"In newly disclosed letters, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams writes that the Bible doesn't forbid same sex relationships when there is a commitment similar to traditional marriages, a British newspaper reported Thursday."
They is no mention about this in the Bible and it is a grey area. As a result there are controversies regarding this gay marriage. The church is split into two camps. I can only speak for myself as an individual .
I believe that everyone of us will have to decide whether you can accept gay marriages or not.If some one believed it is against the Bible , let him believed it .
We cannot tell him or say that he is wrong. Many Christians may interpret the Bible and believed what they think it is right.
We know from the historical perspective that sometimes our beliefs may have been wrong for ages until some one pointed it out to us.
There is this possibility that we maybe wrong and we should keep an open mind about our beliefs. We should not be rigid about what we have learnt.
Whatever your beliefs, one would respect other's beliefs and will leave you alone and will neither judge you nor condemn you.
As an individual , it is easier to belief what we want but as a church , the leader will have to decide the right course of action. Whatever actions those leaders take, it will not please everyone
Religion is to teach and make us a better person .If religion is abused and twisted to one's belief , then it is wrong.
We cannot feel that we are the chosen ones and all the others who do not believe the same will go to Hell .
In certain countries, religion is used as a control on the masses by those in power.
Gay or not gay , that is your decision. Right or wrong ,it is between you and God .Who am I to judge you for your sexual preferences?
It may not be the gay issue alone but could be many theological issues which can divide the believers.
If you are not gay , you cannot pretend to be a gay . It would be repulsive and offensive to you. You cannot pretend to be one.
Do you really understand why they are gay ?
How dare you who are not gay simply condemn them because you believed what some one told you according to the Bible.
Why do you swallow hook ,line and sinker and not use your brain to think. What if someone condemned you as a religious freak? Are you not ?
If you do not have love for your fellow mankind, then you do not have God in your heart. You are not worshiping God but the devil in disguis
Christians should not force the Bible down other's throat or bang on their heads. That is not the right way.
Condemning others is also wrong. What makes them think that they are right and others are wrong? Did God make them your custodian of your soul?
Even if you are right by quoting Bible verses but if you have no love , you are just like an empty gong. All talk but no actions. Faith without works is dead.
This world is full of self righteous and holier than thou people and you can meet them everywhere. Religious freaks or nuts or extremist or fanatics come to the mind.
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