User Tag List

+ Reply to Thread
Page 3 of 12 FirstFirst 1234567 ... LastLast
Results 21 to 30 of 112

Thread: ​The Meaning Of Marriage

  1. #21

    tPF Moderator
    Points: 473,135, Level: 100
    Level completed: 0%, Points required for next Level: 0
    Overall activity: 69.0%
    Achievements:
    Social50000 Experience PointsTagger First ClassYour first GroupVeteranRecommendation First ClassOverdrive
    Awards:
    Master Tagger
    DGUtley's Avatar tPF Moderator
    Karma
    200769
    Join Date
    Jul 2016
    Location
    Northeast Ohio
    Posts
    52,922
    Points
    473,135
    Level
    100
    Thanks Given
    17,060
    Thanked 46,039x in 24,874 Posts
    Mentioned
    886 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Standing Wolf View Post
    It might be interesting to research at exactly what point and place the hierarchy of the Christian Church decided that a Christian could have only one spouse. Were converts to Christianity who already had multiple wives "grandfathered in"? Was it a regional decision, before the Church - in a remarkable foreshadowing of the actions and policies of Major League Baseball - decided it needed to have the final say on what everybody did?
    Mrs. U wants to know if you are advocating instant replay?
    Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect. -- Woody Hayes​

  2. #22
    Points: 74,611, Level: 66
    Level completed: 64%, Points required for next Level: 839
    Overall activity: 39.0%
    Achievements:
    50000 Experience PointsSocialVeteran
    Standing Wolf's Avatar Senior Member
    Karma
    314971
    Join Date
    Oct 2015
    Posts
    25,616
    Points
    74,611
    Level
    66
    Thanks Given
    5,717
    Thanked 21,088x in 12,283 Posts
    Mentioned
    415 Post(s)
    Tagged
    1 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by McCool View Post
    This is what makes America great. We, as a people, have the ability to improve, or destroy, this great nation. The real question we have to ask ourselves is, by changing our marriage laws, are we making America a better place for ALL its citizenry, or are we making it better for just a select group?
    In response to that, I guess I would have to ask, "How does removing the requirement that civil marriage partners be of opposite sexes make America a bad (or worse) place for anybody? There are thousands of laws that, in practical terms, benefit a relative handful of people. Laws that permit American Indians to harvest and utilize certain natural occurring plants with hallucinogenic properties, for example. Court decisions, too. How did the high court's overturning of state laws prohibiting interracial marriage in the '70s make America a worse place? Most people still marry within their own race, so I guess it would be fair to say that only a "select group" was benefited by that decision.
    Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.” - Robert E. Howard

    "Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas and not eat a chicken fried steak." - Larry McMurtry

  3. The Following User Says Thank You to Standing Wolf For This Useful Post:

    kilgram (03-20-2017)

  4. #23
    Points: 12,961, Level: 27
    Level completed: 35%, Points required for next Level: 589
    Overall activity: 0.1%
    Achievements:
    Your first GroupSocialCreated Album picturesVeteran10000 Experience Points
    McCool's Avatar Senior Member
    Karma
    2092
    Join Date
    Nov 2013
    Posts
    670
    Points
    12,961
    Level
    27
    Thanks Given
    404
    Thanked 205x in 154 Posts
    Mentioned
    14 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Standing Wolf View Post
    In response to that, I guess I would have to ask, "How does removing the requirement that civil marriage partners be of opposite sexes make America a bad (or worse) place for anybody? There are thousands of laws that, in practical terms, benefit a relative handful of people. Laws that permit American Indians to harvest and utilize certain natural occurring plants with hallucinogenic properties, for example. Court decisions, too. How did the high court's overturning of state laws prohibiting interracial marriage in the '70s make America a worse place? Most people still marry within their own race, so I guess it would be fair to say that only a "select group" was benefited by that decision.
    Clearly you don't understand, or respect, the Christian point of view, so perhaps you can explain how homosexual marriage benefits our society as a whole.
    We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

    -- Oscar Wilde

  5. #24
    Points: 74,611, Level: 66
    Level completed: 64%, Points required for next Level: 839
    Overall activity: 39.0%
    Achievements:
    50000 Experience PointsSocialVeteran
    Standing Wolf's Avatar Senior Member
    Karma
    314971
    Join Date
    Oct 2015
    Posts
    25,616
    Points
    74,611
    Level
    66
    Thanks Given
    5,717
    Thanked 21,088x in 12,283 Posts
    Mentioned
    415 Post(s)
    Tagged
    1 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by DGUtley View Post
    Mrs. U wants to know if you are advocating instant replay?
    For Baseball, or for Marriage?

    In either case, the answer is "Yes".
    Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.” - Robert E. Howard

    "Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas and not eat a chicken fried steak." - Larry McMurtry

  6. #25
    Points: 74,611, Level: 66
    Level completed: 64%, Points required for next Level: 839
    Overall activity: 39.0%
    Achievements:
    50000 Experience PointsSocialVeteran
    Standing Wolf's Avatar Senior Member
    Karma
    314971
    Join Date
    Oct 2015
    Posts
    25,616
    Points
    74,611
    Level
    66
    Thanks Given
    5,717
    Thanked 21,088x in 12,283 Posts
    Mentioned
    415 Post(s)
    Tagged
    1 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by McCool View Post
    Clearly you don't understand, or respect, the Christian point of view,
    Clearly? Really? Quite the contrary - I very much respect the Christian "point of view"...which in the present context I am assuming you mean to include a belief that God disapproves of same-sex relations and that therefore his people should abstain from it. I would be the very last person in the world to attempt to force you or anyone else into any sexual act or romantic relationship against your will. And I think that my experience and study of Christianity in its many manifestations does qualify me to say that I do, in fact, understand it to some degree...sufficiently, at any rate, to know that God directs his followers not to sin, and to offer his teachings to others - not to employ the force of civil government to enforce His doctrines on everyone. The law should not be in the business of forcing the general population to adhere to teachings that are purely religious in nature, and I think you will find that the great majority of Christians, regardless of sect or denomination, agree with that sentiment.

    Quote Originally Posted by McCool View Post
    so perhaps you can explain how homosexual marriage benefits our society as a whole.
    I'd say that same-sex marriage benefits "society as a whole" in pretty much the exact way that opposite-sex marriage does: it adds stability to familial relationships - adding, in particular, to a sense of safety and stability in the lives of the children who are brought up in households headed by same-sex couples. Those children grow up to become citizens. As I wrote earlier in this thread, about one in four such households are raising children, and while I haven't seen the statistics on it - and suspect that it might be too soon to be attempting to draw any meaningful conclusions from such numbers as might currently be out there - I would not be at all surprised to learn that the couples with minor children would be the very ones most likely to seek to become married. As I also suggested earlier in this thread, it stands to reason that an individual who grows up in a happy, secure household, but whose parents were legally unable to be married, is far more likely to see formal marriage as unnecessary.
    Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.” - Robert E. Howard

    "Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas and not eat a chicken fried steak." - Larry McMurtry

  7. #26
    Points: 56,719, Level: 58
    Level completed: 19%, Points required for next Level: 1,631
    Overall activity: 0.0%
    Achievements:
    Veteran50000 Experience PointsTagger Second Class
    patrickt's Avatar Senior Member
    Karma
    17597
    Join Date
    Jun 2012
    Location
    Living in Oaxaca, Mexico, born in Memphis and worked in Colorado
    Posts
    11,977
    Points
    56,719
    Level
    58
    Thanks Given
    916
    Thanked 5,009x in 3,481 Posts
    Mentioned
    54 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by McCool View Post
    Clearly you don't understand, or respect, the Christian point of view, so perhaps you can explain how homosexual marriage benefits our society as a whole.
    Gee, I don't know. Perhaps it will give two men a happy home to live in instead of prowling the streets and bars or it will give two women a happy home to live in instead of marrying and making two men miserable.

    My main issue is like the culture of Colorado when I moved there in 1965. The culture was simply "mind your own business." If your next-door neighbors were a male/female couple, a male/male couple, a female/female couple was none of my business as long as they were good people and good neighbors. Life's so much better when you live yours and let others live theirs.

    Of course, when the California virus arrived bringing Homeowners Associations and gated communities the concept of "mind your own business" disappeared.

  8. The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to patrickt For This Useful Post:

    Crepitus (03-21-2017)

  9. #27
    Points: 174,780, Level: 99
    Level completed: 29%, Points required for next Level: 2,870
    Overall activity: 21.0%
    Achievements:
    SocialVeteranTagger First Class50000 Experience Points
    Dr. Who's Avatar Advisor
    Karma
    870669
    Join Date
    Jan 2013
    Location
    Gallifrey
    Posts
    69,096
    Points
    174,780
    Level
    99
    Thanks Given
    12,828
    Thanked 12,932x in 8,810 Posts
    Mentioned
    206 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by patrickt View Post
    Gee, I don't know. Perhaps it will give two men a happy home to live in instead of prowling the streets and bars or it will give two women a happy home to live in instead of marrying and making two men miserable.

    My main issue is like the culture of Colorado when I moved there in 1965. The culture was simply "mind your own business." If your next-door neighbors were a male/female couple, a male/male couple, a female/female couple was none of my business as long as they were good people and good neighbors. Life's so much better when you live yours and let others live theirs.

    Of course, when the California virus arrived bringing Homeowners Associations and gated communities the concept of "mind your own business" disappeared.
    Too right. I used to live in the suburbs where people were compelled to mind everyone else's business. I hated it. Moved back to the city where people are friendly but mind their own business. I could never live in a "gated community". That's pretty much like living in a condo where everyone decides what anyone can and cannot do on their own property. Homeownership with none of the privileges.

    I have neighbors in the city that grow vegetables in the front yard. Nobody cares. In the suburbs, people would be having apoplexy.
    In quoting my post, you affirm and agree that you have not been goaded, provoked, emotionally manipulated or otherwise coerced into responding.



    "The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.”
    Mahatma Gandhi

  10. #28
    Points: 30,469, Level: 42
    Level completed: 59%, Points required for next Level: 581
    Overall activity: 0.1%
    Achievements:
    50000 Experience PointsTagger Second ClassVeteran
    decedent's Avatar Senior Member
    Karma
    390557
    Join Date
    Oct 2014
    Posts
    7,037
    Points
    30,469
    Level
    42
    Thanks Given
    2,238
    Thanked 2,794x in 2,008 Posts
    Mentioned
    123 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by rcfieldz View Post
    The Meaning Of Marriage

    Marriage is the union between a(one) man and a(one) woman. Anything else is an abomination and a lie that Satan wants you to believe.

    Opinions like this have made many people, including myself, reject Christianity.
    I have a big cook.

  11. The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to decedent For This Useful Post:

    AZ Jim (03-24-2017),Crepitus (03-21-2017)

  12. #29
    Points: 78,723, Level: 68
    Level completed: 43%, Points required for next Level: 1,327
    Overall activity: 0.1%
    Achievements:
    OverdriveSocial50000 Experience PointsVeteran
    resister's Avatar Senior Member
    Karma
    154141
    Join Date
    Oct 2016
    Posts
    29,399
    Points
    78,723
    Level
    68
    Thanks Given
    23,242
    Thanked 10,122x in 7,595 Posts
    Mentioned
    264 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by decedent View Post
    Opinions like this have made many people, including myself, reject Christianity.
    There is no God but Resister and Refugee is his messenger’.

    Book of Democrat Things, Chapter 1:1






  13. #30
    Points: 56,719, Level: 58
    Level completed: 19%, Points required for next Level: 1,631
    Overall activity: 0.0%
    Achievements:
    Veteran50000 Experience PointsTagger Second Class
    patrickt's Avatar Senior Member
    Karma
    17597
    Join Date
    Jun 2012
    Location
    Living in Oaxaca, Mexico, born in Memphis and worked in Colorado
    Posts
    11,977
    Points
    56,719
    Level
    58
    Thanks Given
    916
    Thanked 5,009x in 3,481 Posts
    Mentioned
    54 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by decedent View Post
    Opinions like this have made many people, including myself, reject Christianity.
    It's a shame you simply moved to another faith.

+ Reply to Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts