deafdyke said:
...Crazymanwoot...I know you and Reba and the others are all "love the sinner hate the sin"...but it isn't even clear whether or not it's a sin at all.... How can showing my love for someone be a sin? I can clearly see how tons of other things in the Bible are sins, but Jesus Himself never ever said ANYTHING about homosexuality being "evil" or a sin......Jesus....the man who founded your religion....He said "Love your neighbor as your brother."
Jesus said, "love thy neighbour as thyself."
Matt 19:19
Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Matt 22:39
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Mark 12:31
And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
Mark 12:33
And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Luke 10:27
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
Rom 13:9
For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Rom 13:10
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Gal 5:14
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
James 2:8
If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
Jesus said to love your neighbor with spiritual love; He didn't say to have sex with your neighbor.
... You cannot and should not harp on us being sinners....
I only respond to the topic that others bring up. I don't "harp" on it. You mentioned my name in your post, so I am responding.
We don't knock on your door screaming that you're sinning b/c you're making money to keep up with the Joneses, or that you're cheating on your wife or that you did any number of things that the Bible says is a sin.
Fine. I don't knock on the doors of any homosexuals and scream that they are sinning either.
I bet in a hundred years.....or maybe even SOONER most Christians won't even think twice about homosexuality and people will be like "huh?
Sadly, that may come true. Strong preaching is fading away, and homosexuality is becoming more and more "mainstream" and socially acceptable. That doesn't make it right, just popular.
What the heck was the fuss all about?" just the way people of today are when they read about the fuss in the '60's about cilvil rights or when they read that people in the '30's and 40's were OK with Hitler b/c he was getting rid of the Jews!
That comparison is an insult to European Jews and American blacks.
