Equal Rights/Deserved Versus Needed

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Part 1

Equal Rights

In regard to some recent major court decisions in the United States which are a major deal in the lives of evangelical Christians in the United States.

The results are not surprising and the societal, cultural trends have been going liberal, 'progressive' since as long as I could seriously ponder on those issues as a child in the 1980s.

There was never a point in the Western World or in the United States where this trend seemed reversing.

On the other blog, I recently stated views similar to what I will present on this post:

On Rights

In my mind, the same-sex marriage issue is a primarily a homosexual rights issue as opposed to an equal rights for all issue.

The homosexual lobby over the last several decades has become very powerful and has gained enough public and political support in the Western World to gain many of the same rights as heterosexual singles and couples, but in many regards equals rights are not gained for all couples in Western society.

Albert Mohler has stated likewise on his website, on his broadcast 'The Briefing'.

Polygamists still do not have equal rights in most Western jurisdictions to marry, I would reason.

Those who wish to commit adult incest, still do not have the right to marry, in most Western jurisdictions I would reason.

There is simply not complete open marriage rights for all adults in the Western World.

No, I do not support the practice of incest whatsoever, but neither do I based on Scripture and reason support homosexuality, Romans 1, 1 Corinthians 6.

Nor do I support polygamy based primarily on Genesis 1-3 and a Biblical appearance of natural order, admitting Genesis 1-3 although not mythology is religious history and is considered to be written in poetic, figurative literal language by many Genesis scholars, including conservatives.

I am not doubting the historicity of the fall story.

I reason in a democracy persons have the right within reason to live as they wish and God has established the Western World as democratic which I am thankful for.

I do not wish to force my Christianity or Christian views on a minority of persons, but will exercise my views, again within reason. I do not wish to attempt to force my view as a minority on the public non-Christian majority.

Basically, Western society in general has made mainly subjective alterations in views on homosexuality that have led to generally not well-thought out philosophical positions and so now Western societies no longer morally and legal discriminate against homosexuality in marriage the way they once did.

However, most Western governments still will practice forms of moral and legal discrimination against polygamy, and those that legally commit adult incest, for example.

Remember...

Those in the pro-homosexual marriage camp often use the argument that the no one, no government, no church, should prohibit two adults that love each other from being able to publicly get married.

But in reality, Western states are still allowing all types of moral and legal discrimination.

My conclusion is that a solution to this, a way to solve this problem is to allow, and/as in having the right to, every adult to marry every other adult on the planet.

In our context, perhaps just the Western World.

Perhaps one big ceremony online that would put the Moonies to shame.

Well, they already have been put to shame by their actions, but you know what I mean.

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This would be equal rights for all. This would eliminate all kinds of moral and legal, religious and government discrimination.

Sort of.

There would of course be several new problems created!

The End

Part 2

Deserved Versus Needed.

Philosophically I separate between the concepts of what for one may be deserved versus what is needed based on one's God-given nature, although from a Biblical perspective it is corrupted (Romans 1-3).

From secular perspectives when I listen to 'relationship coaches' online or read online job postings, materials are often presented in the context of the woman I deserve or the job I deserve.

I do not live life as if I deserve a younger woman because I have waited and trusted God, and still desire my own family.

I do not live life as if I deserve a woman my own age because that is the societal rules, or that is what many persons in the Christian Church will reason.

To me this is ignorance, as this view does not fit me at all.

What I deserve is very secondary, as I am saved by grace through faith in Christ unto good works Ephesians 2) and therefore the far more important issue is under the guidance of the Holy Spirit is what I need according to my nature to serve the Lord most effectively with relationships and with a career.

I reason my needs are to be with someone young enough to have a family with and to have a career based at least somewhat on my degrees but it is based primarily on God directing my nature and will through his nature and will and I would state much less so in the context of sinful humanity on what I may deserve.

This is a major philosophical difference between secular, Western worldviews and Christian, Reformed worldviews.

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Do they have a mass divorce?

Just wondering.