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There are times when the only way is to simply WALK. For
now, our Southern Baptist churches are not ordaining female
preachers or marrying homosexuals OR teaching that filthy
sex (how else does one describe sex where feces is such a
ubiquitous result?) is just OK. - Fang grew up in the
biggest First Baptist Church in town as did his parents.
As a result, he is glued to it. However, IF the Southern
Baptist hierarchy decides to hop on the queer train; I AM
OUTTA THERE, Fang or no Fang.

I attended a Greek Orthodox church for a couple of years
several years ago; but didn’t really fit in there. I’m a
Huguenot; so Roman Catholic is out for me. Us Maupins had
a terrible time with them in France & were lucky to get out
with our lives, to Holland, to England, then to America.

I consider myself fairly well versed in the Bible, but could someone find for me where in the Bible it supports homosexual unions? I can find plenty to support heterosexual unions and a good amount of anti-homosexual verses, but I just can’t seem to find the verses that support homosexuality.

I must have a defective Bible...

I live in Portland where my wife is pastor to a small Methodist Church. We have a lady from “back east” staying with us while she attends the festivities so we get daily reports about the proceedings. My wife and I are pretty conservative while the lady is more liberal. This leads to some interesting exchanges.

I asked her last week to read and comment on four passages from the Bible: Leviticus 18:22, Leviticus 20:13, Genesis 1:28 and Malachi 3:6. She said she’d look at them but so far all I’ve heard is crickets. I have an idea that she has “forgotten” about it.

I’m not a Biblical scholar like my wife but I’ve noticed that whenever God was laying down the law on a subject he started his statement with “Thou shalt...” while a lot of the lesser rules and regulations were left to be interpreted to some extent. Leviticus 18:22 is a case in point and when it is followed with Malachi 3:6 it leaves gays and lesbians to either admit the seriousness of their sin or leave the Christian religion entirely. Either is acceptable to me.

I’m a Mormon and I’m saddened for you. It must be hard to stand by and watch other people tear up what you care about so much.

Forgive them. Don’t hate them. Always forgive.

It’s a sign of the times and it will get a lot worse before the Lord returns.

The far right and far left are entrenched in their theological understandings

Hey Michelle Boorstein? First of all, what are your qualifications to evaluate Christian "theological understandings"?

But set that aside for a moment.

Let me put it to you that PART of ANY Christian "theological understanding" is contained in St. Paul's letter to the Romans, in case you are unfamiliar with the New Testament. St.Paul wrote as follows, about a disagreement similar to the one you are writing about:

"They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and revered and worshiped the creature rather than the creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. Therefore, God handed them over to degrading passions. Their females exchanged natural relations for unnatural, and the males likewise gave up natural relations with females and burned with lust for one another. Males did shameful things with males and thus received in their own persons the due penalty for their perversity."

Now, whether you are "far-right" or "far-left", this doesn't take much "theological understanding". You are a Christian, and subject to God's Word, or you aren't.