(January 28, 2019 at 7:14 pm)Jehanne Wrote:and you need to read what I specifically said before you go off half cocked(January 28, 2019 at 2:42 pm)Drich Wrote: what your witnessing is spiritual growth in the church that is all. even if there isn't a need to hate homosexuals which causes another growth spirt in the church no one is allowing this sin to be taken off the books, just treated like any other sexual sin.
You need to read more, Drich, honey:
Quote:Archbishop of Canterbury apologises
Shortly after the meeting of the Anglican primates, Archbishop Justin Welby held a press conference in which he apologised "to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people for the hurt and pain they have experienced by the Anglican Communion over the years". Welby said, "it is for me a constant source of deep sadness that people are persecuted for their sexuality … I want to take this opportunity personally to say how sorry I am for the hurt and pain in the past and present that the church has caused."
Wikipedia -- Archbishop of Canterbury apologises to LGBTQ

What did I just say one post ago?!?!?
I said: what your witnessing is spiritual growth in the church that is all. (meaning there is a shift in hating the sinner as we hate sin) even if there isn't a need to hate homosexuals which causes another growth spurt in the church no one is allowing this sin to be taken off the books, just treated like any other sexual sin. Meaning homosexuals are simply being viewed as any other fornicator and adulterers.
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Just because we do not burn witches at the stake any more doesn't mean witch craft is not a sin. Like wise just because it is not cool to hate homosexuals in the church any more doesn't mean the church says it is ok to drill each other in your cans.. it simply means the church has moved past hatred towards the sinner. As any sin outside the confines of a sanctified marriage is a sin so too is homosexuality.