RE: Has anyone ever found a way to reconsile being Gay/Bi/Lesbien and being a Christian?
February 17, 2013 at 11:53 pm
(This post was last modified: February 17, 2013 at 11:57 pm by Drich.)
(February 17, 2013 at 10:15 pm)Question Mark Wrote: [quote='Drich' pid='402812' dateline='1361133569']
You are not wrong. All 'acts' have no intrinsic moral value in God's economy. Acts are only ever considered sinful or righteous because God assigns them their titles. The acts themselves are meaningless.
Quote:So I'm not wrong in my representation of scripture then. If morals are only morals because god says so,Actually no. 'Morality' is not a work of God. Righteousness is the ultimate standard of God. (And Yes Righteousness is righteous because God said so.) Morality is an arbitrary standard in which man derived from his own personal version of righteousness. It is man's attempt to grade and judge sin. Minimalizing common sins, making them acceptable, and vilifying others making them heinous to divert attention from the sins we come to accept.
In a word morality is What Christ described as Self righteousness. (A personal righteousness found apart from God's stated righteousness.)
Quote: then that is morality through arbitration, and that is unjust. Morals don't come from authority. That's all I said.If you accept the biblical identification of 'morality/Self righteousness' I have provided, then I can completely agree with this statement.
(February 17, 2013 at 4:48 pm)catfish Wrote: How long is an age?An Age is an unspecified amount of time, given to complete a task/event.
Quote:Who defines sin?Anything not in the Expressed will of God is a sin.. So God.
Quote: Is oppression a sin?It depends on why and how it is used.
