So after seeing the news about how the sales of gay superman are tanking (color me surprised) I remembered how a few weeks back an owner of a comic book store that I met at a convention I was working told me I could make some quick and easy cash selling my Female Thor #1 and my Ms. Marvel #1 as soon as their shows come out. I bought those back when I still had the "give everything a chance" mindset. I gave that mindset up a while back, then reading Don't Give Money to People who hate You kind of solidified it.
It is funny about the whole gay superman thing. At what point do you realize that while most people have no animosity against the lgbt crowd or while I may have a religious objection I have no desire to harass anyone about how they live, they are still a very small group and a lot of people are probably not interested in stories that push it heavily.
I meant as a Christian I believe it goes against the Bible but I’m not gonna go out of my way to bother anyone. I do get annoyed that anything less than excessive affirmation is considered hateful.
Leaving evil to fester and grow just creates more sin and suffering in the future. The only reason half the world exists as advanced as it does now is because older Christians had zero qualms bothering everyone at any chance available and dragged entire continents into "modernity" (of the time) with their culture at the forefront.
That is a good point. I’ve been guilty of the live and let live mentality but I do have to remember to show love so even if I’m telling someone the truth about their sin I have to do it in a loving way
Just like Jesus when he let those moneylenders do what they wanted in the place of worship yeah. And who can forget such famous verses like "suffer the witch, it's fine, don't bother them"
I never understood the perspective of Christians who didn't want to bother people. That's an atheistic perspective. If you believe there's nothing in the afterlife, then yeah it would be annoying having people try to convince you to change your behavior. But If you believe there is an eternity of torment awaiting a sinner unless they repent, it is incumbent upon you to try to save them from that fate. It's far ruder to leave them to it and not try to save their eternal soul. Don't you wish to save them, or is this person not worth it in your eyes?
That's not to say that there's not a time or place, and a recognition of ones own persuasive abilities (or lack thereof). Be effective about it, sure, but there's a time and place for 'bothering'.
That’s true. Thank you for pointing that out. I guess since I’ve been overly judgmental and harsh in the past I’m paranoid about that now
Man, can you please stop being so mature and polite in your responses? You're making the rest of us look bad by comparison. Thank you.
Ha! I’ll work on it.
Christ compels you to not allow faggotry to exist.