Apparently, yesterday's Proposition 2 vote (among eight other amendment votes) sparked a record turnout in Texas. Three out of four Texans voted FOR Proposition 2 which defines a legal marriage as a union of a man and woman.
This morning, I'm grateful to live in a state where the overwhelming majority cast a vote based on the time-honored boundaries of God. It was God who created marriage and God who defined the boundaries of marriage in the beginning of time.
I wasn't altogether surprised, though, at the number of "religious leaders" who spoke out against Proposition Two, labeling it as an intolerant amendment. I don't doubt the sincerity of those people for a moment -- they were basing their argument on a spirit of tolerance and acceptance. But, when God's Word has plainly spoken, defining the boundaries of marriage, can tolerance and acceptance be extended to any and all who want to live outside the boundaries God has established?
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The issue of sincerity in religion has become a dominant theme. There is a popular paradigm in religion that says, "Belief is unimportant as long as a person is sincere." Can that be true?
Let's say you are traveling by jet aircraft to a certain vacation destination. As you board the aircraft, the stewardess announces over the intercom: "Ladies and Gentlemen, the pilots are sick this morning. We were afraid we'd have to cancel your flight. But we have found a teenager who plays flight simulator games on his X-Box at home. He's really good and has never crashed a plane playing his flight simulator. He sincerely thinks he can fly this plane and get us to our destination."
Would you stay on the plane or get off?
We understand that in the real world, sincerity is not the most critical matter. We wouldn't dare fly on a plane piloted by a person who hasn't been trained and acquired the skill necessary to insure a safe flight.
Why, when everyone realizes sincerity is not the most important facet of life in the real world, do some make sincerity the most important facet of our eternal destiny?
I'm not knocking sincerity. I'm just recovering the claim that sincerity finds its real meaning within the boundaries of God's defined truth.
