The 5000 character limit is sorta making me miss reddit.
Yes, this thing is buggy. But it's brand new. If these problems are still unresolved in a year, that'll be bad, but it's open source and I'm under the impression an increasing number of people are contributing to it.
Sorry, I didn't realize you had asked. This is what I was referring to:
Thank you. They write in their intro:
Human freedom enables and empowers people to do as they please, free from constraints or punishments, so long as it does not impinge upon the freedom of another.
That's a libertine definition of freedom. It advocates for legal cocaine and prostitution. I acknowledge they're not the only ones to hold that definition, but I do not.
Human freedom enables and empowers people to obey God, do His will, worship Him as they see fit, and (as a result) to be blessed with emancipation from sin.
(Skipping a bunch here. Sorry, I'm reading what you wrote, and I don't have much to say in reply that I haven't already said. I guess that's for the best, all things considered.)
I believed in Jesus, god, christianity, the whole thing. I was raised christian and believed it all. I went to church, believed I was saved, felt the holy spirit, etc. I just now realize none of it was true.
What do you suppose you actually felt, when you thought you felt the Holy Spirit? When you say that you believed it all, did you really believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead, or did you only say you did? When you decided that none of it was true, do you think you might be enduring a test of faith?
It doesn't, but the ruling it mentioned does. Sorry, I should have given you a better link than that.
Thank you, that was informative. Much as I disagree that the Pledge is idolatry, I respect that you're not the only one to believe it. Of course JWs also believe the Second Coming happened in 1914, so I've got a few grains of salt. I completely side with SCOTUS on that ruling, that compelled speech breaks the first amendment. I just wish they had the same decision on school prayer, that nobody can be forced to partake, but the rest of us are going to proceed with it anyhow.
I'll definitely be marrying her, but we have mutually agreed not to have kids. We can't ethically justify bringing a kid into a dying world, and also her physical disabilities would quite literally kill her if she were pregnant. And suicide is generally considered to be a sin.
I'd argue with you on the ethics point, and the claim of a "dying world" (what), but your follow-up point about her disability overrides anything I'd say. I'm happy for you! When's the wedding?