Cardinal Ambrosic

[baci2004]

By not capitalizing God it is indeed disrespectful to not only the RC Church but christians in general around the world. People from the as far as man can rmember have had faith in god or gods. To some a god was the sun, to other a cow, or tree or whatever. For the most part these people had a belief in many gods. RC's and christians believe in 1 almighty Lord the God of all gods. Capitalizing acknowledges that there is one God that rules the universe. Not doing it is disrespectful to those that believe in Him.

Soooo then if I were not to capitalize god.... That would mean that I respect the fact that non-Christians may believe in another god or maybe three.

Oh and BTW GOD gOd goD Gawd and DOG are just words; the church is just a building. Christianity is a way of life, not something you just do on Sundays. I'm a Christian seven days a week twenty-four hours a day; God knows this by my actions, not by the way I spell. God also sees how we treat others on terb...I haven't read one post of yours (in any thread) that would indicate that you are a Christian. You are an angry ball-breaking SOB, listening to you pontificate makes me want to puke!

 

[wop]

Can somebody please explain to me what those who want same sex marriage will gain that they don't already have?
It certainly is not equality...theoretically we all are already equal.
I really think that this is an issue of political power-grabbing by a well organized lobby group pushing the envelope as far as they can, without any regard for equality and all the other nice touchy-feelie things that have been discussed.

What is in it for those who want it that they don't already have?
I do not understand?

 

[yychobbyist]

Can somebody please explain to me what those who want same sex marriage will gain that they don't already have?
It certainly is not equality...theoretically we all are already equal.
I really think that this is an issue of political power-grabbing by a well organized lobby group pushing the envelope as far as they can, without any regard for equality and all the other nice touchy-feelie things that have been discussed.

What is in it for those who want it that they don't already have?
I do not understand?

They get to feel more like us, they get to be treated equally in the eyes of the law in all regards, they get to do all those things that we get to do. You're right, theoretically they are equal to us now but it's only a theoretical equality.

There are also some legal minutae (to you and I anyway) that getting married gives them. For example, if they are legally married in a country then, if they move to a country which does not recognize same-sex marriage, private international law requires that the country they move to treat them as a married couple. That entitles, for example, a surviving spouse to certain rights that they would not have had they not been married.

My question to you who oppose gay marriage is this: what's so bad about gays marrying? What's so special about marriage in this age when children are born out of wedlock, when half of all marriages end in divorce, when people get married by a fake Elvis in Vegas and then annul the next day because they were too drunk or stupid to realize what they were doing?

 

[someone]

By not capitalizing God it is indeed disrespectful to not only the RC Church but christians in general around the world. People from the as far as man can rmember have had faith in god or gods. To some a god was the sun, to other a cow, or tree or whatever. For the most part these people had a belief in many gods. RC's and christians believe in 1 almighty Lord the God of all gods. Capitalizing acknowledges that there is one God that rules the universe. Not doing it is disrespectful to those that believe in Him.

Fine, if they are that sensitive, let it be disrespectful. The fact is that god or gods is a concept created by man (or Man/Women, if you want to be PC). Unless, you capitialize other concepts created by man which are not pronouns (e.g. named after the person that created them, such as Marxism, Keynesian, Stalinism, etc.) capitalizeing god is inconsisent.

 

[red]

Can somebody please explain to me what those who want same sex marriage will gain that they don't already have?
It certainly is not equality...theoretically we all are already equal.
I really think that this is an issue of political power-grabbing by a well organized lobby group pushing the envelope as far as they can, without any regard for equality and all the other nice touchy-feelie things that have been discussed.

What is in it for those who want it that they don't already have?
I do not understand?

equality. justice. they want the same freedom to control how they and their relationships that you do. why do you oppose it? really- how will effect you?

 

[red]

By not capitalizing God it is indeed disrespectful to not only the RC Church but christians in general around the world. People from the as far as man can rmember have had faith in god or gods. To some a god was the sun, to other a cow, or tree or whatever. For the most part these people had a belief in many gods. RC's and christians believe in 1 almighty Lord the God of all gods. Capitalizing acknowledges that there is one God that rules the universe. Not doing it is disrespectful to those that believe in Him.

I feel sorry for you. Peace unto you, my brother.

 

[Cardinal Fang]

As a Catholic Red, I was not offended.

 

[yychobbyist]

As a Catholic Red, I was not offended.

You're Catholic?

 

[Goober Mcfly]

You're Catholic?

He also shits in the woods.

 

[yychobbyist]

He also shits in the woods.

If a Catholic shits in the woods but no one is around does it still stink?

 

[The Doctor]

Of course not, our shit doesn't stink in the first place.


</tounge in cheek>

 

[Cardinal Fang]

You're Catholic?

I have my membership card on me.

 

[yychobbyist]

Wonder if they're written in Latin

Wonder if they include instructions on preventing your priest from buggering you?