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To: little jeremiah
The scriptures say that all our righteousness is like filthy rags. Compared to the perfection of God, nothing we do is good. There is no "good" or "better" sin. All have fallen short of the perfection required for fellowship with God. Without condoning Jennifer Knapp's behavior, let's remember than no sin is tolerable with God, including the heterosexual promiscuity which seems amusing to some FReepers.

If you want to get into relative grades of sin, I think that "monogamous" lesbianism is better than the promiscuity which typifies male homosexuality or the swinging promiscuous hetero lifestyle. God's desire is love, which requires commitment, "for better or worse."

30 posted on 04/17/2010 2:32:12 PM PDT by hellbender
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To: hellbender

All sin is founded on rebellion to God. Therefore, in that sense, all sin is equivalent. But as far as how sinful behavior and actions manifest themselves, all sins are not equal nor do they have the same effect on the sinner or those around him or her.

It’s a long topic and I don’t have time to do it justice, but just as all physical ailments are not the same (hangnail, sunburn, measles, AIDs, cancer...), similarly the spiritual sickness of sin is a continuum.


33 posted on 04/17/2010 2:40:56 PM PDT by little jeremiah
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