That is of course exactly what they do
Gay Marriage
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) is joined by CEO Duncan Drasdo and Financial Director Andy Green from the Manchester United Supporters Trust for a special episode on all things behind the scenes at Old Trafford including a brief history of MUST and their aims today, views on INEOS and Sir Jim Ratcliffe so far, and the Old Trafford regeneration.
I know the fees they wanted to charge us to rent the church to get married in... It was comparable with other venues (castles, stately homes etc)... It was not a voluntary donation - you pay several thousand pounds and you get the church from this time to that time - no different from the other rentals
Lot's of stuff is a big no-no in the old testament but the church absolutely deems them fine nowadays. You quoted Leviticus, there are some absolute corkers in there that the modern church totally ignores.
My point is that you said "the church aren't going to pick and choose which parts of the bible to follow and not follow". They do that all the time.
As stated earlier mate I'm not religious at all and I don't know the scripture.
I'm not going to argue with you as you obviously no an awful lot more about this than me.
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I'm out of my depth here mate (maybe should have paid attention in RE at school rather than flicking elastic bands)
I'm out of my depth here mate (maybe should have paid attention in RE at school rather than flicking elastic bands)
I'm certainly no expert either... But there are glaring parts people pick and choose
Either the church moves forwards (hopefully) and starts treating people equally as most of modern society does... Or they listen to their nutjob fundamentalists and start chucking people off buildings for the sin of being gay like those other religious folk in Syria/iraq
Oh duffer, Old Covenant in Old Testament, New Covenant in New Testament.
Oh Penna, what does that mean?
Totally agree mate. But I don't think that will happen for many decades yet.
Well, if we are talking about the dietary rules and commands set out in Leviticus, those were only binding on the Israelites, the Jews to whom they were given. This is what Jesus said about dietary restrictions:
"Hear me, all of you, and understand: there is nothing outside a man which by going into him can defile him; but the things which come out of a man are what defile him." And when he had entered the house, and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable. And he said to them, "Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside cannot defile him, since it enters, not his heart but his stomach, and so passes on?" (Thus he declared all foods clean.) (Mark 7:14-19)
We (me and Garethw) were talking about passages from Old Testament being used as reasons the church would not marry two women (be they Jewish or otherwise) and the inconsistency in which passages are ignored.
Anyway, I'm sure neither of us want to get in to a debate about the Old Testament.
Not really.