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<blockquote data-quote="Flipx99" data-source="post: 6016551" data-attributes="member: 562352">A friend committed ******* the saturday before last and it got me thinking....why is attempting ******* against the law? It&#039;s you life...and quite different from homicide. Then I remember this Law and Order Episode about assisted ******* (which I think is okay...for them, not me) and how it&#039;s in the best interest of the state to keep people alive. The more I read and study the bible, the more I reflect on my limited knowledge in philosophy about the nature of the state. The Bible seems to be a mechanism to reinforce the policies of the state....thus, I am suspect that the Bible is a guiding document to salvation at all. It&#039;s too much about the state and not enough about personal experience, expectations, and standards.I digress on that point; however.I do find it somewhat difficult to navigate the argument that the state can define marriage whatever it likes because marriage is a product of the state if the state is basing such policymaking on the bible. Nevertheless, the state can and should define marriage as it will. I don&#039;t have any issue with the States that have democratically elected to allow gay marriage. Gays being married do not make my relationship less valuable. (Provided that one day I can con a girl into marrying me. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Flipx99, post: 6016551, member: 562352"] A friend committed ******* the saturday before last and it got me thinking....why is attempting ******* against the law? It's you life...and quite different from homicide. Then I remember this Law and Order Episode about assisted ******* (which I think is okay...for them, not me) and how it's in the best interest of the state to keep people alive. The more I read and study the bible, the more I reflect on my limited knowledge in philosophy about the nature of the state. The Bible seems to be a mechanism to reinforce the policies of the state....thus, I am suspect that the Bible is a guiding document to salvation at all. It's too much about the state and not enough about personal experience, expectations, and standards. I digress on that point; however. I do find it somewhat difficult to navigate the argument that the state can define marriage whatever it likes because marriage is a product of the state if the state is basing such policymaking on the bible. Nevertheless, the state can and should define marriage as it will. I don't have any issue with the States that have democratically elected to allow gay marriage. Gays being married do not make my relationship less valuable. (Provided that one day I can con a girl into marrying me. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG]) [/QUOTE]

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