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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1822545" data-attributes="member: 14668">I happen to believe that one of the greatest gifts we as humans have been given by our Creator is the capacity for reason.It would then follow that one of the greatest sins we can commit would be to close our minds off to new ideas or ways of thinking.Another of the greatest gifts we have been given is the capacity to love.It would follow that another one of the greatest sins we can commit would be to denigrate and marginalize our fellow man.The Christian Church condemned Gallileo as a heretic because he dared suggest that the Earth rotated about the sun rather than being the center of the universe as the Biblical teachings of the day decreed. Modern Christians have evolved their understanding of the physical universe in light of the advance of scientific knowledge, which is what I feel that a God who gave us the capacity for science would want us to do. Unfortunately, when it comes to issues of human sexuality there are those within the church who seem to want to go backwards rather than forwards in terms of understanding.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1822545, member: 14668"] I happen to believe that one of the greatest gifts we as humans have been given by our Creator is the capacity for reason. It would then follow that one of the greatest sins we can commit would be to close our minds off to new ideas or ways of thinking. Another of the greatest gifts we have been given is the capacity to love. It would follow that another one of the greatest sins we can commit would be to denigrate and marginalize our fellow man. The Christian Church condemned Gallileo as a heretic because he dared suggest that the Earth rotated about the sun rather than being the center of the universe as the Biblical teachings of the day decreed. Modern Christians have evolved their understanding of the physical universe in light of the advance of scientific knowledge, which is what I feel that a God who gave us the capacity for science would want us to do. Unfortunately, when it comes to issues of human sexuality there are those within the church who seem to want to go backwards rather than forwards in terms of understanding. [/QUOTE]

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