Proper Christian Behavior Does Not Include

[catlover]

maligning and scapegoating gays and lesbians.

People who go out of their way to spread misinformation about gays and lesbians are not behaving in a Christ like manner. In fact they are serving evil and perverting Christ's message.

 

[Crazy Liz]

 

[scraparcs]

Being soft on sin isn't proper Christian behavior either. However, there is an unusually strong focus on homosexual behavior which is well past what is warranted.

 

[FindingaWay]

Being soft on sin isn't proper Christian behavior either. However, there is an unusually strong focus on homosexual behavior which is well past what is warranted.

Whatever your opinion of homosexual activity (and I agree that it is against the will of God), being homosexual is not a sin!

 

[seeker777]

...there is an unusually strong focus on homosexual behavior which is well past what is warranted.

Pointing out that very fact on a different Christian forum got me suspended from the site.

I think the angry right wing militant Christians who take any opportunity to rail against homosexuals, feel threatened when other heterosexuals don't approve of their incessant bashing.

They want to surround themselves with others who feel the same way that they do, so that they can feel normal while spending an inordinate amount of time on the sin of homosexuality, all the while ignoring the hundreds of millions of heterosexuals who cheat on their spouses.

 

[savedandhappy1]

hummmmmmmmmmmm, don't ignore it, just don't know why that would be the main subject on a forum that has been set aside to talk about homosexuality.

It is an interesting thought though, maybe we should change this section to cover all sexual sins.

 

[scraparcs]

Whatever your opinion of homosexual activity (and I agree that it is against the will of God), being homosexual is not a sin!

True, I was just adding a quick response and not covering all possibilities.

 

[ChaliceThunder]

maligning and scapegoating gays and lesbians.

People who go out of their way to spread misinformation about gays and lesbians are not behaving in a Christ like manner. In fact they are serving evil and perverting Christ's message.

Truth!

Plus, what they are doing is trying to get this sub-forum shut down...it's very plain to see that!

Thank you for this very appropriate thread!

 

[Crazy Liz]

Sorry, but the designation "they" still makes me feel uncomfortable.

I guess I've belonged to "they" too often.

 

[ChaliceThunder]

Sorry, but the designation "they" still makes me feel uncomfortable.

I guess I've belonged to "they" too often.

They = the religious right posters who are seeking to shut this sub-forum down.

They know who they are...

 

[catlover]

"And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you."
Ephesians 4:32

"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ ... "
Galations 3:28

Here are two quotes from Scripture which illustrates, clearly, how it is NOT Christian to blame gays and lesbians for the spread of disease, and deny gays and lesbians housing, crash their events etc.

 

[catlover]

hummmmmmmmmmmm, don't ignore it, just don't know why that would be the main subject on a forum that has been set aside to talk about homosexuality.

It is an interesting thought though, maybe we should change this section to cover all sexual sins.

It's the nature of the posts against homosexuals-people are not simply pointing out what they believe is sinful behavior, they are spreading misinformation and steriotypes...that is wrong.

 

[Apollo Celestio]

I just call sin what it is, nothing more. I have whined about members who call people 'haters' hypocritically though.

 

[savedandhappy1]

It's the nature of the posts against homosexuals-people are not simply pointing out what they believe is sinful behavior, they are spreading misinformation and steriotypes...that is wrong.

So if it isn't misinformation................could you define what classifies as not misinformation, please? I just ask because I believe I have been accused of that before, even when it came out of medical journals.

Also, can you post the scriptures that say if someone states what they believe the Bible says is a sin, and that they do that to keep some from going to hell, they should be called a hater, bigot, prejudice, etc.? You know explain to me why that isn't wrong?

 

[MercyBurst]

maligning and scapegoating gays and lesbians.

People who go out of their way to spread misinformation about gays and lesbians are not behaving in a Christ like manner. In fact they are serving evil and perverting Christ's message.

Here is Christ's message

John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

No born again, no heaven -- that's what Jesus said. Nothing else really matters.

 

[MercyBurst]

So if it isn't misinformation................could you define what classifies as not misinformation, please? I just ask because I believe I have been accused of that before, even when it came out of medical journals.

Also, can you post the scriptures that say if someone states what they believe the Bible says is a sin, and that they do that to keep some from going to hell, they should be called a hater, bigot, prejudice, etc.? You know explain to me why that isn't wrong?

Trying to save people from hell is "hate." We don't want anyone to go to a terrible place called hell, and that is "hate." Ironical isn't it?

Does anyone on the gay side of the debate even acknowledge that hell is an issue?

So when the fireman comes to rescue people they think he "hates them." Beats anything I've ever heard.

You know savedandhappy, it's further evidence of a seared conscience that is no longer capable of moral perception. All that's left is scar tissue in the morality part of the brain. That part of the brain no longer functions. It's just about hopeless really.

In the link, you can read where pagans offered their firstborn as an infant sacrifice with a clear conscience.

 

[catlover]

Here is Christ's message

John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

No born again, no heaven -- that's what Jesus said. Nothing else really matters.

Clearly you missed this passage....maybe you need to have it posted near your bathroom mirror.

"And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you."
Ephesians 4:32

 

[barryrob]

maligning and scapegoating gays and lesbians.

People who go out of their way to spread misinformation about gays and lesbians are not behaving in a Christ like manner. In fact they are serving evil and perverting Christ's message.

How can you be set free by the truth if you do not know it??

 

[MercyBurst]

How can you be set free by the truth if you do not know it??

indeed.

 

[MercyBurst]

Clearly you missed this passage....maybe you need to have it posted near your bathroom mirror.

"And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you."
Ephesians 4:32

If you did something wrong to me I'm not aware of it.. Perhaps if you confessed it, and made me aware of your personal offense, I could forgive it even as Eph 4:32 says. I'm ready when you are. I'll give you a clue -- I ask for an apology when I've been personally offended, but I appreciate your concern for my sensitivities.

Now I shared the words of Christ that say you must be born again. Why don't you believe His words?