How should the Christian Church treat homosexuals?

[yourgraceisenough]

No... I meant the part about wishing a gruesome death on those who disagree with you.

wow thats quite a leap there, I don't wish a gruesome death on anyone I would to everyone on this planet get saved....
compromising what God says is not going to do that...

the photo of a guy with a terrible growth on his neck on the cigarette packet, how many people stop smoking because of that photo, how many more stop smoking when a doctor says stop or you will die, is the doctor a bad guy....

 

[9Westy9]

i only have 17 so far. you have more than me. they are only earned after many years and not everybody has them. you can't accumulate them without the support of the community. if you go against the community, they will defrubalize you.

defrubalize? *Pleases community*

 

[9Westy9]

Squashed, Homosexuality and the New Testament Read that is you're interested. I'm off now. I need sleep for tomorrow morning

 

[yourgraceisenough]

against kidnapping, yes. why wouldn't i?

people who stand against kidnapping.

against violating a parole restriction. i didn't report that they were gay. i reported that they shouldn't be living together in violation of a parole restriction which was placed to circumvent child kidnapping.

are you slow or something?

so you believed you were acting in good faith...

which is exactly what the pastor of the church was doing to deny gay couples...

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

wow thats quite a leap there, I don't wish a gruesome death on anyone I would to everyone on this planet get saved....
compromising what God says is not going to do that...

You called getting mauled to death "an excellent lesson".

the photo of a guy with a terrible growth on his neck on the cigarette packet, how many people stop smoking because of that photo, how many more stop smoking when a doctor says stop or you will die, is the doctor a bad guy....

That depends. Is the doctor merely reporting scientific fact, or does he kill one patient himself as an example to the others?

 

[yourgraceisenough]

Squashed, Homosexuality and the New Testament Read that is you're interested. I'm off now. I need sleep for tomorrow morning

how lame is this...

 

[vnct]

so you believed you were acting in good faith...

i acted in alignment with the court's judgments.

which is exactly what the pastor of the church was doing to deny gay couples...

that's not the church's jurisdiction.

 

[yourgraceisenough]

why do gays want to be accepted by God, why does it bother them so much they try to prove the bible says it's ok???

 

[9Westy9]

how lame is this...

It's called apologetics I believe

 

[yourgraceisenough]

i acted in alignment with the court's judgments.

that's not the church's jurisdiction.

the pastors jurisdiction is his congregation and that is a fact...

 

[Me Myself]

An excellent lesson to anyone who would mock the word or its followers...

I agree, children that mock God should definetely be mauled by bears.

I just don´t understand why this doesn´t happen that often.

When I become a dad, I will buy a bear to treathen my children.

God help me if I ever hear them mocking his word!

 

[vnct]

why do gays want to be accepted by God,

why does anyone want to be accepted?

why does it bother them so much they try to prove the bible says it's ok???

my father and his marriage partner don't attempt to prove that the bible says that it's okay.

 

[yourgraceisenough]

I agree, children that mock God should definetely be mauled by bears.

I just don´t understand why this doesn´t happen that often.

When I become a dad, I will buy a bear to treathen my children.

God help me if I ever hear them mocking his word!

the twist is as kids they would have gone to heaven so in an ironic way he saved them all....

not bad eh...

 

[yourgraceisenough]

why does anyone want to be accepted?

my father and his marriage partner don't attempt to prove that the bible says that it's okay.

I was actually just throwing the question out there it wasn't in reference to your dad...

 

[vnct]

the pastors jurisdiction is his congregation and that is a fact...

the pastor has no authority over the personal lives of church non-members. who they marry, what car they drive, what career field they choose, what school they attend.

 

[vnct]

I was actually just throwing the question out there it wasn't in reference to your dad...

i don't know the answer to your question. you might have to ask them. i've not met any homosexuals who don't acknowledge what the bible says agaisnt homosexuality, unless maybe they've never heard what the bible says. i definitely wouldn't classify gays as attempting to change what the bible says about homosexuality. if anything, they get offended by it.

 

[yourgraceisenough]

the pastor has no authority over the personal lives of it's non-members. who they marry, what car they drive, what career field they choose, what school they attend.

this members thing, don't get hooked up on that believing isn't about membership, your congregation is your responsibility, its a big responsibility and the bible tells us the stakes are high for those who become pastors, I do not know a pastor who would knowingly allow a gay couple who have no intention of staying gay to attend their church...

 

[yourgraceisenough]

i don't know the answer to your question. you might have to ask them. i've not met any homosexuals who don't acknowledge what the bible says agaisnt homosexuality, unless maybe they've never heard what the bible says. i definitely wouldn't classify gays as attempting to change what the bible says about homosexuality. if anything, they get offended by it.

if you just read back a few pages we have had two or three or more on here trying to say the bible says homosexuality is ok....

 

[Me Myself]

the twist is as kids they would have gone to heaven so in an ironic way he saved them all....

not bad eh...

I know!

I will also CURSE my kids to heaven if they ever dare to mock God´s words.

That´s what the bear I´ll buy for my backyard is for.

 

[vnct]

this members thing, don't get hooked up on that

pastors generally get hooked up on the membership thing.

believing isn't about membership, your congregation is your responsibility,

don't tell that to the pastor. you have to be a tithing member if you want routine pastoral services. no freeloaders please.

its a big responsibility and the bible tells us the stakes are high for those who become pastors,

yes, high financial stakes if tithing members don't receive priority service.

I do not know a pastor who would knowingly allow a gay couple who have no intention of staying gay to attend their church...

have you attended many churches? and in what denominations?