[Sun Descending]

The wages of sin is death. Most of us deserve to die.
That's not to say what we do is excusable. We ought
to hold ourselves to higher standards and we ought
to have some punishment for crimes. But calling for
killing homosexuals is overboard. Jesus _did_ save the
adultress from stoning. There was a reason for that.

[highlander_UW]

The wages of sin is death. Most of us deserve to die.

Actually, we ALL deserve to die...however Jesus has paid that penalty for all who accept God's grace through faith in Jesus Christ.

Just to clarify, in no way do I agree with this democrat's desire to make homosexuality a crime punishable by death. I am just posting the article to bring this democrat's platform to light.

Also, I see you've registered today...welcome to FR.

[RaceBannon]

However, homosexuality and murder were both endorsed as being worthy of Capital Punishment in the New Testament by Paul.

Jesus did not come to Judge the world as yet, but to save it, His message was to repent and be saved. So was Paul, but Paul also spelled out just how bad some sins were.

Romans 1 Paul clearly says that homosexuals deserved death. He did not tell Christians to create laws for it, though, but he said it does deserve death.

[peyton randolph]

The wages of sin is death.

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Pretty convenient when those who proclaim to be messengers of God get to define "sin." The above statement contains truth only to the extent of karma, i.e. your actions determine what you get in life. For instance, injecting heroin, standing in the middle of the interstate, or committing acts of homosexual sodomy are in fact likely to lead to death.

Most of us deserve to die.

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We'll all die. That we deserve to die prematurely is a load of horse hockey, unless, as described above, we engage in activities that lead to premature death.

 

[swain_forkbeard]

"The wages of sin is death. Most of us deserve to die."

Apparently, the wages of righteousness is also death, at least in the corporeal sense. And in the unforgettable words of that great American Western anti-hero, "Deserves got nothin' to do with it."

[Alex Murphy]

Jesus _did_ save the adultress from stoning. There was a reason for that.

Care to expand on that reason? Are you saying the adultress was a lesbian? Or are you saying He disapproved of the "God of the Old Testament"?

[LonePalm]

If the wages of sin is death.

I wonder what the union dues must be like.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)