Pastor Kristian A. Smith spoke about the people who say that homosexuality is a sin
“You can't really get through to Christians when talking about sexuality if you don't deal with what they believe about sin. It doesn't matter what you say. You can say, ‘You know, Q+ people—they're the entire music ministry. We wouldn't have a church without them,’ and so on and so forth —all of these valid points. But at the end of the day, it always comes back to ‘but it's sinful.’
So in my theology, I deal with that directly. If the greatest commandment is the core of Jesus's message—because when he was asked, ‘What's the greatest?’ He said, ‘This is it. Everything hinges on this’ —then if love is the greatest commandment (love for God, neighbor, and self), the first rule of love is ‘do no harm.’ If I love you, I'm going to at least commit to not harming you. I can't help everybody—I’m a finite human being—but I can make a commitment to not harm anybody. So if the first commitment of love is ‘do no harm,’ then sin is anything that causes harm. That’s why I barely even use the term "sin" anymore. I talk about harm. Because sin is harm, and harm is sin. If something is not harming anybody, then it’s not a sin.
And if you can reorient your understanding of sin, maybe you can start to think differently about same-gender-loving people and trans people who are just living their lives, not harming anybody. They’re simply trying to live their truth. So then the question becomes: if they’re just trying to live their lives without harming anyone, and you, as a Christian, are condemning them and pushing them down, then you are the one causing harm. Right? So you are the one living in sin.”
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Gunn's superman willingly let Lex Luthor shoot a civilian in cold blood just to keep his secret.
I never want to hear y'all complain about this scene ever again.
Diana dying, transcending death, destroying the Anti Life Equation, and then rebuilding all of creation is one of the most best moments in Future State
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Nope. She’s lost the plot just like every other rich person out there. we have too many problems here on the ground for them to be spending so much money on space when it offers us nothing.
Putting aside talent, impact, success and all (green day wins in all categories) this loser behaviour is embarrassing if you think your ego is more important than the message they’re sharing and the risk they’re taking by speaking up. She’s not only classless but ignorant too
Another reason why I don’t understand why DC doesn’t push Wonder Woman more. How many people went through a Greek Mythology phase growing up or are fascinated by it as an adult? DC could easily create cartoons/comics/games/movies for that demographic, really lean into—