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To: anniegetyourgun
He doesn't seem to say anything about "historic Christian faith." Unless you take onjection to the comment about most Christians selectively ignoring Biblical restrictions, in which case, look around you!
4 posted on 08/08/2003 10:07:43 AM PDT by RockandRollResurrection
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To: RockandRollResurrection
While I would agree that all are sinners, this guy suggests that eating pork or worshipping on Sunday are baseless. Worse, that they are equivalent to fornication. He (like so many homosexuality pushers) exhibits a clear lack inability to rightly divide the Word of God.
10 posted on 08/08/2003 10:27:58 AM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: RockandRollResurrection
You are right, certainly, Christians do selectively ignore many of the Bible's teachings that they find inconvenient. However, Christians have no reason to feel bound by the old Jewish laws, which I believe numbered over 600 (I'm not Jewish so I'm no expert here). Christians are saved by Grace, not by good works or blind adherence to the law. Still, those kinds of behavior that are sinful according to the New Testament need to be avoided. True, Jesus is not quoted in the Gospels on the subject of homosexual relations but I think it is safe to say that he must have had something to say to his disciples about this. And I doubt that St.Paul just made up the things he has to say about it in his teachings.
I suspect the writer probably does lean toward approval of the gay bishop consecration but if he's unwilling to state his position it might have been better to have said nothing at all.
37 posted on 08/08/2003 12:51:54 PM PDT by beelzepug (incessantly yapping for change)
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