Posted on 10/27/2003 9:19:40 PM PST by Dr. Marten
FRANK GORMAN spoke at Cardinal Hall Sunday night on how the Bible deals with issues of homosexuality.
People read the Bible as the absolute truth, but they pick and choose words, phrases and sentences for support, a speaker said Sunday night at the Student Center.
Frank Gorman was the first speaker for Spectrum's People Respecting Our Unique Differences Week.
Gorman, professor of religious studies at Bethany College, discussed what the Bible says about homosexuality. He discussed possible interpretations and misinterpretations.
The church can support or discriminate against gays, lesbians and bisexuals, Gorman said.
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The Church can teach the word of God, or the word of man.
You can't make this stuff up.
That's right -it's very unhealthy, and the experts say environment is the major factor in determining homosexuality.
Actually, amongst the vast majority of Christians, there is general agreement about the contents of the Gospel. That Christ was the Son of God, the final covenant, that he died on the Cross and rose from the dead, and that by his sacrifice, we appear blameless before God if we have faith in him is almost universally agreed.
There are parts of the Bible that are not so clear (eg Revelations) and about those parts, different interpretations exist. But few Christians would claim that folks who disagree with them about those parts are not Christians because of that. You see it occasionally but it's pretty rare.
The Bible is not at all unclear on homosexual behavior. Those 'Christians' who interpret away the injunctions against homosexual behavior are not really interpreting, they are rejecting clear scripture--a living Bible if you would. That's why I use the quotation marks.
I'm assuming that your picture of Christianity as full of little splinter groups that argue endlessly about their exclusive interpretation of the Gospel was pretty much formed from a distance.
You should come on in and take a closer look sometime. You would be welcome and might be really surprised at how sensible we are. The Gospel of Jesus Christ changed my life and it could change yours too. If you are interested in learning more, Freepmail me and I would be delighted to talk to you about it.
well that statement just blew the shift. As a Bible believing Christian if I were to make that statement it means : any part of the Bible may not be true, in other words I can remove the bits I dont think are true and so can you and you and you.......
lets get back together in 1 hr and see how much is left..........lol
the game without an umpire will fail, His Word is the absolute truth, what he says goes!!!! this guy is no more a Christian than the Dali Lama.... God bless, I pray u guys find out before its too late! and hey Im a scumbag so dont let ur standing in society or ur sin stop ya :-)
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