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Interfaith marriages-do they work?
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seven-day-weekend wrote: »It would be that with me, I would have to decide whether I thought the fact that he had broken promises to his wife and didn't care meant he would do the same with his politics.
If the guy had not professed to be a Christian his affair would not be an issue.
Don't you find that logic a bit strange? You're implying that a non-Christian can commit sexual wrong and yet have integrity in their professional life, but a Christian can't."Save £12k in 2019" #120 - £100,699.57/£100,0000 -
Person_one wrote: »You don't care about what?
About my nationality being an accident of birth, I can still be proud of it.(AKA HRH_MUngo)
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Fair enough - would you think differently of a non-Christian adulterous councillor to a Christian adulterous councillor?
Is it relevant that it's a sexual sin? Would you apply the same standards to a gossip, glutton etc?
Of course as one of them is a Christian, in the example I gave I don't know if the woman my 'friend' had an affair with was a Christian themself.
I definitely would have problems with someone who was a gossip.:o Gluttony is more difficult as it doesn't have a direct correlation with public life.Lost my soulmate so life is empty.
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Don't you find that logic a bit strange? You're implying that a non-Christian can commit sexual wrong and yet have integrity in their professional life, but a Christian can't.
No....I expect a Christian to attempt to live to Christian principals. I don't expect someone who is not a Christian to necessarily have the same principals. They might see nothing wrong with having an affair, or think they had a good reason for having it.
(I do NOT mean that Christians are more moral than others. I mean that others may have different viewpoints on morality).(AKA HRH_MUngo)
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seven-day-weekend wrote: »About my nationality being an accident of birth, I can still be proud of it.
What have you got to be proud of? You did nothing, you didn't choose to be born where you were.
pride |prʌɪd|
noun [ mass noun ]
1 a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements, the achievements of one's close associates, or from qualities or possessions that are widely admired: the faces of the children's parents glowed with pride | he takes great pride in his appearance.0 -
Person_one wrote: »What have you got to be proud of? You did nothing, you didn't choose to be born where you were.
pride |prʌɪd|
noun [ mass noun ]
1 a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements, the achievements of one's close associates, or from qualities or possessions that are widely admired: the faces of the children's parents glowed with pride | he takes great pride in his appearance.
So tell that to women's lib or gay pride. I can be as proud of my accident of birth as much as they can. They did nothing either to be who they are.(AKA HRH_MUngo)
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Torry_Quine wrote: »Gluttony is more difficult as it doesn't have a direct correlation with public life.
Is it more difficult? The Bible says a Christian who is a glutton walks as an enemy of Christ and their god is their belly. Phil 3:18-19."Save £12k in 2019" #120 - £100,699.57/£100,0000 -
seven-day-weekend wrote: »So tell that to women's lib or gay pride. I can be as proud of my accident of birth as much as they can. They did nothing either to be who they are.
Quite right, why is it seen as wrong to be proud of where you are from? I'm a proud Scot for the record.
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seven-day-weekend wrote: »So tell that to women's lib or gay pride. I can be as proud of my accident of birth as much as they can. They did nothing either to be who they are.
Oh ok, so its a spite thing.
Well, enjoy it I suppose, although I must point out that there's no mention of pride in 'women's lib' and nobody's called it that for a long time!0 -
seven-day-weekend wrote: »So tell that to women's lib or gay pride. I can be as proud of my accident of birth as much as they can. They did nothing either to be who they are.
I'm pretty sure I did quite a lot to be allowed to be who I am. Often fighting against those good old moral Christians.0
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