Posted on 04/25/2007 12:04:49 PM PDT by Abathar
INDIANAPOLIS -- At least two billboard signs that seek to get people to re-examine homosexuality by using biblical references have been vandalized in Indianapolis.
The campaign, coordinated by the Jesus Metropolitan Community Church, of Indianapolis, carries a message some consider shocking, 6News' Derrik Thomas reported.
In order to deface the billboards, vandals had to be daring, using extension ladders. There have been no arrests, but the debate rages.
The billboard proclaims that Jesus affirmed a gay couple. "Lie, lie, lie," is scrawled in red paint above the original message on a sign on 10th Street.
Twenty-two billboards were placed strategically around the city. The Rev. Jeff Miner, of the church that paid for the billboards, was disappointed by the vandalism.
"There was a sense of disappointment, a sense of shock. That's OK," Miner said. "We're going to share a positive, powerful message how the Bible affirms gay people and we know there is going to be some opposition as we try to get that message out here."
In addition to the billboards, church volunteers have placed about 2,000 yard signs around the city. Many of them were pulled out of the ground almost as fast as they were put in.
Curt Smith, of the Indiana Family Institute, criticized the vandalism, but said the Bible does not confirm the billboards' message.
"I think homosexuals are noted in the Bible in a couple of key passages that were an example of sexual sin that is decried by God," Smith said.
The billboard campaign is scheduled to run for 30 days. One of the damaged billboards was fixed by Tuesday afternoon. The second one might be repaired by the end of the week.
Some celebrate their sins and seek to deliberately deceive.
Burn the billboard... and do it now.
They don't. They just know 99% of the people who see the sign won't check the reference. It is disgraceful that a group that claims to be a church following Jesus intentionally lies, but that is what liberals do best.
From WIKI:
Qualifications for becoming a Centurion
A man in Roman army who wanted to become a Centurion had to meet many qualifications. First, the man had to have several letters of recommendation from important people. Therefore, it would help if one trying for the position was befriended to several important senators, or even the consuls/emperor themselves/himself (depending on the time period).
[edit] Age Requirements
A man who desired to be a Centurion would have had to have been at least thirty years of age. Therefore, if he had entered the army at age 16, he would have spent almost half his life in the military, giving him the experience he needed so that he would know how to sufficiently command his cohort.
[edit] Social Status
As stated above, the aspiring centurion needed good connections to be recommended for the post. These connections might have been easier to achieve if the centurion was of a higher class.
[edit] Education
One of the tasks of the centurion was to relate his superior officers’ written commands to the men in his cohort. Therefore, he had to be able to read. In order to do this, he needed at least enough education to be literate. Also, the more educated one was, the better chance he had of becoming centurion.
It’s all prohibited by Scripture.
See there's your problem. They used the Queen James Version.
Here is the crazy rationale:
The Greek word that the Roman centurion uses in this passage to describe the sick man – pais – is the same word used in ancient Greek to refer to a same-gender partner.
http://www.wouldjesusdiscriminate.com/biblical_evidence/gay_couple.html
Nor can I, but the homosexuals and their agenda, are definitely going to push things too far. That point WILL be reached, it is just a question of when, or what, it will take, which may differ from one state to another. But it will!
The article said the billboard was defaced. Looks more like someone believed in truth in advertising and decided to correct the billboard.
Okay, I’ve read the passage y’all posted - three times now - and I cannot for the life of me figure out how it applies.
Uh... since a homo was translating it?
Not why you posted the section, I mean - I’m wondering why the billboard people thought it means what they say it means.
I haven’t caught one whiff of homosexuality, and I’ve read the passage four times now.
What am I missing?
Maybe homosexuals read the passage to be the first reported case of AIDS. /shrug
A sick mind
Several years ago I observed a voting meeting of a couple of hundred Presbyterian ministers discussing whether to sanction practicing homosexuals as ministers. There were very few advocates who referenced the Bible in any specific way, but for those few that did, the interpretations were not to be confused with any semblance of literacy.
You don’t know me very well, do you? ;)
Here the meaning "slave" is obvious from the context--if the centurion was speaking of his own son he would have used the word for "son" (hyios).
Greek pederasts also used the word pais of their boy "lover" but that is clearly not the usage here.
Jerome's Latin translation uses the word puer which has the same ambiguity ("boy" or "servant").
Unbelievable how far some people will go to twist religion to justify their choices.
I almost guarantee that the POLICE will be looking for the person who wrote “lie” on it, and will charge him with a HATE CRIME!
Unbelievable!
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