I did say both the bible and apostle's creed. The creed simply states what the bible already told.
I took from my skimming of bill's post that he was merely "a" god of many gods. So obviously he was sentenced by the other gods, whether by some court/trial or by a "head" god.
Not far fetched if you think in mythological terms.
George Bush claimed his god told him to invade Afghanistan and Iraq.
Ted Haggard..the disgraced gay minister, featured in Jesus Camp, that headed one of the largest evangelical organizations in the United States claimed a weekly teleconference call with George Bush.
The Bush admin managed to turn gay marriage into one of the greatest threats to America during his re-election campaign while the United States remained in two quagmire wars.
Maybe I'm wrong but I don't think a United States president has ever cited his big business donors as a reason for undertaking a political course of action?
Human society has institutionally been built on a three legged stool of those who fight, those who pray and those who rule. Those who pray mobilize the superstitious masses as their base of power, they enforce generational social norms and their own power by ensuring the youth are indoctrinated.
Finally, you never addressed the direct harm to society that would occur if two people of the same sex decided to enter into the marriage contract?
There was a debate among early christians as to whether or not a convert had to convert to judaism. Paul eventually won the debate but jesus did say the old law would not pass until his return...which meant you had obey the law. As a matter of fact, my cousin is renewing her wedding vows in a traditional jewsih ceremony, they also worship as jews, even though they are christians. My cousin's husband, he was my Sunday school teacher when I was a teen, at my brother in laws Baptist church... of course it hasn't gone over well with the Baptists...which is the rest of the family...
I don't put pork on my pizzas. I don't give a fuck so much about kosher, I just don't dig on the swine.
chicken, ground beef. I make my own pizzas most times now and I use soujouck, which is a turkish all beef dried sausage very similar to pepperoni...only it tastes much better.