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Well, for one Luke, you really ought to use a spell check. There are numerous errors which don't help your argument.
Second. I would ask you which of the six commitments are you unwilling to make? *Using drugs *Drinking alcohol *Sexual relationships *Viewing pornography *Cursing *Gossip Christians may be given certain liberties but are all profitable? If we should by our insistence on the exercise of Christian liberties, give cause for a weaker brother to fall, let us say by our right and freedom to consume wine and a weaker brother who has a problem with alcohol to become drunk or to have his life destroyed by alcohol. Is this what the Lord has in mind? Would it not be far better to humbly consider others needs before our own and not consume alcohol at all rather than cause someone to stumble? I warn you about this because like you, I once insisted on my "right" or Christian liberty to consume alcohol until I saw one dear to me become destroyed by alcoholism. Which by the way, is not a disease it is an idolatry. It causes disease but in itself is not a disease. For this reason, I would have no qualms about signing this one away. The arminian view is quite different in this matter. Very different and a heretical view but, since they don't specify their reasons, you can agree to it for different reasons. I might add that if you knew without a doubt that if you were of drinking age and not breaking civil law, and that nobody had problems with alcohol, then I would agree that it is permitted to drink alcohol. It does not do harm to err on the side of caution to abstain from this liberty. Far better than being guilty of causing someone to stumble.
Third. Regarding pornography. Boy, thanks to modern psychology the viewing or reading pornography is simply a disease. Yikes, this is yet another idolotry. You must endeavor at all costs to keep your thoughts pure. You do not have liberty here. No, Jesus taught that these things constitute adultery. Matthew 5:27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.' 28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
My only qualm with any of the stated requirements is that *Sexual relationships ought to have a disclaimer stating that they refer only to any sexual activity, [or impropriety] outside the boundaries of marriage. Keep the marriage bed undefiled.
Perhaps, rather than feel rushed to meet someone's deadlines, you might consider taking some time to consider what you really object to and if these things are pleasing to God. Do pray and seek the Lord in this. Maybe given the heretical slant that this group seems to have, you would do better to participate in the college group at your own church. When I attended a secular college, I participated in starting an IVCF chapter there and while many of the kids came from arminian backgrounds, some of us encouraged the reading of good reformed literature. Perhaps that might be an alternative for you.
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