Re: Christians: Would you be pro-gay if you weren't a christian?
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 3:39 pm
You know I said I wouldn't be pro "gay".
But, if I wasn't Christian, then I wouldn't give a damn either.
And really that's how I see society is. Many just don't give a damn as long as it's outside of their life.
They don't really care about the "gay" person. Don't give a damn about people emasculating themselves physically because they feel they're the opposite sex. Don't care about the craziness and even high suicides that go with such.
There is such a thing as superficial love, and that is what I see many parents and much of society giving today.
It is a very short sighted and unenduring love. I also don't wash my hands entirely of any guilt giving it because sometimes it's just an easier road of "love" even if not very loving. And, when people see you as the unloving one if you don't give into their demands you know aren't good for them, then well the "blackmail" pressure can be strong.
It could be something as simple as giving your kids with Maccas. They might act hurt and like you don't love them. So rather then pushing them to more nutritious and healthy foods, if you were to continually give in. Well, they might grow up on such and then become overweight and depressed when old because of what you set in motion parenting. That's just an extreme example and I'll continue with it for further illustration.
How horrible are the parents that never gives their kids sweets and Maccas, right? Poor kids. Don't get to be kids. And yet, all those healthy nutritious meals those kids instead receive and come to understand. Such parents are avoiding all sorts of health issues for their kids when they grow, their parents are avoiding the easy "love" and action. Perhaps more to be congratulated, although I think one here and there is fine -- but sometimes I know I often give the easy love too. My kids just look so sad right? Yes, I'm a soft touch. But then, I feel bad knowing that's not really loving them. Making them happy. Like what society believes love is, about making someone happy in the moment.
SO, if I were non-Christian, then I wouldn't give a rats bum about what people do.
I'll give them the superficial love they want in order to have them and society like me even if I know better.
It's probably only Christ living in me that actually makes me care more for others doing these wrong things.
Especially knowing the natural consequences that often follow such. Regardless of what a person/people thinks will make them happy, if I know better, then I can't accept such. And really, a lot of today's social morality is based upon a humanistic feel good love, rather than a truly caring long-suffering kind found in Christ.
But, if I wasn't Christian, then I wouldn't give a damn either.
And really that's how I see society is. Many just don't give a damn as long as it's outside of their life.
They don't really care about the "gay" person. Don't give a damn about people emasculating themselves physically because they feel they're the opposite sex. Don't care about the craziness and even high suicides that go with such.
There is such a thing as superficial love, and that is what I see many parents and much of society giving today.
It is a very short sighted and unenduring love. I also don't wash my hands entirely of any guilt giving it because sometimes it's just an easier road of "love" even if not very loving. And, when people see you as the unloving one if you don't give into their demands you know aren't good for them, then well the "blackmail" pressure can be strong.
It could be something as simple as giving your kids with Maccas. They might act hurt and like you don't love them. So rather then pushing them to more nutritious and healthy foods, if you were to continually give in. Well, they might grow up on such and then become overweight and depressed when old because of what you set in motion parenting. That's just an extreme example and I'll continue with it for further illustration.
How horrible are the parents that never gives their kids sweets and Maccas, right? Poor kids. Don't get to be kids. And yet, all those healthy nutritious meals those kids instead receive and come to understand. Such parents are avoiding all sorts of health issues for their kids when they grow, their parents are avoiding the easy "love" and action. Perhaps more to be congratulated, although I think one here and there is fine -- but sometimes I know I often give the easy love too. My kids just look so sad right? Yes, I'm a soft touch. But then, I feel bad knowing that's not really loving them. Making them happy. Like what society believes love is, about making someone happy in the moment.
SO, if I were non-Christian, then I wouldn't give a rats bum about what people do.
I'll give them the superficial love they want in order to have them and society like me even if I know better.
It's probably only Christ living in me that actually makes me care more for others doing these wrong things.
Especially knowing the natural consequences that often follow such. Regardless of what a person/people thinks will make them happy, if I know better, then I can't accept such. And really, a lot of today's social morality is based upon a humanistic feel good love, rather than a truly caring long-suffering kind found in Christ.