Christian marriage is man and woman/husband and wife.

[99percentatheism]

There is no secular or theological challenge to be made that a "Christian marriage" isn't immutably a man and woman/husband and wife. Therefore, it should be a criminal act under current hate crimes laws, to accuse a Christian of hate, bigotry, or irrational . . ., if they assert the immutability of the structure of marriage as man and woman/husband and wife.

As Jesus proclaimed it in the Gospels and the writings reaffirm and define it so.

Why would anyone, religious or secularist, NOT support and affirm Christians adhering to the consistent and immutable Biblical teaching that a marriage is a man/husband and woman/wife?

[Jax Agnesson]

But, since I am such a nice guy, I'll show you something quite striking from an oft-told tale.:

“Get out of our way,� they replied. “This fellow came here as a foreigner, and now he wants to play the judge!"

"We’ll treat you worse than them.�

Now, the men quoted were going to anally rape a couple of other men that were new to their town. And when a nice imigrant tried to ask them not to rape the visitors these homosexual rapists got even more upset.

Now, they saw something even worse than homosexual sex (sodomy) being meted out on their "judgmental" opposition.

Isn't that interesting?

You can find the story retold in the Torah at Genesis 19.

Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.

Because y'know, raping women is not nearly as bad as raping men... Ni-i-ice!

[ElCodeMonkey]

[Replying to post 1188 by 99percentatheism]

Certainly not ridiculous at all. For starters, it's NOT only one person. But even if it were, you need to determine what is supposedly moral in God's eyes. Does God go by genes or by physical representation? And if you present both genders, what now is morally right in God's eyes? And who is man to even answer this question if God did not specifically state it? And no matter which answer you choose you either allow penis with penis or man with man; both of which is gay. So can such people simply never marry? Things aren't as "simple" as you claim them to be.

[99percentatheism]

Danmark

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I couldn't care less what the deviants "in the world" do. All you need to do is look up my writings here at this site. But there IS more to the gay debate than just disgust and repugnance in behaviors.

You speak of labeling "...Christians as hate mongers, and the Gospel as something only ignorant uneducated fools would believe in. Marginalize Christians as so intellectually inept, that anything they say is suspect...."

And yet that is exactly what you do with homosexuals. You marginalize them. You make them the 'other,' as if they were not even human. You call them 'deviants' and say you "couldn't care less" about what they do.

Excuse me, homosexuals have labeled themselves "Gay, Lesbian, and Bi-Sexual."

I just view them as people.

Isn't this the opposite of what Christ taught and the opposite of how he lived?

How many Gay Pride Parades did He attend in Roman Judea?

I understand you don't want to accept 'gay theology' in your church and that you have every right to select a church that agrees with your beliefs and that they can deny membership to gays and lesbians.

Tell that to the LGBT's and their rabid support groups that seem to want us to "affirm" their sex acts.

I don't think anyone is disagreeing with you about making that personal choice.

The Southern Poverty Law Center has categorized our positions as being in a hate group.

The debate will continue within the Christian community about whether to accept gays into the church. Many Christian churches accept gays as members, others do not.

What debate? The issue is settled in every denomination I fellowship in.

But what seems so antithetical to what Jesus taught is your marginalizing gays; saying you don't care about them; calling them 'disgusting' and 'repugnant.'

This is the attitude that comes across as 'hate speech.'

You mean like knocking the dust off your shoes and leaving them alone to their anti-Christian choices isn't quite the rejection speech by Jesus? He makes it clear not to force Christian life on anyone AND, to leave them alone to their ultimate fate at the end of time.

I'm following that directive.

Would you grant there is a difference between simply arguing that Christian theology should not accept practicing homosexuals into their church community and marginalizing these folk, calling them disgusting and repugnant?

There is a point when the argument ends and reality of truth takes over. Gay theology is another gospel. One we are warned to reject fully. If you'll notice, LGBT's do not come humbly to The Church. The demand that we submit to LGBT culture and all that that entails. A Rainbow Flag representing and celebrating homosexuality flying over the Cross of Christ is as inappropriate and antithetical to Christian life as it gets.

Can you produce any examples of a part of LGBT culture that is compatible with Christian life?

[ElCodeMonkey]

[Replying to post 1191 by 99percentatheism]

You misinterpret the point of the parades and the pride. It's not for you. It's not to force it down anyone's throat. It's merely there so that others suffering in the shadows of their closets can finally feel accepted and free from the hate generated from those who still hold ancient beliefs about it and those that simply don't understand. You keep saying it's a choice but you have no right or knowledge to make such a claim beyond, "It has to be in order for the Bible to be God's inerrant Word"

[99percentatheism]

Danmark

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I couldn't care less what the deviants "in the world" do. All you need to do is look up my writings here at this site. But there IS more to the gay debate than just disgust and repugnance in behaviors.

You speak of labeling "...Christians as hate mongers, and the Gospel as something only ignorant uneducated fools would believe in. Marginalize Christians as so intellectually inept, that anything they say is suspect...."

And yet that is exactly what you do with homosexuals. You marginalize them. You make them the 'other,' as if they were not even human. You call them 'deviants' and say you "couldn't care less" about what they do.

Excuse me, homosexuals have labeled themselves "Gay, Lesbian, and Bi-Sexual."

I just view them as people. They are people that view themselves and identify themselves, by their sexual behavior.

Isn't this the opposite of what Christ taught and the opposite of how he lived?

How many Gay Pride Parades did He attend in Roman Judea?

I understand you don't want to accept 'gay theology' in your church and that you have every right to select a church that agrees with your beliefs and that they can deny membership to gays and lesbians.

Tell that to the LGBT's and their rabid support groups that seem to want us to "affirm" their sex acts.

I don't think anyone is disagreeing with you about making that personal choice.

The Southern Poverty Law Center has categorized our positions as being in a hate group.

The debate will continue within the Christian community about whether to accept gays into the church. Many Christian churches accept gays as members, others do not.

What debate? The issue is settled in every denomination I fellowship in.

But what seems so antithetical to what Jesus taught is your marginalizing gays; saying you don't care about them; calling them 'disgusting' and 'repugnant.'

This is the attitude that comes across as 'hate speech.'

You mean like knocking the dust off your shoes and leaving them alone to their anti-Christian choices isn't quite the rejection speech by Jesus? He makes it clear not to force Christian life on anyone AND, to leave them alone to their ultimate fate at the end of time.

I'm following that directive.

Would you grant there is a difference between simply arguing that Christian theology should not accept practicing homosexuals into their church community and marginalizing these folk, calling them disgusting and repugnant?

There is a point when the argument ends and reality of truth takes over. Gay theology is another gospel. One we are warned to reject fully. If you'll notice, LGBT's do not come humbly to The Church. The demand that we submit to LGBT culture and all that that entails. A Rainbow Flag representing and celebrating homosexuality flying over the Cross of Christ is as inappropriate and antithetical to Christian life as it gets.

Can you produce any examples of a part of LGBT culture that is compatible with Christian life?

[Joab]

[Replying to post 1187 by 99percentatheism]

Prove what??????????

My favorite way to argue this is to ask, "When did you 'decide' to be heterosexual?"

I have asked that on many forums, the homobash crew evade like a gazelle.

The Homobash Crew is nothing compared to the Christian Attack Squad. The Homobash Crew is a propaganda tactic. A label of neologism by the anti-Christian fanatic. Christians have to watch what they do and say or else they get sued and screwed by the forces arrayed against them.

Now when does a person decide to live like a Christian?

That is the real question for this thread.

For a Christian, marriage is man and woman/husband and wife. And Homosexual Culture, gay and lesbian and most certainly Bi-Sexual, are choices made that are outside the Christian faith.

Simple.

So when did you CHOOSE to be heterosexual?

[Joab]

I saw this today and felt it germane to the discussion.

Anglican Parish of Gosford
9 hours ago
Let us be clear.

Comments are welcome on this page, however we do reserve the right to delete inappropriate or offensive material. We share very little common ground with fundamentalist Christians so while we wish them well we do not enter into dialogue as we have found this only serves to be mutually frustrating.

We have considered the views of the "tea party" and have no need to do so again. People who post ugly hateful and hurtful things will be banned. People who post negative material about LGBTI people and asylum seekers will be banned. We are interested in dialogue with people of progressive and compassionate heart and mind. We are not interested in dialogue with those who wish to use hatred and ignorance to tear at the fabric of humanity.

Fr Rod Bower https://www.facebook.com/anggos

What do you think?

[KCKID]

I saw this today and felt it germane to the discussion.

Anglican Parish of Gosford
9 hours ago
Let us be clear.

Comments are welcome on this page, however we do reserve the right to delete inappropriate or offensive material. We share very little common ground with fundamentalist Christians so while we wish them well we do not enter into dialogue as we have found this only serves to be mutually frustrating.

We have considered the views of the "tea party" and have no need to do so again. People who post ugly hateful and hurtful things will be banned. People who post negative material about LGBTI people and asylum seekers will be banned. We are interested in dialogue with people of progressive and compassionate heart and mind. We are not interested in dialogue with those who wish to use hatred and ignorance to tear at the fabric of humanity.

Fr Rod Bower https://www.facebook.com/anggos

What do you think?

I think that I presented something similar in post 1174.

[Joab]

I saw this today and felt it germane to the discussion.

Anglican Parish of Gosford
9 hours ago
Let us be clear.

Comments are welcome on this page, however we do reserve the right to delete inappropriate or offensive material. We share very little common ground with fundamentalist Christians so while we wish them well we do not enter into dialogue as we have found this only serves to be mutually frustrating.

We have considered the views of the "tea party" and have no need to do so again. People who post ugly hateful and hurtful things will be banned. People who post negative material about LGBTI people and asylum seekers will be banned. We are interested in dialogue with people of progressive and compassionate heart and mind. We are not interested in dialogue with those who wish to use hatred and ignorance to tear at the fabric of humanity.

Fr Rod Bower https://www.facebook.com/anggos

What do you think?

I think that I presented something similar in post 1174.

My apologies.

[Danmark]

Danmark

....
I couldn't care less what the deviants "in the world" do. All you need to do is look up my writings here at this site. But there IS more to the gay debate than just disgust and repugnance in behaviors.

You speak of labeling "...Christians as hate mongers, and the Gospel as something only ignorant uneducated fools would believe in. Marginalize Christians as so intellectually inept, that anything they say is suspect...."

And yet that is exactly what you do with homosexuals. You marginalize them. You make them the 'other,' as if they were not even human. You call them 'deviants' and say you "couldn't care less" about what they do.

Excuse me, homosexuals have labeled themselves "Gay, Lesbian, and Bi-Sexual."

I just view them as people.

Isn't this the opposite of what Christ taught and the opposite of how he lived?

How many Gay Pride Parades did He attend in Roman Judea?

I understand you don't want to accept 'gay theology' in your church and that you have every right to select a church that agrees with your beliefs and that they can deny membership to gays and lesbians.

Tell that to the LGBT's and their rabid support groups that seem to want us to "affirm" their sex acts.

I don't think anyone is disagreeing with you about making that personal choice.

The Southern Poverty Law Center has categorized our positions as being in a hate group.

The debate will continue within the Christian community about whether to accept gays into the church. Many Christian churches accept gays as members, others do not.

What debate? The issue is settled in every denomination I fellowship in.

But what seems so antithetical to what Jesus taught is your marginalizing gays; saying you don't care about them; calling them 'disgusting' and 'repugnant.'

This is the attitude that comes across as 'hate speech.'

You mean like knocking the dust off your shoes and leaving them alone to their anti-Christian choices isn't quite the rejection speech by Jesus? He makes it clear not to force Christian life on anyone AND, to leave them alone to their ultimate fate at the end of time.

I'm following that directive.

Would you grant there is a difference between simply arguing that Christian theology should not accept practicing homosexuals into their church community and marginalizing these folk, calling them disgusting and repugnant?

There is a point when the argument ends and reality of truth takes over. Gay theology is another gospel. One we are warned to reject fully. If you'll notice, LGBT's do not come humbly to The Church. The demand that we submit to LGBT culture and all that that entails. A Rainbow Flag representing and celebrating homosexuality flying over the Cross of Christ is as inappropriate and antithetical to Christian life as it gets.

Can you produce any examples of a part of LGBT culture that is compatible with Christian life?

You just view 'them' as people you won't let into your church. Many Christian churches disagree with you and openly welcome anyone who wants to follow the example of love and forgiveness that Christ taught. Inherent in your posts [which are almost exclusively on the issue of homosexuality] is the notion that YOUR interpretation of Christianity is THE interpretation. Most Christians I have known disagree with you, as do many Christian denominations. Who appointed [or is it 'annointed'] you to speak for Christ?