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I don't brag about being gay anymore than you brag about being streaight.

In Hebrew the words do not say Homosexual either. They can be understood to mean many things (something as simple as unclean for example). Hebrew has no vowels and the text was written as one long word - they didn't use punctuation or break between words as we do today. You read into the...

What a scary minister you have.

When did the book of Acts become a Pauline Epistle?

My first year classes were Old Testament 1 New Testament 1 New Testament 2 Christian Education Foundations of Worship Systematic Theology 1 Systematic Theology 2 Practicing Ministry Church and Ministry History 1 All hard courses but they lay the critical foundation for the following years...

In seminary we are taught not to look at the specific words of the passage but to look at the meaning of the story. Jesus spoke and taught in parables so we can all take what we need from the lesson and improve our own lives. The Bible has many contradictions and if looked at in a historical...

I believe the same thing. With the gay Christians in heaven will be The fat ones Those who proclaim to live a life of Christianity and loving and forgiveness but do nothing but speak of evil against those who do believe exactly what they believe It was taught years ago that slaves were not...

Okay 1 quick question for you. 1 Cor 6 was written by Paul, but Paul is not God - he was a human. In fact it was made very clear to us in Systematic Theology (taught at a Catholic Sem) that Paul was really the 1st systematic theologian. While his word counts for something, in reality it is...

Right but you are judging regardless of what you say. Unless you equally condemn overweight people (gluttons), those who eat shellfish, wear mixed fibers, plant a field with mixed seeds then you are judging and condeming gay people. Now Leviticus says people can make atonement by having a...

Cliffs? (hehe)

ThyNeighbor Thank you for sharing your story. Sadly it is repeated way too many times in society today. So many Christians seem to forget all about judging others and the fact that they too are sinners. God created each of us and God loves each of us. May the Lord bless and keep you. May...

Okay then we can also exclude from the pulpit 1) Those who eat shellfish 2) Gluttons 3) Those who wear mixed fibers 4) Adulterers 5) Child Abusers 6) Anyone with an impure thought? doubt there would be anyone left to preach the word of God.

You are wasting your energy here; I have pointed this out before but apparently opinions that do not agree with the conservative point of view are not accepted. And for the record, yes I can read Hebrew and look at the Bible and see huge translation differences between versions and languages.

Without reading this thread (same arguments over and over again), how does one explain the claim of unbroken apolostic succession in the RC Church when that same church went through a period of time where the Pope was appointed by the Emperor or Ruler, and offices such as Pope or Cardinal could...

I have read Borg and am not a giant fan of his. If you want some pretty good reading, check out Bart Ehrmann, especially his latest, Misquoting Jesus.

If my memory serves me correctly, the Roman Catholic Church had women priests until the 1100's or 1200's. The prohibition of women priests came about during a time when the RCC was quite poor and in an effort to help them build their financial base, they prohibited men from marrying and women...

I like to remind the fat people I run into who try and preach against homosexuality; they never seem to see the irony.

Is the church of the flying spaghetti monster an option. <img>

That's bull and you know it. Gay people want the same as everyone else, to be treated with respect and equality in society. If you are incapable of doing that, then clearly you are not following the teachings of Jesus Christ. It is the fundamentalist Christians who have the self-serving...

Actually a Christian lives by both testaments, the New did not replace the Old... if it did, why is the old still part of the Canon? If the Old does not apply, why do fundamentalist preachers use Leviticus as evidence of the evilness of homosexuals and why it is okay to deny them equality?