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i am attempting to reconcile the disagreement there, if that is even possible, or desired. But no, i have come around to agreeing with you, however, this is difficult to reconcile with Scripture.
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Only if you don't realize what "scripture" was finding fault with.
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which is
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ok, the coyness is killing me, guess i'm done for the day. manana!
Patience is a virtue, especially in online fora. God is entirely concerned with our state of mind, NOT whatever carnal acts we are performing. The states of mind condemned were that of idolatry, worship of pagan gods, lack of fidelity, etc., NOT any specific acts.
Romans 14:14,
. . . I know and am confident in the Lord Jesus that nothing is of itself unclean; But to him who regards anything as unclean, to him it is unclean.
Only if you don't realize what "scripture" was finding fault with.
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which is
As has been stated many times, profligacy, hedonism, selfish exploitation of others, whatever you want to call it.....whatever is NOT part of a healthy relationship between two people.
As has been stated many times, profligacy, hedonism, selfish exploitation of others, whatever you want to call it.....whatever is NOT part of a healthy relationship between two people.
so, do you just ignore the 2 passages that specifically condemn the practice?
how do you handle them--to a homosexual Bible believer?
Well, let's see. Even if you've done so already, please provide those two passages that 'specifically' condemn the practice of 'homosexuality' and let's decipher them within context of the entire passage.
Romans 1:26-27, for instance, is taken out of context simply because it serves the 'anti-gay agenda'. However, Romans 1 does not begin at verse 26. One has to read several verses earlier to find out, as best we can with the scanty information provided, what Paul is referencing. Remember ...WE are only hearing one side of a conversation. WE are not privvy to precisely what was going on within the early Christian Church and its surroundings. We attempt to piece together information from the response without the privilege of knowing the actual issue/s that Paul is addressing.
But anyway, Conservative or 'Fundamentalist' Christians usually hate to read between the lines of their 'cherished' Bible passages as accurate interpretation of these passages may well rob them of their means to condemn others.
But anyway, Conservative or 'Fundamentalist' Christians usually hate to read between the lines of their 'cherished' Bible passages as accurate interpretation of these passages may well rob them of their means to condemn others
Well, let's see. Even if you've done so already, please provide those two passages that 'specifically' condemn the practice of 'homosexuality' and let's decipher them within context of the entire passage.
Romans 1:26-27, for instance, is taken out of context simply because it serves the 'anti-gay agenda'. However, Romans 1 does not begin at verse 26. One has to read several verses earlier to find out, as best we can with the scanty information provided, what Paul is referencing. Remember ...WE are only hearing one side of a conversation. WE are not privvy to precisely what was going on within the early Christian Church and its surroundings. We attempt to piece together information from the response without the privilege of knowing the actual issue/s that Paul is addressing.
But anyway, Conservative or 'Fundamentalist' Christians usually hate to read between the lines of their 'cherished' Bible passages as accurate interpretation of these passages may well rob them of their means to condemn others.
Don't hold your breath.
He tries to cloak his fundamentalism with vague non-speak but his bigotry is bible-based.
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