>Unbelievable...the “Deacon” gave our homily today about not casting the first stone” which then morphed into a “Anti Death Penalty “Diatribe!
Then I should like him to explain the following passages:
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%209:1-6&version=NIV
http://www.biblebrowser.com/numbers/35-30.htm
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy+22:25&version=NIV
I should also like him to explain why, if she was caught in adultery (which cannot be done alone), there was no man being accused either.
>On and on and on. I sat there thinking....”social relativism”.
I have a God who is Absolute; because He defines Morality, Morality is, itself, absolute. Yes, there are things that ARE relative to a culture, like whether looking in the eye is respectful or defiant... but that one should respect/honor one’s parents ISN’T relative.
>When he finished his “speech”, about 1/3 of the parishioners CLAPPED....WHAAAAT???
Agreed. I’m glad I wasn’t there... I’d probably have [gotten angry] called him a liar and ran him out of [the] church.
thanks..good points.
Next time I will stand up..walk to the back...when he is done, sit back down.