[bansheewails]

[QUOTE=Shasown;3352350]He is entitled to his own opinion, regardless of how outdated it is. His opinion is coloured by his reading of a very old book which has shaped perceptions for a few thousand years.

All he said was he wouldnt perform a ceremony for same sex, he didnt condemn or criticise, just that in his view his inderstanding of scriptures meant he couldnt prtgotm the ceremony.

A lot of religious people are like that, if thats what they believe fine, let them, you wont change their mind saying they are homophobes.[/QUOTE


But when Josie asked him then to explain why if god loved everyone, and he didn;t object to gays, what was wrong with marrying them, he refused to answer. Which is what annoyed me, very old fashioned religious view, accept what I say and don;t question me. Thats how people understand differing views, by questioning and discussing the issue, not avoiding it.

[Shasown]

Originally Posted by bansheewails

But when Josie asked him then to explain why if god loved everyone, and he didn;t object to gays, what was wrong with marrying them, he refused to answer. Which is what annoyed me, very old fashioned religious view, accept what I say and don;t question me. Thats how people understand differing views, by questioning and discussing the issue, not avoiding it.

Ah but thats not the way some religious adherents defend their beliefs, this is where society and reigion tend to divide, religion moves slower than general society, its only recently women were allowed back into some denominations as priests etc, where there is precedent in the New Testament for them not only being priests but also bishops etc.

Still got to give him credit for partially dealing with her questions, its a lot more than most do.

Religion has to be dragged, in many cases into accepting modern social views, in some cases there are religions still stuck in the middle ages if not earlier.