Quick Thought: Religion
I'm not a Christian. But I'd like to think that I know a lot about Christianity, and Catholicism in particular, having been born into the faith and studied it formally. Having said that, nothing boggles my mind more than moderate Christians.
If you claim a commitment to the bible as the root of your faith, then you cannot be liberal with interpretations. The bible, though largely contradictory in many instances and completely silent on a lot of important ideas, is painfully literal when it comes to some issues. One of those issues is homosexuality.
You can't believe in the bible and think priests should be officiating same-sex marriages. That's just cognitive dissonance. Now, if you say that you believe in the teachings of Christ but you believe some parts of the bible are arcane and need not be followed, that's another story. However, if you could pick and choose what to believe, then how does that make you any different from a nihilist?
If you claim a commitment to the bible as the root of your faith, then you cannot be liberal with interpretations. The bible, though largely contradictory in many instances and completely silent on a lot of important ideas, is painfully literal when it comes to some issues. One of those issues is homosexuality.
You can't believe in the bible and think priests should be officiating same-sex marriages. That's just cognitive dissonance. Now, if you say that you believe in the teachings of Christ but you believe some parts of the bible are arcane and need not be followed, that's another story. However, if you could pick and choose what to believe, then how does that make you any different from a nihilist?