larryg@teklds.UUCP (Larry Gardner) (01/23/85)
First of all Chris, I guess any more discussion of this should go to net.religion.christian. As a christian we are to live by Jesus' teachings and the Bible. Boswell, has twisted his results. He came to conclusions that he wanted to come to. I have not studied it myself. I can. When a person is a christian they have God's spirit dwelling inside them. God speaks to you. It is what some people call a conscience, but it is much more. For a homosexual to be free from sin they would at least have to be married. How many get married? God still created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Fred. As a christian I feel I know a little more of what I am talking about when it comes to christianity than someone who isn't. Jesus did not teach not to judge""!!!!!! We are supposed to discern good and evil and to abstain from evil. Tolerance of sin cannot be accepted. There is a difference between someone who sins and someone who "continues" with no desire to change. Paul taught that such a person who would not discontinue their sin was to be excommunicated. Homosexuality is unnatural lust, fornication and adultery are lust. They are all sin, neither is worse than the other. I have a homosexual friend that I care about very much. Some christians I know wont have anything to do with him anymore but I have not taken that stand. He admits that what he is doing is wrong. No christian is perfect, but we are being perfected. When you come to Jesus it means doing things His way and giving up everything to follow Him. If you seek to get to know Jesus you will understand more of what I am saying. karen
rjb@akgua.UUCP (R.J. Brown [Bob]) (01/25/85)
Karen,
that joke is not Adam and Fred.
God created Adam and Eve..(timing pause)
...not Adam and Steve....
Bob Brown {...ihnp4!akgua!rjb}