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To: AdequateMan
Okay, so you save a homosexual from getting married, but now he hates you and everything you stand for. How do you plan to lead him to Christ now that you are his enemy?

Where is the "Love your neighbor" in this?

I suppose you could engage in his type of culture but I strongly recommend you don't.

I also recommend you take another look at "Love your neighbor" in its original context because it does not mean what you say it means.


40 posted on 07/25/2004 6:53:15 PM PDT by af_vet_1981
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To: af_vet_1981

You want to quote Bible verses in favor of a theocracy, fine. But I disagree, and if Christ truly wants me to feel good that some people have different sins than me, then I will refuse to worship him. You see, I am morally opposed to it. Sin is sin. I am not saying we can't tell him it's sin. I am not saying we should remain quiet. What I am saying is that we cannot disenfranchise him from government, and restrict his behavior under threat of imprisonment because we disagree. You have to understand that our laws are backed up with force. Our government offers three things to lawbreakers: fines, imprisonment and death. None are consistent with spiritual choice. I am not in favor of homosexuality but am even more NOT in favor of coersed religious piety.
My Jesus is different than your Jesus. That's all. I see him as the bringer of choice. We can choose him or not. Our abstaining or attempting to abstain from sin is a gift we try to give him. We don't avoid sin to avoid Hell, but do it because we appreciate what Jesus did for us. It's done of love, not fear. We disagree on the why, not the how.


44 posted on 07/25/2004 7:05:57 PM PDT by AdequateMan (Watch it- he's slippery!)
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