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Originally Posted by OhDear  EVEN IF I believed that there was a hell to snatch folk from, it is God's work to do so, not the work of the lawmakers or the community in general even... When you want intolerance to be demonstrated by legislation, you have a problem with mixing apples and oranges, civil pursuits with spiritual endeavors...  OhDear |
OK, fair enough. You are not speaking from a Christian perspective. Christians are specifically called both in the Great Commission and the Great Command. No way around that.
Also have to disagree on the false dichotomy of your legislative comment. "Intolerance" as you put it is the purpose of every law: from speed limits to criminal penalties for murder to rape to property crimes to hate crimes.
Every law is meant to be intolerant of certain behaviors. I stand by my previous: not all things are meant to be tolerated from any perspective--Christian or otherwise.
The idea of tolerance today is anything but tolerance--it has been kidnapped by certain groups who believe only they have the right to define what is to be tolerated. In fact, tolerance has become a weapon of intolerance and mostly used against the principles that made this country great.