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Rationalize Anything

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You can rationalize anything, even the zany ideas listed below:

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD weighs the hearts. Proverbs 21:2

Whatever is not of faith is sin. Romans 14:23

Adultery
Perversion of marriage
Fornication
All types of perversion
Killing an unborn baby--Abortion
Blowing up an abortion clinic
Taking drugs, marijuana, etc.
Disrespect to parents
Political correctness
Lawlessness
Differences in beliefs between Christian groups
Rudeness
Anger
Lack of forgiveness
Malice
Men who don't love their wives
Women who don't respect their husbands
Divorce
Beating up a spouse
Killing a spouse
A nation that doesn't defend its citizens against killers
Unfounded accusations
Dedication to political systems for security
Failure to vote
Dividing the church over temporary systems
Failure to discern the Body of Christ
Man-made religious forms and rituals
Man-made church governments
Claims that Darwinism is science
The government taking over the role of church
Judicial activism
Euthanasia
Wild Governmental spending
Faulty logic age-of-the-earth calculations
Global warming phobia
Hole-in-the-ozone-layer phobia
Ecological ideas that go beyond the facts
The notion that free speech is good except for Christians and conservatives
Relativism
Communism/Socialism
Belief in rationalized supposition
Looking to the intellect (rationalized supposition) instead of God
Biblical error claims
Manipulation of the election process
Extreme zeal for politics--politics as religion
Naturalism
Humanism
Atheism
Materialism
Naturalistic or materialistic interpretation of Scripture
Adding to or taking from Scripture

... and this is just a partial list. The human mind is capable of generating more nonsense than could possibly be recorded or anticipated.

How far out on the rationalistic limb people will go depends on the degree to which they want something to be true.

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