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Posted by Wattree, on 07-31-2008 01:39,
Bro. Carr,
You said, “Forcing one’s beliefs on you? I’d very much like to know where I did that in the article. Brother Wattree, you’re free to marry any man you want.”
First, I’m not gay, so I’m not predisposed to marrying another man. I’m simply against bigotry, of any kind. Secondly, the entire thrust of your argument is in support of laws that dictate who can and who cannot get married. I’d call that forcing your beliefs down the throats of others.
You also say that “ faith is based on solid fact, whereas credulity is synonymous with gullibility, belief with little or no evidence.”
That’s just flat-out wrong. The American Heritage Dictionary defines “faith” as follows“Belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence.” Faith is only required where there is doubt. I don’t have to have faith in the fact that I’m sitting in my den writing–I know that as a fact. I would, however, have to have faith in the fact that Moses parted the Red Sea, because I don’t know that to be a fact.
You then said, “God has never sponsored or endorsed the brutality of the African slave trade.” There you go again, talking like you’re sitting across the table from God. You don’t know any more about God than anyone else–and the fact is, man doesn’t know a thing about what God knows or think. Man’s entire concept of God is based gross speculation–that’s why there are so many different religions.
You also said, “No, my religious belief is not an accident of my birth. (Incidentally, as a university instructor of comparative religion, this is the exact same question I ask my students. But, somehow I think you knew that).” That’s another gross assumption–I don’t know anything about what you’ve asked you’re students, and I didn’t even know you had a website.
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