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I'm gay myself.......you misunderstand my intent. I mean people using Levictus against gays DON'T get to pick and choose which passages to obey.....and preach on and on about.
It clearly says eating ANY shellfish is an abomination.......wearing clothes that are not natural is an abomination.....just about everything is some crazy abomination.
If your gonna thump me on the head with it.......then you need to follow all the other crap to the letter......it's clear on those other passages.
On being Gay.....I disagree......it's totally ambigious.....like many of your posts. I'm not the only poster here CONFUSED by your posts and what you are truly trying to say.
Levictus says not to lay with man as woman.....to me that means "penetrative sex"....GUESS WHAT.....about 40% of gay guys don't practice that type of relations. I've been with my partner over 28 years and neither of us does that and/or enjoys that type of activity.
And I'm no expert(on the Bible/Levictus) but other posters throughout these forums(Religion etc.....) point out Levictus meant pagan type.......raping sex........forced sex.......
Not loving and consensual relationships between adults.
So TRY AGAIN!!!!!
i dont know how can you be confused about what im trying to say, im saying you cant pick and choose certain parts of the bible to follow and others to not, and you cant distort certain parts to fit your view and that goes for anti gay and pro gay people. thats what im saying.
i dont know how can you be confused about what im trying to say, im saying you cant pick and choose certain parts of the bible to follow and others to not, and you cant distort certain parts to fit your view and that goes for anti gay and pro gay people. thats what im saying.
Do you follow EVERY single passage in Levictus????? On clothes....food....etcetera......that's my point!!!!
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i dont know how can you be confused about what im trying to say, im saying you cant pick and choose certain parts of the bible to follow and others to not, and you cant distort certain parts to fit your view and that goes for anti gay and pro gay people. thats what im saying.
Following the laws of Levictus is not what makes someone a Christian; it is faith in Christ that makes someone a Christian.
Galatians 5 [NKJV]
1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
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4 You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. 5 For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.
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13 For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.†15 But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!
Where does the bible prohibit gays from marrying? As far as the sex lives of gays, they will have sex regardless of whether or not they get married (just like heteros), so what is the purpose of preventing them from marrying? At least if they could marry, there would technically be one less sin, by avoiding sex outside of marriage....
Where does the bible prohibit gays from marrying? As far as the sex lives of gays, they will have sex regardless of whether or not they get married (just like heteros), so what is the purpose of preventing them from marrying? At least if they could marry, there would technically be one less sin, by avoiding sex outside of marriage....
The Bible doesn't say anything about gays or gay marriage. However, it mentions that the most common arrangement is a man cleaving to his wife, so they consider that an automatic ban on gays. But that verse is not proscriptive. It merely mentions that most common type back then (since once again, homosexuality was unknown until 1900 A.D.). Had Jesus wanted to ban gay marriage, he would have said - a man may only cleave to his wife. If a man cleaves to another man, he has committed a sin.
Jesus never says or hints to anything like that. That doesn't stop conservatives from putting words in his mouth.
The Bible doesn't say anything about gays or gay marriage. However, it mentions that the most common arrangement is a man cleaving to his wife, so they consider that an automatic ban on gays. But that verse is not proscriptive. It merely mentions that most common type back then (since once again, homosexuality was unknown until 1900 A.D.). Had Jesus wanted to ban gay marriage, he would have said - a man may only cleave to his wife. If a man cleaves to another man, he has committed a sin.
Jesus never says or hints to anything like that. That doesn't stop conservatives from putting words in his mouth.
Not to dredge up old threads, but I just got a rep point on this thread and checked it out to see where it went. I couldn't resist correcting the nonsense of the last post here.
God created them male and female. He instituted marriage for that which he created. It's not just the "most common"...it's the ONLY form of marriage that God ordained.
As for Jesus...well, He is God. He affirmed the OT teachings on marriage. So when you guys come along and pretend that Adam and Eve getting married by God was somehow not a model of what marriage is, and that it's really just anything goes it's kind of silly. God made marriage. It's symbolic of the love that Christ has for his church--which is called his "Bride".
Sigh- Why are people not opening their eyes to Satans work? Someone has to fight it!
Thankfully this Church is. More Churches need to stand against the hatred and evil espoused by many so-called Christians.
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