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I know to urge caution, but what do you mean? Like we should punish murder because society sees it as bad as well. But when it comes to a topic such as same sex marriage, I think if it’s what the majority of society want, it should be legal and not hurting anybody, even if it’s not something that the Church should accept within religious life.

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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I agree with that.

The caution I’m talking about is twofold:

church being judge and jury - especially dangerous in majority Christian areas, since excommunication can be very severe - the Church in Corinth was very small vs the rest of the population

being too strict can be counter productive by pushing people away from the very community that can help them - the situation in 1 Corinth was the church tolerating grievous sin, perhaps in a prominent member (otherwise why would Paul have heard about it?)

My caution is about understanding the context to avoid just pulling random verses. Perhaps you won’t do that, I just like to be extra clear in case someone else finds the conservation. I’ve seen people do terrible things in the name of religion, and this feels like a passage that could get misused.
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