• Cethin@lemmy.zip
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    4 days ago

    They don’t believe that. They just say that. It’d be crazy if they actually believed it. Any reasonable person knows it’s just bad faith rhetoric, not a true belief.

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      4 days ago

      Having been raised in the faith (I’ve walked away for a multitude of reasons) I assure you they do believe it. You’re not even allowed to take contraceptives or have a vasectomy

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        If that actually were the belief, sterile people would not be allowed to be married, and people’s marriages would be annualled when they become sterile, through age or otherwise. Unless they’re asking for these, they do not believe it. They may believe that they believe it, but they don’t.

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          They say those things are god’s will and thus not an issue. They leave the door open for “miracles” to occur.

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            Then they should be happy with same sex marriages. A miracle might occur with them just as well.