One problem I find with some particularly religious people is that when it comes down to moral issues, they have an unusual fixation on sexual matters. I wish they gave as much effort & attention to other sinful behavior, like gossip or passing along rumors, for example. No doubt those are bad things and probably directly impact more people than the deviant sexual matters impact.
Then again, based on the most religious people I know, if they took a strong stand to wipe out gossip, they would be left with nothing to do.
"One problem I find with some particularly religious people is that when it comes down to moral issues, they have an unusual fixation on sexual matters."
Sexual matter ARE moral issues. Gee ya think that might be why?? When one moral issue falls away, the rest naturally follow, like it or not that is the way it is. The left has known this, and used it to their advantage for years!
Amen to that. I guess that's my point.. people like to crusade against homosexuality but there are many other sins people are willing to tolerate.. or at least not start a war against.
People are free to vote for their religious convictions but I know reality is not about that.. the people I have a chance to vote for are all sinners.. most of their sins I never know about if I'm even luckily enough to find out about a few of them. We have to vote based on what they say they will do(how they vote) and if they don't vote that way then we go with someone else. If that means I vote in a homosexual that doesn't make me a fair weather Christian. That simply means that I seperate my personal relationship with God from my politics. I choose to pick the best person to put my country in the best place for as many people to have a great relationship with God.. and sometimes that means voting someone who is not Christian or a homosexual.
I put my focus where it should be.. leading my myself and my family on how to be better Christians.. learning on how to set an example.. passing good will on to others.. through that I can impact the people that I know and love.