along with dozens of other things that modern Christians don't view as sinful at all.They wrote it was a sin, period.
technically the old testament talks about a sex act.Not that is matters, but how did you decide the homosexuality spoken against were not homosexuals in love/consensual? I've seen nothing to indicate it either way.
Yeah because being gay is just like being a murderer.There's various levels of sin. There's not keeping the Sabbath or giving false witness, which are minor. Then there's murder and being gay which are major, mortal sins. Do you condone murder too?
BTW, lots of Christians in Africa practice polygamy. Missionaries accommodated to that practice a long time ago, even if they did not particularly like it. I don't happen to think polygamy is all that great, especially because it tends to go hand in hand with highly patriarchal cultures where women have few rights, but that's different from saying "the Bible says if you are polygamous, you can't be saved". Because it doesn't.
Common sense is often just prejudice and ignorance under another name. We need to be more critical than that in reading the Scriptures.
The Gospel has set you free.
The Gospel has set you free.
Christian missionaries in Africa quickly discovered that insisting that a convert rid himself of all but his first wife could lead to huge problems. First, many would simply refuse conversion but even worse was that these extra women and their children were simply turned loose to fend for themselves. This led to huge unintended societal problems because many of these women were not accepted back by their birth families and were forced into prostitution simply to provide food for their children and themselves.
As civil marriage had for thousands of years been defined as one thing (i.e. the union of a male and female) Resistance to changing that meaning does not have to be based upon a religious POV.
Denying people civil rights is not disagreementWhat in your opinion makes a value retrograde? I think it is quite unfair to label all conservative evangelicals as hating those specific groups. Other than a few outliers, I do not see that as the case.
There is quite a difference between disagreement and hate. Which stuff are you referring to that has little or nothing to do with Jesus?
Why do you want to ignore the history of the rest of humanity and the many secular arguments against redefining marriage . Could we not be more inclusive? Must we pretend that only Christians couls d object to redefining marriage?
along with dozens of other things that modern Christians don't view as sinful at all.
technically the old testament talks about a sex act.
“The Bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals and 362 admonishments to heterosexuals. That doesn't mean that God doesn't love heterosexuals. It's just that they need more supervision.” Lynn Lavner
Did God not destroy Sodom and Gammorah because of it's tolerance of homosexuality. Did God not inflict 9/11 on our country because of the same sin. There is no sin greatervthan homosexuality as evidenced by God's willingness to burn cities because of it.
That's what a liberal says.
Oh, that's right, Christ died to make us free to sin and still get to heaven. You know, If that, for no particular reason doesn't just seem wrong, as it does to most of us, there IS something wrong..
So because of an extenuating circumstance, and that's just assuming he was correct in his assumption....we should all happily go against scripture and marry as many wives as we like?
For all injtents an purposes your post is basically not even relevant...and far from a defense, except for the fact it may fool some into thinking you have a real point....more of that "little game".
You.As I've said before, who are you addressing me or someone else?
I don't see you condemning people with tattoos.Or maybe that's the only way you can make the statement... claim someone else don't view that as sinful, someone who is not even here to defend themselves, as you imply those to which you reply are what you claim someone else is... Wishy washy...and more game.
Christian missionaries in Africa quickly discovered that insisting that a convert rid himself of all but his first wife could lead to huge problems. First, many would simply refuse conversion but even worse was that these extra women and their children were simply turned loose to fend for themselves. This led to huge unintended societal problems because many of these women were not accepted back by their birth families and were forced into prostitution simply to provide food for their children and themselves.
Yeah, you are "free" to sin because you aren't a sinner because you sin, you sin because you are a sinner. It's what you are, not what you do.
You.
I don't see you condemning people with tattoos.
There are hundreds of laws in the bible that no one considers to be sins - why do so many get a pass from you but not this one....?
Can you please explain this verse that includes the sin we discuss as well as others, all of which you say we can practice freely now, when the scripture is clear what happens if we do. And it hardly says we can practice them freely. What possible indication could you possibly have, the scripture should not be taken literally and is not absolutely as clear as day?
1 Cor 6:9-10 Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor homosexual offenders, nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were.
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