Please stop. Sodomy IS evil. Sin is not normal. Death is not normal. Yet, both inevitably happen? Is that wrong to say?
I do NOT have a strange understanding. I NEVER EVER called ANYONE evil. DO NOT put words in my mouth. I respect and love ALL people...yet that does not mean I will condone everything they do.
Faithful to God until the end.
I never put any words into your mouth. I simply said that when you refer to someone's lifestyle as evil, that you should not be surprised when they do not want to be friends with you. Would you want to be friends with someone who says that Christianity is an evil cult? If so, then that is your prerogative, but it does not hold true for everyone.
Have you ever heard the term evil-doer? It is a person who does evil. Can an evil-doer be a good person? How can that be? It can't. So an evil-doer must be evil. Take someone like Hitler, for example. He was responsible for running one of the first anti-smoking ad campaigns and was an advocate for animal rights. But because he did evil things, he was an evil person. Even if he did some other things that I agree with.
Is it wrong for you to say that sodomy is a sin and that homosexuality is evil? Of course not. And I would stand by your side and defend you against anybody who tried to say that it is wrong for you to
say those things. But I would also turn and tell you that because of the things you say, you may very well lose some friends who disagree with you.
I have lost friends due to political and religious differences before because they did not agree with my beliefs. I was not wrong for
saying these beliefs, but nor was I baffled by the idea that they no longer wished to be my friend. In fact, I've had a few people who simply do not wish to be my friend on Facebook because they do not like to see some of the things that I post, but we still maintain a friendship outside of social media which is, as far as I'm concerned, more important.
So while you may not have directly called someone evil, you greatly indicate it by suggesting that their actions are evil. After all, even an evil wrought from ignorance is still evil.
I would admonish you to ease back and consider you're a new member here. Warrior Angel has been a respected and very rational, valuable member of this sub forum for a lot of years, more than myself. I've been here a while myself. Get to know people in here before you come in shooting your mouth off about us debasing ourselves, being delusional, and overly emotional. Show some respect and ease off the throttle, Mort. I've found as a teacher that I need to get to know people, know their story, know their views and experience and have an open mind while showing respect before I make assumptions and make bold charges.
I was not aware that time spent on the site entitled a person to purposely misquoting the things that I have said. Despite the fact that the post that I made that clearly pointed out this slander has been conveniently deleted, I stand by my point. Also, my post which was censored in this thread was not different in tone or substance than any of my other posts which remains except that in the deleted post I pointed out how clearly another member misquoted me as a way to build support for their own agenda and I was censored for it.
And said poster may be very rational in other places here on CF, but they have not shown that same rationale here in this particular thread by making false accusations towards me and purposely misquoting things that I have said.
I have shown nothing but respect in this thread. Sharing reasoning from the opposing perspective is not a sign of disrespect. However, making false accusations and purposely misquoting someone is.
Calling a person's lifestyle evil is the same as calling a person evil. I support a person's right to say this. I also support the opposition's right to no longer want to be friends with that person. This is, in fact, a shining example of tolerance.
All I did was point out to the OP why their friend likely no longer wants to maintain a friendship with them. They seemed to have a difficult time understanding this from their friend's perspective so I only sought to show them. It's called being objective. I am not trying to change their mind concerning homosexuality or their beliefs. I was simply offering an explanation. Just because it is not the explanation they wanted to hear does not mean that I am being disrespectful. Viewing homosexuality as a sin is not something that
I want to hear, but I am not going to call someone disrespectful for expressing their beliefs. I support their right to do so.