How to know if people are following truth

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I was debating my friend about gay marriage the other day, with me being against it, and she for it. I said that logically, one could go down the steps to know that homosexuality (at least the acts) are a moral evil. (For example, we can know by logic that there is a God, and then that Jesus is God and we must follow His teachings, and His teachings are that homosexuality is evil).

She countered by saying that she does the same thing, and has come to another conclusion-that there isn’t a God, and homosexuality is not an evil.

Now, what should I say to this? That she does not follow truth? I’ve also been concerned by the fact that I firmly believe that my Catholic views are correct, but then would this mean that most of the world is simply not following truth? Why do others not come to similar conclusions?
 
Well, it’s pretty hard to convince a person that does not believe God exists that gay marriage is wrong.

First thing is to convince her that God exists and work up from there. I normally start with the big bang theory and ask which is more likely: a random act of physics creating everything or a higher being creating everything. Statistically, the chances that God created us and the earth is much more likely than the Big Bang. However, my thought on it is that I believe that God is the source of the big bang as nobody can completely explain how the big bang happened.

With these sorts of people you have to start at the beginning and work your way up.
 
To quote Dr. Janet Smith, we know homosexual acts are wrong because the parts don’t fit.
 
What about the part I write where "I’ve also been concerned by the fact that I firmly believe that my Catholic views are correct, but then would this mean that most of the world is simply not following truth? Why do others not come to similar conclusions? "
 
If you don’t believe in God then what could right and wrong possibly mean? I think in a purely material universe the concept of good and evil are meaningless.

By good you simply mean what is generally accepted to mean good. The meaning of good can and does change over time.

But since these words have no meaning then there is nothing wrong with the majority forcing it’s idea of acceptable behavior on a minority. You can complain, but appeals to right and wrong make no sense as there is no such thing objectively speaking.

A purely material world is irrational. You can not expect irrational people to understand that no matter how many times he does it, a male depositing his genetic material into anywhere other than the appropriate female receptacle will not result in a baby.

Marriage has been redefined as something to do with two people, who engage in genetic material release and/or simulated mating using substitute organs/objects.

Until very recently it was recognized that women give up a lot of economic advantages as a result of getting married. This is why they receive economic advantages sanctioned by the government (social security survivor benefits, pensions, etc.) Governments thought it best to protect and encourage such unions because babies were the usual result of said unions.

For some weird reason the government now believes that if you release genetic material with someone you should be allowed survivor benefits. Others should be forced to give you extra money (taxes, employer benefits, etc.) The fact that your “union” does not cause any economic change at all to anyone nor do babies result, seems to be irrelevant.

Because people don’t understand what a marriage is nor what it is for is why they feel there is no problem with redefining it.
 
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What about the part I write where "I’ve also been concerned by the fact that I firmly believe that my Catholic views are correct, but then would this mean that most of the world is simply not following truth? Why do others not come to similar conclusions? "
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With anything people choose to believe or not believe it depends on the person’s experiences and information availible. Then there has to be a level of openess to the information presented. If you approach God with a closed mind do not expect doors to open. Much of our faith is just that, faith. There are some people who simply have a difficult time taking anything on faith. I was one of those people and it took me half my life of debating the subject before it clicked for me.
 
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