From the Internets. Some questions to ask before insisting that your version of Christianity should be mandated as a rule of law for everyone, including non-Christians and Christians who don’t believe as you do.
1) Do you also demand the death penalty for those who curse their parents (Lev 20:9)?
2) Do you demand the death penalty for those who commit adultery (Lev 20:10)?
3) Do you demand the death penalty for those who don’t keep the Sabbath [which is Saturday, by the way] (Exodus 35:2)?
4) Do you support slavery (Lev 25:44)?
5) Do you advocate the stoning of “non-virgins” (Deut 22:20)?
6) Are you consistent in “following everything the Bible says” or are you interpreting and rationalizing the parts that make you uncomfortable to make it consistent with your world view?
7) Do you use the Bible as an excuse to condemn the things you don’t like?
8) What is the historical value of this issue? Was there a similar divide among Christians in the past when it came to abandoning practices, including but not limited to:
* The murder of Jews for being nonbelievers
* Burning women for being witches
* Prohibiting the mixing of races
* Prohibiting women from holding leadership positions
* Looking the other way when male leaders abuse their positions
— all in the name of “hating the sin”? Is this an issue that your faith will rationalize away as it has previous practices after considerable outside pressure?
9) Are you called to condemn others or love others?
10) Are you putting too great a focus on the parts of your faith that forbid things you don’t fully understand?
11) When you think about your faith do you consider it to be unchanging since the time the Bible was written? For example, have Christians over the centuries spoken of a “personal relationship” with God or is this a new invention? (For the answer do an NGram for the phrases “personal relationship with Jesus” and “personal Savior”.(
12) When you try to think critically about other belief systems in comparison to your own, do you read only Christian versions or do you also read perspectives of people who hold these beliefs? Is there a connection between these two things?