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This^ seems a bit too sex obsessed. Pride is mainly about gay people just wanting to be in the world the same way as straight people.
It's pretty rare to get a restraining order for simply saying things unless you're making threats. Again, I don't see the relevance to the subject of this thread.
Don't be disingenuous. If someone says "I don't like what these people are saying; I'm going to try to pass some laws to push back on them," that's punishment.
Jesus told everyone if they did not repent they were going to hell. He told them it would be worse for them than it was for Sodom and Gomorrah. That they would be cast into darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Where the worms that eat them do not die, and the fire is not quenched. - The trend of soft pedaling the Wrath of the Lamb is very dangerous.
People have been restrained from saying things other than threats.
That's an intentional misquote. Intentionally misquoting is disingenuous. Asserting speculation and assumption as fact is disingenuous.
He did not in any way whatsoever support sin or worldliness. He did not in any way whatsoever say that it's okay. Nor is treating sin and worldliness as being alright in any way whatsoever a Christian act of compassion. Christians are letting the ungodly world dictate to them. They're letting themselves get lulled into compliancy.
Such as? Can you elaborate on the relevance to our discussion?
It's a paraphrase - and an accurate one to boot. If I intend to directly quote someone, I generally try to use the forum quote function, like this:
Please explain how my paraphrase is inaccurate.
Can you show me where I have asserted anything as factual? I've presented my opinions - nothing more, nothing less.
Which does the sinner no good whatsoever if they do not repent. And to encourage sin in any way whatsoever is to discourage repentance.
He showed them the way to salvation by repenting, dying to themselves and their sin, and following Him as their Lord and Master, which was the act of compassion He showed towards them.
And God's only begotten Son is the one who told the sinful world that they would face everlasting punishment. Moses didn't say that. The prophets didn't say that. The apostles didn't say that. Jesus is the one who said that numerous times. The compassion of God is giving sinners a way out of that, through repentance. Those who do not repent and willfully continue in their sin are spitting in the face of Jesus in and on the cross. They are rejecting God's compassion and the compassionate sacrifice of Jesus.
IF THEY REPENT.
Suggesting Jesus is going to reject Christians for repeating what He said is a really messed up conception. You keep focusing on what Jesus did along the lines of eating and drinking with people and dismissing all the warnings He gave.
It is weird because one mustn’t be too terribly surprised to discover that a CHRISTIAN forum still clings to a few of those old-fashioned CHRISTIAN values, such as refraining from the enthusiastic endorsement of LGBT matters and abortion. So really, the choices are frightfully simple: either muster the fortitude to endure it, or simply relocate to more accommodating pastures.
Wearing a bathing suit is not a sin.
Alcohol consumption is not a sin.
Christians speak out against gambling all the time.
All unrepentant sin will be judged. The unrepentant homosexual and heterosexual will be judged. If heterosexuals never repent and go on fornicating, they will face judgement.
Nobody here said that anyone is going to hell. But I am curious as to how anyone can reconcile Romans 1:32 and those who approve of homosexuality.
I'm in agreement with you that you presented unfactual opinions.
You are correct. If a sinner repents and accepts Christ, they will receive eternal life. Eternal damnation is not a consequence of one's sins but rather the result of not accepting Christ as their personal savior.
