I don’t think there should be religious “marriage” in politics. What happened to the separation of church and state???

“One of the first important contributors to the discussion concerning the proper relationship between Church and state was St. Augustine, who in The City of God, Book XIX, Chapter 17, began an examination of the ideal relationship between the “earthly city” and the “city of God”. In this work, Augustine posited that major points of overlap were to be found between the “earthly city” and the “city of God”, especially as people need to live together and get along on earth. Thus Augustine held that it was the work of the “temporal city” to make it possible for a “heavenly city” to be established on earth.”

There is too much confusion on this topic, and I feel like stabbing the English language in the face over this. It seems to me we are using religious terms to define a legal contract. It seems to me that so many people have a different definition of marriage, that when a debate comes up that there is an all war over it.

One of the official definition would probably be some like this:

”Marriage (also called matrimony or wedlock) is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship.” —Wikipedia

The definition is so vague, combining different beliefs into one word.
I want to know the origins of the English word “marriage” and I also want to know why we are using the same word in church and state. Also I want to know why homosexuals want to be lumped in with a religious covenant and why would religious people want to be lumped in with a homosexual union or an nonreligious union of any kind.

If religious people really want to defend the sanctity of marriage then stop using vague definitions and living as hypocrites. I think the same goes to the any nonreligious individuals fighting to have a vague definition for their legal unions of kinship.

It all seems very hypocritical to me, why aren’t we practicing separation of church and state? This is the 21st century, why are we still having these stupid arguments?

May 9 2012

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Don’t you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, or who worship idols, or commit adultery, or are male prostitutes, or practice homosexuality, or are thieves, or greedy people, or drunkards, or are abusive, or cheat people—none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God. Some of you were once like that. But you were cleansed; you were made holy; you were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is good for you. And even though “I am allowed to do anything,” I must not become a slave to anything. You say, “Food was made for the stomach, and the stomach for food.” (This is true, though someday God will do away with both of them.) But you can’t say that our bodies were made for sexual immorality. They were made for the Lord, and the Lord cares about our bodies. And God will raise us from the dead by his power, just as he raised our Lord from the dead.

Don’t you realize that your bodies are actually parts of Christ? Should a man take his body, which is part of Christ, and join it to a prostitute? Never! And don’t you realize that if a man joins himself to a prostitute, he becomes one body with her? For the Scriptures say, “The two are united into one.” But the person who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with him.

Run from sexual sin! No other sin so clearly affects the body as this one does. For sexual immorality is a sin against your own body. Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.
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— Paul(1 Corinthians 6:9-20)

May 1 2012

Know Your Enemy, Pt. 1
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheFuelProject/videos?view=1

Apr 27 2012

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I owe all these changes to Jesus Christ, my Lord and King, and my Father God. Without Him, I would not be here, speaking in positive power, nor would I even be breathing. It is His grace and power in my life that has given me the ability to awaken and break free of the bondage I was under in my life.

Through Him I am now renewed and truly alive. I am now hungry for expansion, truth, and love like never before.
I know I will find my new place soon that is free of dry bones, free of the prominent mediocrity.

So I will pray fervently for all of my siblings in Jesus Christ, and long for the truth of this salvation to reach our hearts. That no matter what type of bondage that has you within it’s grasp, that you will open your heart to your Father and allow his love to burn through those chains to set you free.
You are not alone, you are a child of God, and you are worth more than you could ever imagine…

I love you all and my heart is with you, no matter who you are.
We will prevail no matter the cost.
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— Matthias

Apr 6 2012

Are you mad because I brought life to a dead “religion”?

I’m powerful in that I live what I believe, it simply isn’t some bible-belt lie, fed to me as a child! It is something I’ve questioned and studied, something I continue to study and grow in every day.

I’ve suffered for this truth in that I’ve lived it. It’s more than just a book, it’s more than just a story, it’s real. You can pretend if you want, but as for me I believe in the Christ, and I believe in the Creator; because He speaks to me, and acts in my life.

He paved the way for me to have a personal relationship with Him and I wouldn’t be here otherwise.

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”