The Voice of Reason
Doctor of Thinkology
Accuracy in translation is the least of the worries of an intolerant bigot. He could just as easily cited John 3:16.
Either way, he's simply justifying his biases.
-
Welcome to Religious Forums, a friendly forum to discuss all religions in a friendly surrounding.
Your voice is missing! You will need to register to get access to the following site features:- Reply to discussions and create your own threads.
- Our modern chat room. No add-ons or extensions required, just login and start chatting!
- Access to private conversations with other members.
We hope to see you as a part of our community soon!
God rejects homosexuals...this is a fact
- Thread starter drivingbackwards
- Start date
- Status
Accuracy in translation is the least of the worries of an intolerant bigot. He could just as easily cited John 3:16.
Either way, he's simply justifying his biases.
rojse
RF Addict
I guess it's lucky that we have laws protecting people from maniacs like you.
But those maniacs also vote and actually earn office.
rojse
RF Addict
Now, now... we can't hope to change any minds by being like that.
Do you think that we can change some people's minds by being reasonable and open-minded?
JMorris
Democratic Socialist
tolerance has its limitations. we cant be so tolerant that we tolerate introlerance
rojse
RF Addict
You could just use God and satisfy everyone and no-one at the same time.
rojse
RF Addict
Your life isn't worth it, Ultraviolet. His car is driving backwards too fast to risk it.
rojse
RF Addict
On the other hand, this might well be the person that we can replace Investocracy with, Voice Of Reason. All he needs to do now is start quoting Fox News.
rojse
RF Addict
So has gonhorrea.
Green Gaia
Veteran Member
Yes, I know we can. Not everyone of course. But if someone is open to learning the other side of the issue, not just the one they've been force fed all they're lives, then yes, I know minds can be changed because I've seen it happen many times on this forum alone.
drivingbackwards
Member
Nice try...but it won't work.
Something that was part of the Greek society was homosexuality, and it can't be possible that the Greeks didn't have a word to define it. At least use common sense combined with reality about this.
It appears that some homosexuals are trying hard to justify their pervert desires as acceptable by God and they try to deviate the meaning of the words found in the bible by giving their own deceived interpretations.
The bible is clear about it, homosexuality is an abomination to God, and Moses, the apostles and the same Jesus in the book of Revelation have declared homosexuals as deserving death and/or never inheriting the new kingdom.
At least, there are lots of homosexuals who are inn better position than the "religious homosexuals" because they simply say: "There is no God". These secular or atheist homosexuals are not hypocrite as the religious ones because they just get away of religion and live their life without conflicts against God...well, from their point of view, of course.
The so called "Christian homosexuals" lack of reasoning when they pretend that God is in their side, because God isn't. This thread is informing them that no homosexuals will inherit the kingdom of God regardless of how much faith or good works they do, and that the only possibility for them to be accepted in the new kingdom is to repent and stop being homosexuals.
Best wishes.
Circle_One
Well-Known Member
Really though, would anyone WANT to inherit the kingdom of God when it's run by a hate-mongering, hypocritical bigot?
CarlinKnew
Well-Known Member
The Bible is also very clear: those who work on Sunday deserve the same fate. "God rejects those who work on Sunday.... this is a fact." Do you also preach hatred toward the struggling father who needs to occasionally work overtime on Sundays to support his family? Does he deserve death? Why or why not?
Circle_One
Well-Known Member
And also.... don't priests work on Sunday?
Right - so when the original Greek of the New Testament uses words that mean things like "pederast" or "male prostitute" rather than blanket terms that would apply to all homosexuals, then this can't be taken as a condemnation of all homosexuality, can it? After all, as you point out, they had the terms and could've used them if they wanted to.
The Bible's also clear that you should remove the beam from your own eye before trying to remove a speck from someone else's, but that doesn't stop you from doing what you do, does it?
BTW - exactly where in Revelation does it talk about homosexuality?
A
angellous_evangellous
Guest
Now we need to meditate strongly on the meaning of arrogance.
The Greeks, just like us, described homosexuality and homosexual acts imprecisely. That is, we have the word "homosexuality" and the desciptors of that word, including scientific, psysiological, euphemisms, and slang all have a variety of other meanings... so much so that a translator may have difficulty finding a precise translation.
It's much easier, then, to point to the words of Christ - "thou shalt not judge" or "remove the plank from your eye" than it is to arrogantly say that a person has no place in the kingdom of God.
A
angellous_evangellous
Guest
My understanding is that Paul used the clearest possible terms.
drivingbackwards
Member
I received a traffic ticket in a street which has a 25mph limit sign...and I was driving at 25mph...going backwards
Yeah... I kinda took off on a run with drivingbackward's premises to see where they'd take me. Maybe I took them a bit too far.
Green Gaia
Veteran Member
Or Christian homosexuals should reject YOUR interpretation of God and religion.
You probably got the ticket for driving backwards. That could be dangerous.
- Status