Um, Dinker? I don't recall saying anywhere that I was gay or Christian. What on earth makes you think that I am? Just because I disagree with your interpretation of what the Bible has to say about homosexuality doesn't mean that I am gay or Christian.
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I've not met a gay christian who has given me reasoning that would indicate that homosexual (As I understand it... which apparently is very little) activity is not a sin or that it is glorifying to God.
To be honest, I doubt you've ever talked to any about it.
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So I would be delighted if you would in christian brotherly style show me the errors of my ways
(*sigh*)
I've got a better idea: You tell me why you think the Bible says anything about homosexuality as we understand it and we'll go from there.
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I'm going to be a little bold here and say you are not what you do.
So what you're saying is that all you need is a good gay lover? A six-pack will get you on your back?
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People are born with inclinations to do all sorts of things that are wrong ... Psychopaths ... Paedophiles ... bestiality
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Oh, that's just precious, Dinker! Because two people in a loving relationship is just
so much like killing people and abuse.
I'm reminded of the idiots out there that say that if we allow people of the same sex to get married, the next thing you know we'll be letting people get married to a car. Because, you know, a car is just like a person.
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What would you think of me if I walked round saying "Hi, my names Dinker and I'm a heterosexual".
But you do. All the time. You may not realize that you're doing it, but you do. Are you married? What do you think that ring on your finger means? Have a picture of your loved one on your desk? When a coworker asks you what you did last weekend, do you ever find yourself saying something like, "My wife/husband/girlfriend/boyfriend and I went to..."?
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"Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God." Corinthians 6:9-10.
You asked for me to let you know when you have erred. Well, here is one.
"Homosexual offenders"? Why does your Bible contain the word "homosexual" in it? There was no word in Greek that would translate as "homosexual." Don't tell me...let me guess...you're using the NIV, aren't you? You do realize that the NIV is one of the worst translations of the Bible around for precisely this reason. It starts with the dogma (homosexuality is bad) and then translates the text to fit the dogma, even when it doesn't.
The word your translation has claimed to be "homosexual offenders" is the Greek word "arsenokoitai." This is a word that Paul simply made up and it appears exactly twice in the Bible. It is a combination of the words for "male" and for "prostitute."
It literally does not mean what you think it means.
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At what point are you homosexual?
Why don't we turn the question around? At what point are you whatever sexuality you are?
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This is why I say homosexuality is a sin
It may be.
But nothing in the Bible indicates that it is.
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But in some ways I would rather it wouldn't be. Just so I didn't have to do such things as this.
Are you trying to tell us something, Dinker?
After all, studies show that the people who are most vehemently opposed to homosexuality tend to be closeted homosexuals, themselves.
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Can you show me that I am wrong so that I need not pointlessly rebuke another christian over this issue?
There are already many threads about this.
Better still, why don't you tell me why you think the Bible has something to say about homosexuality as we understand it.
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Right. "You know, you're going to hell." Doesn't seem to be a very good basis for a friendship.
That is not the basis of our relationship.
But that's the underlying current, though. You even say so, yourself:
I'm am deeply saddened that they do not know the joy I have in Christ and that ultimately them will be seperated from the love of God and God himself.
So do tell us how these "friends" of yours take to knowing that you think they're going to hell?
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I'll be praying for both of us over this!
Don't bother. I don't need your assistance. I am certain that god is well aware of what is going on.
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