Can a gay person be a "good" Christian?

[Yes]

So is wearing 50/50 cotton/poly.

Polyester was not invented yet.

So is eating shellfish. So is cooking/storing meat and dairy at the same time.

The dietary laws are no more.

So is marrying outside your kin group. So what? Cultural injunctions that need not apply now.

Christians are to marry another Christian.

 

[Yes]

Good on you, I myself don't even like to call myself a Christian, the name has been so tarnished over the many years, Jesus never called himself a Christian either.

Christian comes from the word Christ. Jesus is the Christ.

 

[psychoslice]

Polyester was not invented yet.

The dietary laws are no more.


Christians are to marry another Christian.

I once was a Seventh day Adventist who thought like you, that's why I left the church.

 

[Yes]

I once was a Seventh day Adventist who thought like you, that's why I left the church.

They teach falseness.

 

[psychoslice]

Christian comes from the word Christ. Jesus is the Christ.

Wrong, Jesus became the Christ, the Christ is the higher Consciousness of one who has realized their oneness with the father or pure Source, the name Christian came about after Jesus, he knew nothing about that particular name.

 

[psychoslice]

They teach falseness.

Don't you see how you sound ?, everyone is wrong except for you and your beliefs, that sickens me.

 

[sojourner]

Polyester was not invented yet.

It's a sin to wear clothing of mixed cloths.

The dietary laws are no more.

Uh huh. But the homosexual thing is. I see. And the reason for that is... ?

Christians are to marry another Christian.

not according to Paul. Paul says no one should marry.

See how this works? "Polyester wasn't invented yet." Neither did the biblical writers know as much about the human psyche as we do today. Don't you think that, as times and cultures change, that cultural mores change too? The bible patently supports the practice of slavery. Do you keep slaves? Should anyone keep slaves? No! We don't live in that culture anymore.

 

[sojourner]

Christian comes from the word Christ. Jesus is the Christ.

I thought Jesus was the Father. How can one anoint oneself?

 

[Yes]

That's not what the text says.

We are not to make hypocritical judgments.
I got the beam out of my eye, and now I want to help others get the beam out of their eyes.

Reference, plz.

Paul joins a New Testament scripture (Luke 10:7) to an Old Testament scripture (Deuteronomy 25:4) and calls them both scripture.

Did he? Or did the gospel writers have Jesus teach what Paul was teaching?

Paul taught what Jesus taught.

 

[sojourner]

We are not to make hypocritical judgments.
I got the beam out of my eye, and now I want to help others get the beam out of their eyes.

Look again.

Paul joins a New Testament scripture (Luke 10:7) to an Old Testament scripture (Deuteronomy 25:4) and calls them both scripture.

<sigh> In which of Paul's letters?!

 

[sojourner]

Paul taught what Jesus taught.

It's not Jesus' teaching. It's Paul's teaching.

 

[psychoslice]

It's not Jesus' teaching. It's Paul's teaching.

Yes that's it, everything in the bible is someone's own thoughts, this idea that all scripture is influenced by god is wrong and not true.

 

[The Hammer]

The thinking Christian is simply wrong -- they all have false teachers. What these people fail to realize is that these selfsame teachers are the people who translate the biblical texts so that the fundies can actually read the bible.

You can believe what you want. But anyone calling someone else "false teachers", is typically false and misleading themselves.

Listen to those who are quiet and maybe you will hear something interesting.

 

[The Hammer]

Don't you see how you sound ?, everyone is wrong except for you and your beliefs, that sickens me.

Of course this person does not. They would not be here arguing if they did.

 

[Yes]

It's a sin to wear clothing of mixed cloths.

Some of the laws were symbolic of keeping separate unto the Lord.

Uh huh. But the homosexual thing is. I see. And the reason for that is... ?

It did not change.
We are to offer our bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to the Lord.

not according to Paul. Paul says no one should marry.

Paul does not say we are not to marry.

See how this works? "Polyester wasn't invented yet." Neither did the biblical writers know as much about the human psyche as we do today. Don't you think that, as times and cultures change, that cultural mores change too? The bible patently supports the practice of slavery. Do you keep slaves? Should anyone keep slaves? No! We don't live in that culture anymore.

People in the Bible times were probably glad to be a slave. Being a slave gave them an income and a home.

 

[Yes]

It's not Jesus' teaching. It's Paul's teaching.

You are not speaking truth.
Jesus taught to repent of sins. Paul taught to repent of sins. Jesus taught forgiveness of sins through him. Paul taught forgiveness of sins through Jesus. Jesus taught obedience to his teachings. Paul taught obedience to Jesus' teachings.

 

[The Hammer]

People in the Bible times were probably glad to be a slave. Being a slave gave them an income and a home.

So if I kidnapped a homeless man and fed him and clothed him, but forced him to work for me as a slave it would be ok?

 

[Yes]

Look again.

We are not to judge hypocritically.

<sigh> In which of Paul's letters?!

1 Timothy 5:18

 

[Sees]

People in the Bible times were probably glad to be a slave. Being a slave gave them an income and a home.

Assuming this bit were true, wouldn't this also apply to many people of the world today?

 

[The Hammer]

Assuming this bit were true, wouldn't this also apply to many people of the world today?

'Twas my question as well.