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Bishop Gene Robinson on why "God called me out of the closet"
CBS ^ | January 21, 2024 | Ted Koppel (no less)

Posted on 01/23/2024 10:10:08 AM PST by Salman

As the Episcopal Church consecrated Gene Robinson the 9th bishop of New Hampshire in November 2003, he wore the customary vestments. He was also wearing a bullet-proof vest. What made the occasion controversial, indeed historic, was the Church's acceptance of Gene Robinson as the first openly-gay bishop in all of Christendom.

Robinson is quick to point out that there have always been gay bishops in the Episcopal Church. "There have been a lot of us, let's just be clear," he said. "I'm just the first openly-gay one."

Almost certainly the first Episcopal Bishop with purple nail polish. This was, of course, a special occasion: a celebration late last fall commemorating his consecration as bishop 20 years ago. The congregation of St. Thomas Episcopal Church, in Washington, D.C., is Bishop Robinson's parish these days. These are very much his people; and here he clearly feels more free, perhaps, to be himself – purple fingernails and all.

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To: Salman

Sometimes I talk to people about this person and ask them, if he had left his wife and family for a big-titted 23 year old woman, would you still treat him the same?

But there is no difference. He left his family (totally against God’s will) to chase after his lusts. And they flock to him as some kind of righteous person.


41 posted on 01/23/2024 12:35:38 PM PST by wbarmy (Trying to do better.)
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To: Salman

“Bishop Gene Robinson on why “God called me out of the closet””

That wasn’t God you MORON!

God thinks you are an abomination. So do I.


42 posted on 01/23/2024 12:46:03 PM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: Salman

Wrong god, faggot.


43 posted on 01/23/2024 12:46:50 PM PST by Salvavida
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To: Salman

Satan calls you by your sin. You identify as a gay butt sex man. You are called.

Jesus calls you by name. Repent and sin no more


44 posted on 01/23/2024 12:58:02 PM PST by cyberstoic (I )
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To: Salman

And that’s why I left that “cult” behind.


45 posted on 01/23/2024 1:06:55 PM PST by ThePatriotsFlag (Accepting a false premise initiates conversational defeat.)
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To: silent majority rising

So many do not believe this.

They say that ‘Christians’ will go to be with Jesus as soon as they die.

Others say they’ll go to some other location to get cleaned up some more.

Doesn’t ANYONE read the Book any more?


46 posted on 01/23/2024 1:57:08 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: cyberstoic

BINGO!


47 posted on 01/23/2024 1:58:00 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Salman

bump for later reading


48 posted on 01/23/2024 1:59:50 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Either ‘the Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State.’ --Donald Trump)
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To: ThePatriotsFlag

We are living in a Genesis 19:9 world...
 

"Get out of our way,” they replied.
“This fellow came here as a foreigner, and now he wants to play the judge!
We’ll treat you worse than them.”
They kept bringing pressure on Lot and moved forward to break down the door.
 


The Health Risks of gay sex.


 

And now,  a BIBLICAL Message about homosexuality



 
Genesis 13:13
Now the men of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the LORD.

Genesis 18:20-21
20. Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and 
their sin so grievous
21. that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know."

Genesis 19:4-7
4. Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom--both young and old--surrounded the house.
5. They called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them."
6. Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him
7. and said, "No, my friends. Don't do this wicked thing.


Leviticus niv

18:22 Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable.

20:13 If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. 

           They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.

 
 


Psalms 12:8 The wicked freely strut about when what is vile is honored among men.

Isaiah 3:9 The look on their faces testifies against them;

they parade their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it.

Woe to them! They have brought disaster upon themselves.

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2 Peter 2:13b Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight.

They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.

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Ezekiel 16:49-50  "`Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom:

She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.

They were haughty and did detestable things before me.

 Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.

 


Romans 1     New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
 
 18 The wrath of God is indeed being revealed from heaven against every impiety and wickedness of those who suppress the truth by their wickedness. 19 For what can be known about God is evident to them, because God made it evident to them. 20 Ever since the creation of the world, his invisible attributes of eternal power and divinity have been able to be understood and perceived in what he has made. As a result, they have no excuse; 21 for although they knew God they did not accord him glory as God or give him thanks. Instead, they became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless minds were darkened. 22 While claiming to be wise, they became fools 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for the likeness of an image of mortal man or of birds or of four-legged animals or of snakes.
 

24 Therefore, God handed them over to impurity through the lusts of their hearts for the mutual degradation of their bodies. 25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and revered and worshiped the creature rather than the creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. 26 Therefore, God handed them over to degrading passions. Their females exchanged natural relations for unnatural, 27 and the males likewise gave up natural relations with females and burned with lust for one another. Males did shameful things with males and thus received in their own persons the due penalty for their perversity. 28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God handed them over to their undiscerning mind to do what is improper. 29 They are filled with every form of wickedness, evil, greed, and malice; full of envy, murder, rivalry, treachery, and spite. 


2 Peter 2

1. But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them--bringing swift destruction on themselves.
2. Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.
3. In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
4. For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment;
5. if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;
6. if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;
7. and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men
8. (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)--
9. if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment.
10. This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the sinful nature and despise authority. Bold and arrogant, these men are not afraid to slander celestial beings;
11. yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not bring slanderous accusations against such beings in the presence of the Lord.
12. But these men blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like brute beasts, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like beasts they too will perish.
13. They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. 
Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.


What kind of a people are we;

that we allow men dressed in womens clothes

to pervert the minds of little children?


49 posted on 01/23/2024 2:01:57 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie
2 Peter 2:3

In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.

50 posted on 01/23/2024 2:03:00 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Salman
Old friend of mine...a Preacher. Told me when he went to Divinity School...most/many of the dudes there were gay.

Pastor Wilks is a good guy....Straight as an arrow.

51 posted on 01/23/2024 2:03:08 PM PST by Osage Orange (I miss Rush)
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To: Salman

There will be much wailing and gnashing of teeth in this poor man’s future.


52 posted on 01/23/2024 2:09:22 PM PST by 762X51
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To: Elsie

Even Christians should believe this: 2 Corinthians 5:10 ESV / 22 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil. I must have missed the part that says that you just have to utter “this” and you will not face judgement: You accept Jesus and you won’t be judged. Even Satan met Jesus and knew who he is.. Jesus did not say the ones who knew me need not face judgement, but can get a “Get out of Hell Free” card. I have known many that have claimed that now that they have heaven taken care of, they will do whatever they want because they are ‘saved’. That sounds like they think they took out some “Heaven” insurance.


53 posted on 01/23/2024 2:12:20 PM PST by silent majority rising (When it is dark enough, men see the stars. Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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To: faucetman

I agree, it probably was not God, but it was somebody or something that called him.


54 posted on 01/23/2024 2:13:16 PM PST by silent majority rising (When it is dark enough, men see the stars. Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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To: Salman
...it would be nearly seven years after Robinson's election as bishop before Mary Glasspool, a lesbian, was elected Suffragan, or assisting Bishop, of Los Angeles. Now, though, there are five openly-gay bishops...

I don't think the Episcopal Church can brand itself a "Christian Church" any longer. Maybe a "synagogue of Satan" is more appropriate?

55 posted on 01/23/2024 6:03:47 PM PST by Gritty (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the Revolution. - Saul Alinsky)
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To: Elsie

Worse think Noah’s time when the whole world was this way


56 posted on 01/23/2024 8:54:53 PM PST by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: Elsie
They say that ‘Christians’ will go to be with Jesus as soon as they die.

(At least Gramma.)

57 posted on 01/24/2024 3:45:49 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: No name given
How many souls will this Godless Reprobate continue to lead into the Lake of Fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥?

The apostasy and the Days of Lot are upon us. As prophesied by Jesus Christ Himself.

Do NO harm, Christians, but reject this Godless Reprobate Agenda. (For the thread)


58 posted on 01/27/2024 12:18:28 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Right Brother
(The infiltration of Satan into the church was prophesied. No Christian is surprised.)

You are Right, Brother. 😬😬😬

Just as prophesied in the New Testament by Jesus Christ Himself:




59 posted on 01/27/2024 12:21:35 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: JesusIsLord
(Romans 1.)


60 posted on 01/27/2024 12:24:19 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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