Airplaines
Linda,
God didnt put airplaines in the garden of Eden either. Is that a sin? It doesnt make sense to assume that Jesus saying one thing is good makes something else that is not that thing bad. Using your logic we could state that Jesus also frowned upon staying single (a clear absurdity) since he is talks about how wonderful marriage is.
I dont have time unfortunately to explain why Leviticus (old Hebrew dogma with a lot of obscure rules no Christians keep) and Romans (the later writings of a church leader with his own agenda dont reflect properly Christ's message. if you reread my other posts I talk about this quite a lot.
Linda, I have not been rude or abusive to anyone on this post, in fact I am the one who have been ridiculed the most. I know you like Aineo; He seems like a good man to me in a lot of ways too but the reason he wanted to censor me was that I said some things that he didnt like, not that I was abusive or rude.
Also about me being a hypocrite because you think I both believe and accuse paul of Being a false prophet this doesnt make much sense to me. I believe you misuderstood the argument. What I was saying was that we should not take Pauls word as the word of Jesus, but EVEN IF WE DID his condemnation of gay sex is really not very emphatic as the people paul condemns are solicitiers of Cadamites, (child sex slaves) unfairly translated in many English versions of the bible as "practicing homosexuals." Research the origins of the word and this custom if you want to learn more.
Lastly Linda, though We may disagree on very much, we dont disagree on whats important; that everyone human being deserves respect and kindeness regardless of their sexual orientation, ethnicity, beliefs and the like. That sounds truly frightening and horrible the hate mail you recieved from those people. Linda I have stood up to truly hateful people too, (Guys who want to beet kids up because there gay and feel that people who are muslim should be killed) so I know what its like.
I truly believe that standing against hatred for eachother and spreading love is really the most important thing to do and disagreements of this sort are minor when put in contrast with fanatical hatred.
My only concern is that these kind of people are strenghtened and given credit too by a citation of scripture that condemns gays unfairly and inaccurately as is my belief.
-James