US Presbyterian Church votes to recognize same-sex marriage as Christian

[HELIX35]

Interdasting

The top legislative body of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has voted by large margins to recognize same-sex marriage as Christian in the church constitution, adding language that marriage can be the union of "two people," not just "a man and a woman."

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...06-20-07-59-02

[homicidal_misc]

cowardice heretics of peace.

[lasher]

cowardice heretics of peace.

They will go the way of the episcopalians.


There is already a formal protest from the lay committee. They will loose half their congregation to the PCA.

[JonathanRhimes]

cowardice heretics of peace.

I've always thought of heresy as enormously courageous, myself--considering that historical heretics have typically been persecuted by their neighbors.

[JonathanRhimes]

They will go the way of the episcopalians.


There is already a formal protest from the lay committee. They will loose half their congregation to the PCA.

Maybe you're right. Religious attendance is like economics; market forces and competing products and consumer demand will determine affiliation.

I personally can't imagine why one would want a Christian gay marriage or how anyone comes to the conclusion that homosexuality isn't frowned upon in religion generally.

[BeastModeFTW]

cowardice heretics of peace.

This. Phucking pathetic.

[MuscleXtreme]

Heretics. Have fun with a decreasing congregation size and exodus of pastors to other denominations or Catholicism/Orthodoxy.

[PrettyPinkDonut]

not a single **** given (even by a dude who doesn't mind gays)

[Tsudo]

Heretics. Have fun with a decreasing congregation size and exodus of pastors to other denominations or Catholicism/Orthodoxy.

I wonder how many people were driven away from the congregation because they -- the church -- wouldn't accept it.

Will be interesting to see.

[indosthetic]

^ I don't think you guys get how stupid/backwards/primitive you sound when you refer to someone as a heretic.

Brb every Protestant movement was heretical at one point.
Brb America founded by heretics
Brb "heretic" makes you sound like some 17th century peasant living in Salem

[JonathanRhimes]

^ I don't think you guys get how stupid/backwards/primitive you sound when you refer to someone as a heretic.

Brb every Protestant movement was heretical at one point.
Brb America founded by heretics
Brb "heretic" makes you sound like some 17th century peasant living in Salem

This lol. Brb I'm an evangelical and lemme tell you I HATE HERESY.

Lulzworthy

[PrettyPinkDonut]

^ I don't think you guys get how stupid/backwards/primitive you sound when you refer to someone as a heretic.

Brb every Protestant movement was heretical at one point.
Brb America founded by heretics
Brb "heretic" makes you sound like some 17th century peasant living in Salem

Gotta have someone to Crusade

[Spartan5364]

Just like the republican party, trying to keep up and appeal to the libs will be their doom

heretics is an accurate word

[lasher]

This is what is going to happen.


The PCUSA was one of the more socially liberal mainline protestant denominations. The only one more liberal than they, would be the episcopalians, and not even they had same sex marriage, rather they simply had a liturgy to bless same sex unions.

This move by the PCUSA was being watched by all the other mainline denominations, and you will soon see something follow suit in them. The episcopalians will recognize ssm, then the methodists, then the (non-LCMS) lutherans, etc. This will cause splintering in all of those churches. This issue has been a growing faultline in mainline protestantism (and soon will be in evangelical protestantism) and it just cracked.

[Tsudo]

This is what is going to happen.


The PCUSA was one of the more socially liberal mainline protestant denominations. The only one more liberal than they, would be the episcopalians, and not even they had same sex marriage, rather they simply had a liturgy to bless same sex unions.

This move by the PCUSA was being watched by all the other mainline denominations, and you will soon see something follow suit in them. The episcopalians will recognize ssm, then the methodists, then the (non-LCMS) lutherans, etc. This will cause splintering in all of those churches. This issue has been a growing faultline in mainline protestantism (and soon will be in evangelical protestantism) and it just cracked.

So, do you think there will be an increase in attendance or do you think those who disagree with split to pursue their own beliefs...how do you think what you just wrote will impact the churches from say, a monetary standpoint -- given that it all comes to pass...

[Tha big kahoona]

GJDM. Good news

[Renegade83]

No true Scotsman all up in this.

"They are not REAL Christians anyways." As if their is any Christian cult sect that follows the good book to the T.

[HELIX35]

Man all this heretic talk is hysterical

[MuscleXtreme]

I wonder how many people were driven away from the congregation because they -- the church -- wouldn't accept it.

Will be interesting to see.

You have a choice to either to accept the laws of God as truth or reject them.

If people don't want to come to the church because of the laws of God, that's on them. It's simply their choice and I pray that they make the correct one.

[Renegade83]

Man all this heretic talk is hysterical

Catholics calling others heretics is ESPECIALLY hilarious.

[homicidal_misc]

Man all this heretic talk is hysterical

Mass shootings are not hysterical.

[homicidal_misc]

^ I don't think you guys get how stupid/backwards/primitive you sound when you refer to someone as a heretic.

Brb every Protestant movement was heretical at one point.
Brb America founded by heretics
Brb "heretic" makes you sound like some 17th century peasant living in Salem

I don't care what we "sound like" to uncivilized savages.

[Renegade83]

I don't care what we "sound like" to uncivilized savages.

Religion is responsible for countless deaths and you call us savages? Go **** yourself you little twat.

[Kharvok]

Lasher, aware us. Where do they find the biblical basis for this change? I thought the bible makes pretty clear that homosexuality isn't to be tolerated.

[Tha big kahoona]

You have a choice to either to accept the laws of God as truth or reject them.

If people don't want to come to the church because of the laws of God, that's on them. It's simply their choice and I pray that they make the correct one.

u mad the church voted in favor of this?

[BallerOfPeace]

Presbyterians are losers anyways.

[homicidal_misc]

Religion is responsible for countless deaths and you call us savages? Go **** yourself you little twat.

go commit a genocide and shoot up little kids pussy.

[Renegade83]

go commit a genocide and shoot up little kids pussy.

How very Christian of you.

[homicidal_misc]

How very Christian of you.

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exposing you savages is my duty.

[TaeBoNinja]

Why not? it's not like Christians of today follow anything close to what the original cult did.