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To: PurVirgo
In order to rebuke or reprove someone, then you must use your moral judgement. The founding fathers of this country set-up our legal system this way. The knew that we all could not be lawyers or know all the laws. They were relying on our sense of Christian judgement. They were brilliant and biblical.

God gave us free will, but do we all know right from wrong. Apparantly not. If we all did then Christ would not have had to die for our sins. I am not offended by what you said. Don't worry. I'm not hitting the abuse button.LOL.

I believe and God believes that homosexual behavior runs counter to his plan. He wanted us to be fruitful and muliply. He wanted us to love him freely. Homosexual life is no life at all.

144 posted on 07/13/2003 7:47:11 PM PDT by I got the rope
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To: I got the rope
In your opinion, am I counter to God's plan because I am not married, have no children, and not actively seeking either?

I'm not being facetious, I'm truly curious

146 posted on 07/13/2003 7:49:33 PM PDT by PurVirgo (Never fault a pig for having a shorter neck than a girrafe)
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To: I got the rope
Then you understand where I stand. Judgement for matters of the flesh are the court's responisbility, not mine. Judgement for matters of the spirit goes to God, not me.
150 posted on 07/13/2003 7:55:15 PM PDT by PurVirgo (Never fault a pig for having a shorter neck than a girrafe)
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To: I got the rope
"but do we all know right from wrong. Apparantly not. If we all did then Christ would not have had to die for our sins."

Knowing right from wrong and choosing right over wrong are two different things. Because we are all born into sin, we know good and evil. But knowing is not enough. Jesus shed His blood not only to redeem our sin nature but to give us strength in our weakness to choose good over evil.

154 posted on 07/13/2003 8:10:26 PM PDT by sweetliberty ("Having the right to do a thing is not at all the same thing as being right in doing it.")
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To: I got the rope
Allow an aside pointed added to your cogent post.

While there is a hormonal influence traceable in a very rare percentage of homosexual behavior, the behavior is a complex mix of onset hormonal rage (prepubescent/pubescent) and choice in behavior patterns, IMHO. But how to explain the homosexuals who actually turn their lives around and away from the debasement of homosexual behaviors? You can tell a homo-activist by their insistence that this is not a genuine turnaround.

As human beings are exposed to notions of God and salvation, there is a very real tug of war between the 'adamic nature' we're all born with and the longing to commune with God, to be pleasing to Him not abhorent to Him. I think this is generated because of the human spirit within our human soul.

As the homosexual community seeks society's full affirmation for their deviant behavior, they cannot resolve the inner whispers in their human spirit ... they cannot mollify that which Holy God calls them to by forcing through their activism the acceptance and protection within this society or any society.

Much of the activist behavior of homosexuals is misdirected rage against God's still small voice calling them to reject the behavioral urges in favor of spiritual growth. Deviancy in sexual matters (whether adultery, or homosexual behavior, or addiction to pornography ...) is an immaturity in sexual development where sexual and social development run into the 'diety' needs of the adult human being with a spirit that will not be at peace until a relationship with the Creator is begun. It is the source of so many homosexuals that rage against Christianity. It is also the source of the demand to be accepted within a church community as if they are 'just like everyone else'. They are not like everyone else, unless everyone else is slave to addictive behaviors!

You wrote, "He wanted us to love him freely. Homosexual life is no life at all." As you know, when our behavior impedes our free association with Him, we are in a state of 'unrequited spiritual love', deep spiritual longing if you will, thus such a state in life is not 'aliveness', spiritually. I'm reminded of where Jesus said 'Let the dead bury the dead'.

And lastly, 'Many are called but few are chosen' and 'Faithful is He that calleth you, for He will also do it' (calls you to salvation for He will also save you). It is innate in so many to want to respond to God's still small voice by doing their own saving, being good enough to 'warrant' God's affirmation of them, not relenting to allow Him to also 'do it', to grace them with eternal life in Him. As Cain railed at God when told to bring a specific offering, 'I can bring what I have produced by my own efforts and it will be good enough.' But it never was.

176 posted on 07/13/2003 9:22:20 PM PDT by MHGinTN (If you can read this, you've had life support from someone. Promote life support for others.)
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