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Same-sex marriage should go to the people : Comments
By Lyle Shelton, published 6/9/2013By 10:30 when many of us arrived home and tuned into the ABC's Q&A we were just in time to see Mr Rudd's 'prayerful conscience' approach to tolerance going out the window.
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1 Peter 2:18-25 (NIV)
18 Slaves, in reverent fear of God submit yourselves to your masters, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh. 19 For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God. 20 ... if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.
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I think that Peter has made a good point:
If you are a slave in a society that enforces slavery, and have no way whatsoever to un-slave yourself, then it's a great advice to be a good slave rather than a bad slave, to do your work happily rather than be whining and whinging. Sure, if you find a way to escape do so, especially if you can do it without placing your family and your spiritual community in harm's way, but was that possible at the time?
One should make the best of their circumstances and any predicament one finds themselves in, no matter how harsh, can be used for spiritual elevation. I knew someone who despite of all horrors, used her time in Auschwitz as a growth experience, who instead of coming out bitter and broken, emerged when the camp was liberated happy ever after, not a single sad thought for the rest of her long life.
In light of that, please read also the rest of the verses you quoted and you will find that these are excellent advices of both practical and spiritual great value.