Kigingi Busagwa ~ This is not a time to negotiate truth.Laws are made for law breakers in order to protect other people in society according to the word of God. God knows that laws cant change hearts of people to do right but these laws will finally lead these law breakers towards His mercy otherwise how will God give mercy and these civil laws protect society.

Uganda is a theocracy with your brand of Christianity in charge? Funny, I thought people were free to determine religious ‘truth’ in your country according to their own faith. Who knows, there may be some who see homosexuality in a whole different theological light than you, as well as interpret their god or gods in different ways.

These people who say that it is a private affair and that everyone has their own privacy to do what they want in their bedrooms,are mistaken because if the love making your parents did in private brought forth you in the world and you have become part of our public-it is wrong for you to think That the gays have a right to do their thing in private and it will not affect the public.

It’s wrong because it is wrong?

We all want the Jesus that stops and judges the mob…

Less so the Jesus that tells us to “Sin no more.”

No additional comment; I just thought it was worthy of being repeated.

David, Eddy,

So, so, true!

The mob felt justified in stoning her. After all, that was God’s law, wasn’t it? And they were righteous, law-abiding people, weren’t they? (Narcissism and sadism.)

Jesus invited the sinless to throw first.

No one did. (Individual conscience enlightened by God.)

It occurred to me just now that Narcissim violates the first of the Great Commandments and self-righteous Sadism violates the second.

I know you balk somewhat, David, at the idea that these two commandments could be an adequate foundation for moral conduct, but I still think these two laws (if obeyed) would be all we really need for true “morality” and true justice.

http://philosophy.csusb.edu/~tmoody/Past%20classes/F05%20191%20Compassion.htm

Christ says, “Awaken your conscience, stop sinning” and by implication, “live.”

I really like that.

I agree that It is important that one live according to one’s own conscience before God — whatever the mob might do or say.

You misunderstood me…I think that often, the mob is right (there has been sin, for example), but their motives are poisoned by narcissism…and sadism.

It is not just my conscience before God, it is also my conscience in community, sometimes a hostile, belittling and stupid community.

My conscience is never wholly my own, it is an amalgamation of multiple generations, several cultures, my childhood and my adult experiences. It can be just as fallen or corrupt as the mob…

The power of the mob is in the accusation that by our behavior we have demonstrated that our conscience is totally corrupt and that we are beyond redemption.

Christ says, “Awaken you conscience, stop sinning” and by implication, “live.”

“Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of the whole of humanity. Those who clearly recognize the voice of their own conscience usually recognize also the voice of justice.” —
Alexander Solzhenitsyn:

Too often I confused the mob with my conscience…when I silenced the mob, I still had my conscience…

We all want the Jesus that stops and judges the mob…

Less so the Jesus that tells us to “Sin no more.”

No additional comment; I just thought it was worthy of being repeated.