Robhu: in response to atreic's post
Jul. 17th, 2008 11:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jackRob, I assumed you wouldn't mind me cross-posting this. It's a continuation of what I asked when you realised you wanted to be Christian, inspired by atreic's post. I didn't want to assume what you did think, but wanted to ask (and sorry for putting you on the spot).
I said to rob in his 'I have become Christian post' that I thought it was probably good that he is Christian, but that if that was based on conviction and observation, then I didn't see it need change his mind on, eg. when having meaningful non-marital sex is ok, or what has a soul. I know some people have very good reasons for some or all of those things, but they're not a necessary part of Christianity. Indeed, I should probably ask him directly *crossposts*.
ETA: some or all of what I thought rob thought was garbled and incorrect, I apologise for not checking first!
I get the impression you have changed your mind on several similar issues, for instance the post-fertilisation contraception atreic linked to. Do you think that's right? Obviously believing in God could make you consider the question more closely, but I get the impression you accepted things as part and parcel of believing in God maybe you didn't need to. Do you know what I mean?
I said to rob in his 'I have become Christian post' that I thought it was probably good that he is Christian, but that if that was based on conviction and observation, then I didn't see it need change his mind on, eg. when having meaningful non-marital sex is ok, or what has a soul. I know some people have very good reasons for some or all of those things, but they're not a necessary part of Christianity. Indeed, I should probably ask him directly *crossposts*.
ETA: some or all of what I thought rob thought was garbled and incorrect, I apologise for not checking first!
I get the impression you have changed your mind on several similar issues, for instance the post-fertilisation contraception atreic linked to. Do you think that's right? Obviously believing in God could make you consider the question more closely, but I get the impression you accepted things as part and parcel of believing in God maybe you didn't need to. Do you know what I mean?
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Date: 2008-07-17 12:14 pm (UTC)[Bad username or site: atreic' / @ livejournal.com] completely misunderstood what I said in the thread that this all began in, I was saying "If you're a person who believes life begins at conception (which I don't) then..."
Now I look like the bad guy all over LJ.
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Date: 2008-07-17 12:23 pm (UTC)(Obviously there's a lot to say on the subject, such as the difficulties of where to draw the line, but isn't relevant here.)