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Freedom and Responcibility
12 years ago
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Everyone needs to calm down. So some rich guy on Duck Dynasty said homosexuality was a sin. It is his right to say such things. It is also the right of the company who airs his show to not agree or like what he said. A lot of blame can go around and around in this one. “He should not have said it”, “the company is too worried about what people think” and so on.
Yes, you have the freedom of speech. You also have the responsibility to accept the backlash of what you said. You don’t think so? Just ask a police officer or politician. People just can’t wait to judge or get offended, but reverse the situation and now the offended ones are wrong? It goes both ways.
I have a message to all the Christians who speak out against homosexuals. Note what I just said: homosexuals. I’m talking about the people. Just because your religion says its wrong doesn’t mean someone else’s religion says the same thing. The United States was founded as a place for freedoms. Some freedoms came sooner than others and we still fight over yet others, but the Freedom of Religion is in the First Amendment of the Constitution. The US has so many religions in it it’s hard to list them all. It’s our responsibility as Americans to allow the open and safe practice of religions in our country.
If you do not agree with this I say to you: you are not an American.
I have heard almost all of the arguments for and against homosexuality. I say almost because new ones are made every day and I’m not omnipotent. I call myself a Christian. I believe in God, his son Jesus, in the Holy Spirit, in the Saints and angels. I also believe in the Devil, his demons and their realm Hell. I believe evil and good are loose in this world. I believe we define what type of person we are through actions more than words. Sometimes words are our actions and sometimes actions are our words.
I will quote from the Bible now and I’m not sure if it’s the King James Version or whatever, but I believe it is the core of what it means to be a Christian. The verses are John 13: 34-35 “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
I think it’s pretty clear, but it might be too hard for some people. So I ask this: if you can’t love them, then at least accept them. If you can’t help them or be friendly, at least leave them alone and do no harm. They are just like us. They want the Inalienable Rights to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
Who are we to stand in their way?
Yes, you have the freedom of speech. You also have the responsibility to accept the backlash of what you said. You don’t think so? Just ask a police officer or politician. People just can’t wait to judge or get offended, but reverse the situation and now the offended ones are wrong? It goes both ways.
I have a message to all the Christians who speak out against homosexuals. Note what I just said: homosexuals. I’m talking about the people. Just because your religion says its wrong doesn’t mean someone else’s religion says the same thing. The United States was founded as a place for freedoms. Some freedoms came sooner than others and we still fight over yet others, but the Freedom of Religion is in the First Amendment of the Constitution. The US has so many religions in it it’s hard to list them all. It’s our responsibility as Americans to allow the open and safe practice of religions in our country.
If you do not agree with this I say to you: you are not an American.
I have heard almost all of the arguments for and against homosexuality. I say almost because new ones are made every day and I’m not omnipotent. I call myself a Christian. I believe in God, his son Jesus, in the Holy Spirit, in the Saints and angels. I also believe in the Devil, his demons and their realm Hell. I believe evil and good are loose in this world. I believe we define what type of person we are through actions more than words. Sometimes words are our actions and sometimes actions are our words.
I will quote from the Bible now and I’m not sure if it’s the King James Version or whatever, but I believe it is the core of what it means to be a Christian. The verses are John 13: 34-35 “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
I think it’s pretty clear, but it might be too hard for some people. So I ask this: if you can’t love them, then at least accept them. If you can’t help them or be friendly, at least leave them alone and do no harm. They are just like us. They want the Inalienable Rights to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
Who are we to stand in their way?
*smiles* a good philosophy to go by, my friend, and I agree with you wholeheartedly; freedom is sacred, but so is living up to the consequences of your choices made *with* that freedom.