Monday 13 July 2015

U. S. Supreme Courts Decision: Who has the Right to Define Human affairs?



Here below is a response I received recently on Facebook from a friend who disagreed with a quote I posted from Franklin Graham on the U. S. Supreme Courts decision in favor of same-sex marriage in all fifty States of the United States. My answer follows her response. 

"You assume everyone believes in the Bible. we don't, and you don't have the right to tell us it is the defining factor in human affairs. You are pushing your religious beliefs and hurting others doing it. How would you like it if I said God was your imaginary superhero? That's basically what you are saying about others beliefs, and its wrong." --Facebook friend.

My friend, I never made the assumption that everyone believes in the Bible. I know there are people who do not believe the Bible is true, but that does not make it any less true. Then to reinforce your point, you said: "we don't, and you don't have the right to tell us it is the defining factor in human affairs." First, so I don't have the right, you say? Who said anything about my rights? If you want to talk about rights, I have just as much right to share the view I hold to as you do in sharing your view. The fact is, it is not about either of our rights, but it is all about what God deems right. He is our Creator, and His right trumps our rights, because He is perfect, we are not. God has every right to define human affairs above the U. S. Supreme Court, governments, or any man made system that defies His Truth. Now since we have free will, you can choose to accept that or reject that. Second, I have the Authority of God on this issue, whereas you only have the authority of man. Third, since the Franklin Graham quote and all the responses in this thread is on MY Face page, I have every right to post subjects and respond to comments according to my worldview without the threat of friends trying to censor what I can and cannot say. I don’t do that to you, neither should you do that to me. 

Next, you stated: “You are pushing your religious beliefs and hurting others doing it.” Again, you are trying to censor what I can and cannot say on my own page. If I am sharing my faith in this thread, it is for two reasons. First, it has to do with the nature and subject of the original post by Franklin Graham. Second, some of the people who responded on this thread brought up the issue about my faith. They are all welcome to agree or disagree with my posts and responses, just as you are free to do, Rowena. I will not censor people’s point of view as long as they keep it respectful and tasteful. Now as for forcing and hurting others on the nature of this issue. The forcing part is simply not true, you know that. As for hurting others, well, I know hearing the truth is not always easy to hear, let alone accepting it. I am aware of that. The fact is I am hurting others much more by not being honest and truthful with them in regards to the same-sex marriage issue. Hence, the primary reason why I posted Franklin Graham’s quote in the first place. As a Christian, I am called to declare the truth in all boldness, not to sit by and remain silent, when I should speak up. I well know this is not popular to do in today’s society, yet, it is necessary, if I truly love my neighbor.


 Lastly, you wrote: “How would you like it if I said God was your imaginary superhero? That’s basically what you are saying about other’s beliefs and its wrong.”  I had plenty of atheists tell me my God is nothing more than a cosmic Santa Claus or the figment of my imagination. So it does not surprise me when people say that about our Creator and God. Now as for me saying that about other people’s beliefs? Well, that depends on how valid a person’s belief is. It is not wrong to say if it is true. Post modernism’s view on truth is that no one truth claim is more valid than another truth. That simply is not true. If a belief we hold to is not true, then it is false. It is NOT a valid truth claim in equal standing with other belief systems that are true. You can argue that my God is fake and I can argue that your god or goddesses are fake, but only one of us is right. And the evidence will bear which. This may sound arrogant, but all other religions of the world fail in comparison to Christianity, and their gods are non- existent creations of their own imaginations or demons masquerading as a god. Christianity is the only religion that has all of life’s answers and has withstood the test of time. Speaking the truth on an issue is not wrong as you claim.

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