardined audience.
Freud also a zero regarding live human anatomy of the brain. He was an MD but in the 60's and 70's the field took off. But he was also a Psychologist.
Just a little comment, the brain tells the hypothalmus to send orders to the pituitary which influences the pelvic and other flushing activities of engorgement.
(Just for FERD, I post a lot from memory, hands on experiences and education) no links.
No, legally, your children cannot consent to sexual relations or to marriage with an adult. An animal cannot consent to sexual relations or to marriage with a human, since they have no way of expressing their consent.
I have to agree with Coadie here lol. That it can't consent could be seen as a reason to legalize bestiality. Animals are not human and therefore technically we can say they don't deserve basic human rights. Humans own animals and animals are technically seen as property
Someone can argue they love their animal so much, they want to be married to it
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The church should be most concerned with persuading individuals to the truth of the Gospel.
I don't believe Jesus wasted any time in the courthouse trying to tell them what should be done to address sin in the community. He addressed people and their sinful lives directly; not indirectly through their government.
Protecting individual liberties is not contradictory to declaring Biblical absolutes. God is the One who gave the gift of free will to people in the first place. Therefore, we allow the same freedom for people to choose sin or choose righteousness, and at the same time, we offer the solution for sin, should that be their choice.
Our job is to offer the solution to sin; not enforce righteousness.
Our job is to offer the solution to sin and to preach righteousness.
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