Oklahoma Baptist pledge stand against homosexuality, while offering compassion to gay

[caojyn]

agreed. The official 'stance' and the action of the members are often pretty varied. Saying the group will do one thing and actually having it happen is another.

How many baptists still went to disney despite swearing it off and how many will still hate the 'sinner'?

Religion of Compassion

 

[rlongnt]

How many centuries have we had the rulebook now?

 

[TwoForFlinching]

How many centuries have we had the rulebook now?

Just a hair over four

 

[TedKennedy]

That's an extremely smart strategy to take. Historically, those leading an alternate lifestyle have higher disposable incomes. I hope it pays off for them.

If you're looking at it as a business venture, you're right. (and unfortunately, the SBA has joined the moneychangers)
If you're looking at it as a stand for Biblical values, then it shouldn't matter how much it costs.

Every time a company or group bends its "rules", "values", what have you - it is always because there is a cash value at risk.
If your organization is supposed to be about principle, not money, and you bend anyway, it exposes what the real values are.

 

[YukonGlocker]

Or, it exposes in what ways those values are changing.

 

[TedKennedy]

Or, it exposes in what ways those values are changing.

Yep - and why?

 

[TerryMiller]

Just a hair over four

If you are referring to the Bible as the "rulebook," the early manuscripts for the New Testament are much older than "4 centuries." According to Wikipedia, "All of the works which would eventually be incorporated into the New Testament would seem to have been written no later than around AD 150."

 

[YukonGlocker]

Yep - and why?

Because values change over time. I'm not sure if that's what you're asking. Species are not the only things to evolve...cultural ideas evolve also...in this case, values.

 

[TwoForFlinching]

If you're looking at it as a business venture, you're right. (and unfortunately, the SBA has joined the moneychangers)
If you're looking at it as a stand for Biblical values, then it shouldn't matter how much it costs.

Every time a company or group bends its "rules", "values", what have you - it is always because there is a cash value at risk.
If your organization is supposed to be about principle, not money, and you bend anyway, it exposes what the real values are.

I see it as more money that could potentially lead to more benevolence. In this case, hitting up a notoriously overspending demographic can mean more good to be done.

If you are referring to the Bible as the "rulebook," the early manuscripts for the New Testament are much older than "4 centuries." According to Wikipedia, "All of the works which would eventually be incorporated into the New Testament would seem to have been written no later than around AD 150."

I agree, the bible is extremely old... Most of the teachings are timeless fables that everyone can learn from. I was referring to the universally accepted King James bible (most widely used in the US) It's a little over 400 years old. Most variables differ in linguistics, but pass the same message along. Beyond that, we have to trust that the Council of Nicaea chose correctly when they voted on which books of the modern bible to keep.

 

[rlongnt]

Just a hair over four

Uummmm... That is just the KJV which is pretty new in terms of biblical perspective. This is still forgetting about the other half too?