CommentsDisplaying Zenzazin's 10 most recent comments.

• Hawaii: We‘ve Officially Verified Obama’s Birth Certificate for AZ Sec. of State

  May 23, 2012 at 3:45pm

  In reply to mike_trivisonno.

  you people STILL think he wasn’t born in the US??!?!?!?!?! good god! i have a little bit better idea what Galileo had to put up with when trying to convince people the sun was the center of the universe.

• Baptist Leader Explains Why Christians Oppose Homosexuality

  May 23, 2012 at 11:47am

  In reply to Zenzazin.

  @Kryptonite – “Since you are a Jew, why not focus on the fact that Messiah has come?”
  Because Jews don’t believe that the messiah has come. i thought that was clear.

  “The day you get really hungry for God, you will seek Him with all your heart and find Him.”
  Perhaps. Don’t hold your breath though.

  “For now, you seem to be too busy, looking to people and leaning on your own understanding to find meaning in life.”
  And how is that bad? I still do good deeds and feel happy. I am just living my life differently from how you choose to live yours.

  “That is PC, kuumbaya and what not, but clearly false. Why did you ignore the links I gave you?”
  Because it is always possible to find some example of some religion committing horrible acts against others, including Christians. what matters is what the basic tenets espouse, which in all cases, is love. If anything, your response sounds prejudiced, close-minded and bigoted.

  “nations that have adopted Judeo-Christian values have advanced to higher levels of civilization (two steps forward, one step back), while those that have retained other value systems cause great suffering to their people, esp. to women and children, who are always more vulnerable.”

  Right, because the Scandinavian countries and east Asia are doing really poorly…
  I already told you I respect your right to believe what you want, so why do you insist on telling me what I should believe?

• Baptist Leader Explains Why Christians Oppose Homosexuality

  May 22, 2012 at 7:58pm

  @Kryptonite
  “The truth is your measuring stick is still Western and influenced by Christian principles. The whole world is a better place because of Jesus and humble disciples of his who have selflessly and faithfully taken the true gospel to the nations.”

  Many of the primary tenets of Christianity come directly from Judaism, so one could make the argument that I am actually influenced by Jewish principles (especially since I do not personally believe in Christ)…

  None of this is meant to come across as disrespectful to you or your opinion/beliefs. I just believe differently than you. And you are right. The world has been made better by many of Jesus’s followers, but we shouldn’t discount all of the positive contributions people of all faiths and backgrounds have made (nor completely ignore any of the negative). Just because someone is Christian doesn‘t automatically make their good deed any more worthy than anyone else’s act of humanitarianism. I try to make it a point to do good deeds everyday, and am not a Christian, so does that render my moral code moot?
  Mainly what I am trying to say is that just because Christ and his philosophy are foundational to your moral code does not mean the same is true for me. Believe what you believe, I’ll do the same, and hopefully we can be good with that.

• Baptist Leader Explains Why Christians Oppose Homosexuality

  May 22, 2012 at 7:43pm

  In reply to Zenzazin.

  @kryptonite – “So to understand Christianity we have to look at Jesus, not at what people who profess to follow him do.”
  Since Jesus was Jewish, don’t you think it is important to fully understand what that ideology espouses, since he was not a Christian?

  “Yahweh, the one and only true God, has put that law in man’s conscience. You have listened to your conscience and that makes you a good person, but you still need a blood covering for your sins that only Jesus can provide.”
  Some might argue that since Jews are the chosen people, they do not need to accept Christ. Some argue that it was Jesus’s sacrifice that opened the gates of heaven to all the non-Jews.

  “The crucial question is, “Do the other major religions teach a higher love and respect for others?
  Hindu societies used to force women to be burned alive with their (much older) husbands…
  I don’t think we need to be reminded of Islam’s abuse of women and children…”
  All of these religions teach love towards one another. The problem is that PEOPLE have used these ideologies to justify atrocities against their fellow person, just as many Christians have been guilty of throughout the years. Such instances can also be found in the Jewish faith.
  (con’t)

• Baptist Leader Explains Why Christians Oppose Homosexuality

  May 22, 2012 at 3:23pm

  In reply to welovetheUSA.

  @tarm778 – “Do some research of your own and study the de Molay experiment or the Wieland study. There is NO predilection for homosexual preference in other species. Some animals, chimps for instance, may mount another male but it was consistently either just a display of dominance or in reaction to nearby stimuli (e.g. a female chimp in heat that just happened to be nearby). In other words, the animal had no clue what it was doing.”

  So one simple example is enough to discredit all of the other scientific studies produced. It’s been a while since I was directly utilized the scientific method, but that doesn’t seem like enough to “blow an argument out of the water”. rather, it seems like you are referencing the one example that proves your point, while ignoring all the rest that refute it.

  You in the homosexual lobby keep using animals to support the notion that this behavior is normal and actual science keeps blowing it out the water.

• Baptist Leader Explains Why Christians Oppose Homosexuality

  May 22, 2012 at 1:23pm

  In reply to welovetheUSA.

  @disenlightened – “…a part of human nature? Big overstatement. It’s been part of the behavior of a small percent of humans, no more.”

  It is also present in 100s if not 1500 different animal species. How’s that nature argument standing up now?

• Baptist Leader Explains Why Christians Oppose Homosexuality

  May 22, 2012 at 12:45pm

  In reply to Zenzazin.

  @Brother Ed – apparently the end of my message got cut off… it read: “Likewise! Enjoy the day!”

• KKK Flyer Invites NC Community to ‘White People Only’ Cross Burning Event

  May 22, 2012 at 12:44pm

  In reply to NHwinter.

  the main difference is the KKK has a history of actual violence and murders that spans decades

• Baptist Leader Explains Why Christians Oppose Homosexuality

  May 22, 2012 at 12:39pm

  In reply to Zenzazin.

  @Brother Ed – If anything, my moral code is more closely tied to Judaism, NOT Christianity (the foundation of Christianity does come from Judaism and the Old Testament).

  “I do not wish to argue with you, and you are free not to accept the Bible as the word of God. I am not one to condemn someone to hell for using the pages as toilet paper (though I would advise against it). However, to deny it’s influence would be disingenuous.”

  I appreciate you openness to a difference of opinion. No disrespect to others on here, but that is a rare trait in the majority of devout Blaze readers. While I do not believe in the New Testament even a little bit, I would never disrespect the text or the religion (which I fully disagree with) by damaging a Bible. Nor would I ever desecrate a Koran, or any holy text from a different religion. However, it is not disingenuous for me to deny the Bible’s influence on my own moral code because I have never taken, nor will I ever take, what the Bible says into consideration when trying to determine the morality of a decision. This does not mean I am a bad person, nor immoral. If my morals happen to coincide with those of the Bible, awesome, but that doesn‘t mean that’s where my morals come from. However, it would mean that you and I would have some general agreements that can be reached, which is always nice.

  “You sound like a good guy, I look forward to debating you on other articles. I’m sure we will find much common ground.”
  Likewi

• Baptist Leader Explains Why Christians Oppose Homosexuality

  May 22, 2012 at 12:30pm

  In reply to Zenzazin.

  @Brother Ed- “Where DO you get your morals from? You did not come up with your morals on your own, they were taught to you by others. If you follow the thread, it is ultimately going to end with Christianity.”

  You are correct in assuming I am from the Western world (born and raised in the US), though incorrect in assuming that my morals all tie back into a Christian dogma. Most of my morals likely come from my parents, who raised me essentially without a religion (though more Jewish than anything… my parents have studied Buddhism, Hinduism, Zen, Christianity and Judaism). What I view as morally acceptable are those actions which do not negatively affect others in any real way, or exploit others for the personal gain of any one individual. This has come from years of traveling throughout the world (to many 1st and 3rd world nations), interacting with as many people from different cultural backgrounds as possible, and trying to have an open mind why my initial impressions/reactions are challenged/proven incorrect. What was probably the most helpful in forming my moral code was growing up in a very conservative, Christian town and being subjected to a LOT of prejudice/unfair treatment from classmates and teachers because I am Jewish. Having 1st hand experience with such intolerance made me realize I should never make anyone else feel the way many of my peers and teachers made me feel, in spite of the fact that they claimed to follow Jesus’s teachings (a fellow Jew, even)