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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