RE: Homosexuality is a sin? Well, Xtians, what about these other 76 things?
May 28, 2013 at 3:42 am
(May 28, 2013 at 3:07 am)Godschild Wrote: God has no definition of good and evil, God is the standard for good it is who He is. God is unchanging and thus is the perfect standard, we do not have to wonder what next will change because with God it is always consistent.
Ryan Wrote:Consistency doesn't make something good. Neither does a petty, jealous being's overinflated opinion of his own righteousness demonstrate that his opinion is valid.
I was not speaking of His consistency being a definition of good, it's a good thing though. His righteousness is what will determine the punishment nonbeliever will be judged by, sounds pretty important to me.
GC Wrote:Times have changed and humans have change many things and continue to do so. Homosexuality have been in and out during thousands of years of human history, according to man. God however has never changed on this point. Encase you do not know the Greeks and Romans both accepted homosexuality in past history and they are now just that, history.
Ryan Wrote:I have read the Old Testament. I have read the New Testament. There's pretty much no reason to believe they even represent the same god, as the God of the OT and the God of the NT have entirely different personalities. If they are the same being, then God has surely changed a huge amount. He went from a raging and stupid brute to a villain who gets what he wants through a Machiavellian mix of promises and threats, to the presently accepted view that he is a kind and loving personal god who gives a shit about everybody (even when it seems obvious that he doesn't). God even expresses regret in Genesis, and what is that if not a promise to change? He changes as those who worship him adapt the Bible stories to their own sensibilities. So it has always been, so it will probably always be. He's no more perfect than we are.
I've read things I did not understand either, not the scriptures though, so do not feel bad about not understanding scripture where it says, the God of the past is still God today and will be tomorrow. The OT is about the need of Christ and His coming as the Messiah.
You're right God expressed regret in making man, yet He left us here, He did not change His mind, so you see you do not understand scripture let lone God. It's His worshipers who change not God, it is us who are imperfect, God is perfect.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.