Canadian SC: Christian law school can't forbid students from gay sex

[rambot]

The school got rid of the covenant anyways.

 

[Arcangl86]

The school got rid of the covenant anyways.

Completely or just for the faculty of law?

 

[rambot]

Completely or just for the faculty of law?

shoot. Good question. I'm almost positive it is school wide but DEF. F.ofLaw.

 

[Kenny'sID]

There where? In Genesis? In Ezekiel?

In Geneses, the scripture I mentioned earlier, and asked you to read

If homosexuality was why God destroyed Sodom, why did He list other sins and not that one in Ezekiel?

Seems the majority of that was talking about a city other than Sodom. It did say this in particular of Sodom....

49 Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had arrogance, abundant food and careless ease, but she did not ab]">[ab]help the poor and needy.

......do you really think that is Sodomy?

 

[Kenny'sID]

What kind of God of God would delude a person in order to condemn them? This turns God into a monster.

Then you are saying you'd like to have that scripture removed from the Bible? Do you not believe all the bible? You don't have to like it but the fact remains, it is scripture.

He deluded them because of what they started, not right out of the blue for the purpose you mentioned.

 

[RestoreTheJoy]

And in the OT, God never said Sodom et al were destroyed for immorality. That was added in the NT.

Ok..so I am not understanding why this matters. We still know why, even if it wasn't explicitly stated in the OT. It was pretty clear from the totality of the evidence about wickedness and immorality, and inexplicably clear from the Jude verse.

 

[RestoreTheJoy]

Indeed. In Ezekiel.

Sure...which includes "did detestable things". It's there too.

 

[RestoreTheJoy]

Marriage is defined by law in Canada.

Sure. It has revised the meaning. But the Christian school is voluntary. It should not overrule its religious teachings.

 

[RestoreTheJoy]

What kind of God of God would delude a person in order to condemn them? This turns God into a monster.

No, you've got that backward. That occurs because some will knowingly chose darkness. It's explained right in the prior verses (and elsewhere):

"The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness." 2 Thess 2:9-12

 

[RestoreTheJoy]

The school got rid of the covenant anyways.

I guess it doesn't matter then. But if you are a Christian school, as opposed to just any school, you ought to uphold biblical standards.

 

[rambot]

I guess it doesn't matter then. But if you are a Christian school, as opposed to just any school, you ought to uphold biblical standards.

Spoken like a true Pharisee!

 

[Hieronymus]

Thank you for dispelling the myth that Sodom was solely destroyed because of homosexuality.

Sodomy is a word named after Sodom though.

 

[Hieronymus]

I guess it doesn't matter then. But if you are a Christian school, as opposed to just any school, you ought to uphold biblical standards.

At least be able and allowed to uphold Biblical standards.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Sure. It has revised the meaning. But the Christian school is voluntary. It should not overrule its religious teachings.

Nobody's trying to change its teachings. Just its discriminatory practices.

 

[Hieronymus]

Nobody's trying to change its teachings.

They would if they could.

Just its discriminatory practices.

that's the first step.

 

[JackRT]

Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, in order that all may be condemned

Let's break this down in simple steps
--- Therefore God sends them a strong delusion
--- so that they may believe what is false
--- in order that all may be condemned

This indicates that God and Satan seem to be in collusion "in order that all may be condemned". It may be that this is a translation problem but as it stands it is impossible to read it any other way.

 

[Hieronymus]

Let's break this down in simple steps
--- Therefore God sends them a strong delusion
--- so that they may believe what is false
--- in order that all may be condemned

This indicates that God and Satan seem to be in collusion "in order that all may be condemned". It may be that this is a translation problem but as it stands it is impossible to read it any other way.

It's like what God did with Pharaoh.

 

[JackRT]

It's like what God did with Pharaoh.

Exactly.

 

[Ana the Ist]

Canada’s top court has ruled in favour of denying accreditation to a Christian law school that banned students from having gay sex.

Friday’s ruling against Trinity Western University in British Columbia (BC) was closely watched by both religious freedom and gay rights advocates.

The university made students promise not to have extra-marital or gay sex.

The Supreme Court found that protecting LGBT students from discrimination trumped religious freedom.

I gotta wonder how they planned to enforce this rule.

 

[Ignatius the Kiwi]

Hmm, Christian educational institutions are basically unable to require of their students an adherence to Christian morality in Canada. I wonder if other faith based institutions will be forbidden to require certain moral requirements of their students to receive accreditation.