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RE: Gay Christians
November 3, 2014 at 12:58 am
(November 2, 2014 at 11:34 pm)Christian Wrote: I am gay and proud Christian. I have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and my sexual orientation has nothing to do with my religion.
Ummmm
It's right here in your number one holy book.
Leviticus 20:13New Living Translation (NLT)
13 “If a man practices homosexuality, having sex with another man as with a woman, both men have committed a detestable act. They must both be put to death, for they are guilty of a capital offense.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
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RE: Gay Christians
November 5, 2014 at 6:15 am
Christians struggle with multiple sins: Homosexuality is probably not an exception.
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RE: Gay Christians
November 5, 2014 at 10:00 am
(November 3, 2014 at 12:58 am)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: Ummmm
It's right here in your number one holy book.
Leviticus 20:13New Living Translation (NLT)
13 “If a man practices homosexuality, having sex with another man as with a woman, both men have committed a detestable act. They must both be put to death, for they are guilty of a capital offense. Yeah, that's where there's some interpretation to be had: god loves the sinner not the sin. The verse forbids physical homosexual acts, not the emotions that lead to them. It's perfectly alright to be gay, you just have to be celibate for your entire life (p.s. no masturbating!).
God's the ultimate blue-baller.
Sum ergo sum
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RE: Gay Christians
November 5, 2014 at 10:06 am
(November 2, 2014 at 8:08 pm)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: Gay christians boggle my mind. How could you be part of organization that has spent the better part of two millenia shunnong or straight up murdering your people? Especially when the murder of your people is commanded by their holy book.
'Shunnong' sounds very onomatopoeic.
MM
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RE: Gay Christians
November 5, 2014 at 4:42 pm
Epic typo
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
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RE: Gay Christians
November 5, 2014 at 7:24 pm
Because being gay is not the unforgivable sin. It is a sin like any other, and God offers the same attonement from that sin as He does with anyother. The real question is how can a homosexual not be christian?
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RE: Gay Christians
November 5, 2014 at 7:27 pm
The whole "gays vs. Christianity thing is why I left Christianity in the first place because I figured if I was gonna ignore one verse, I may as well say "screw it" and forge my own moral ideas.
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RE: Gay Christians
November 5, 2014 at 8:42 pm
(November 5, 2014 at 7:24 pm)Drich Wrote: Because being gay is not the unforgivable sin. It is a sin like any other, and God offers the same attonement from that sin as He does with anyother. The real question is how can a homosexual not be christian?
Because the fact that the whole fucking thing is a farce is as plain as the nose on my face, once you expose it to a little scrutiny.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
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RE: Gay Christians
November 5, 2014 at 9:26 pm
(November 5, 2014 at 7:24 pm)Drich Wrote: Because being gay is not the unforgivable sin. It is a sin like any other, and God offers the same attonement from that sin as He does with anyother. The real question is how can a homosexual not be christian?
This is how I feel about it... there are no perfect Christians. Even if I sin differently than other Christians the center (of needing grace and forgiveness) applies to us all.
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RE: Gay Christians
November 5, 2014 at 10:29 pm
The idea that man can live apart from sin/without sin is the exact opposite of what the bible teaches. If we could we would not need to accept Christ's work of attonement.
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