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To: Havoc

"By this model, I could build a philosophy for whores (literally prostitutes - not metaphorically) dabble the philosophy with calls to authority from scriptures taken out of context and say I have a Christian branch for whores."

Jesus' Church is the one for whores.
Literally.
Look in his own bloodline: Rahab the Harlot. Remember, she was the one accoutered GOOD for her deed in Jerhico...and all despite the fact she was a whore.

And then when Jesus walked, who did he observe flocked to him: the prostitutes and tax collectors, not the Pharisees.
Now, do we suppose that prostitutes were able to stop prostitution completely in those hard days even if they loved Jesus? And starve. Jesus did not hate whores. He loved them, they loved him. Love the sinner, hate the sin.
And their sin is, what? Evil behavior undertaken because of extreme poverty. More forgiveable than evil behavior undertaken by the powerful and the rich.
Who said so?
Him.
Real Christianity has always been the religion for whores.
Whatever rejects the whores who do what they do in desperation rejects Christ. HE embraced them and loved them and understood them, and was descended from one.


446 posted on 02/16/2005 2:14:33 PM PST by Vicomte13 (La nuit s'acheve!)
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To: Vicomte13
Jesus' Church is the one for whores. Literally. Look in his own bloodline: Rahab the Harlot. Remember, she was the one accoutered GOOD for her deed in Jerhico...and all despite the fact she was a whore.

I would one up you, Christ's church is for all sinners. The differentiation I would make is that it is for repentant sinners. The unrepentant may come and go; but, the wider church is the repentant. And that is the point I was making. Unrepentant sinners do not belong behind the pulpit. That is why scripture encapsulates a set of guidelines to give us a gist of what should and should not be. To the extent that a homosexual church is a church of practicing homosexuals, they've made their own covenant by not holding to the Christian one. It may be a religion; but, it isn't christianity. God didn't tell the adulterous woman merely "go", he noted the sin and stated "go and sin no more". He saved her phyisicl life to note that men didn't have the right any longer to stand in mortal judgement over her sins. If he forgave her, that was enough.. but, go and sin no more meant she was not to be adulterous any longer. It means the Homosexuals, theives, etc. all must turn from the wickedness of their sin in order to be one of us. Thus, Repent!

In that manner, Christ's church is one for ex-whores, not one of whores. And especially not one where an active prostitute is teaching the church. Coming to God to turn back into the worldly heathen is not the goal. But that is what many have made of the church with philosophy.. the wisdom of men.

448 posted on 02/16/2005 2:46:27 PM PST by Havoc (Reagan was right and so was McKinley. Down with free trade. Hang the traitors high)
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