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Weatherall | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 whats confusing to you exactly?
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TheFreeQuaker | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 From the quote you provided, it sounds like that you see simplistic moralizing as destroying culture, creativity, and human potential. Yet you're condemning others to hell with a black-and-white view of complex social and moral issues, reducing it all to a simple "good vs evil".

Rather than engage in a Truth-seeking discussion, why are you  attacking (or trolling)?

I'm sincerely trying to understand where you're coming from, but there is so much noise, it's hard to find the signal.
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Weatherall | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 explain the difficult-to-parse (for you i guess) complexities of Sodom, child mutilation, tradition-destroying "personas" etc, to me, please.
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TheFreeQuaker | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Still not following you. Why are  you asking me to explain your point, rather than clearly stating your own position?
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Weatherall | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 you made the assertion that i am addressing "complex social and moral issues" with a "black and white" "good v evil" perspective...

I ask you to explocate on what you find socially and morally complex and you are "still not following"...

oh brother...
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TheFreeQuaker | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I guess I should assume you misunderstand the quote you provided. "With such a blind and naïve moralising approach, the whole vast storehouse of spiritual culture is devastated and its treasures detonated..."

So you're anti-LGBTQ. You're kinda, sorta referencing the Bible in a simplistic, moralizing way. You're condemning people to hell, as if it's your call. And you're asking me to explain you to you. 🤷‍♂️

For me, the story of Sodom is about inhospitality, not homosexuality.

Ezekiel 16:49-50 - "Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy."

Any doubts are clarified from the New Testament and the example of Jesus, how he walked in this world and treated others.
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Weatherall | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 this is my last try:

"Yet you're condemning others to hell with a black-and-white view of complex social and moral issues"

that is a quote OF YOURS.

I ask you again:

what do you find morally and socially complex?
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TheFreeQuaker | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 
I find the subject of human sexuality nuanced and complex. You find it black-and-white. From what I can tell, that's the disagreement ... 

I wish you well.
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Weatherall | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 coward.