david@ssc-vax.UUCP (02/14/84)
Steve Dyer replied to one of my earlier articles: > Strangely, I agree with David Norris' generic comments about Christian > belief and the inevitable letting go of incompatible beliefs and attitudes > as one's relationship with God deepens. One only wishes that he hadn't > used homosexuality as his example--more evidence of his limited view of > others' approaches to God. It is NOT a forgone conclusion that: > "A homosexual knows that, if he accepts Christ, he will be asked to > give up his sexual preference." > There are many deeply religious homosexual men and women who see their > sexuality as an expression of God's love and have no quarrel with this > "gift." > ... > But this is a > digression, and has little to do with my point, which is that David's > statement is an expression of his reading of Scripture, and is not the > final conclusion that every Christian will come to. Well, I should have known that the "homosexual vs. Christianity" argument would pop up its nasty head again, but I can't say it wasn't my fault. I wanted to pick something that people generally agreed Christianity would ask them to give up. Hopefully, you see my main discussion remains unaltered (just pick a different topic). The last time I tried to defend my view on this subject, my "opponent" left me out in the cold, so perhaps I might ask this question of Steve (or anyone else): What is your interpretation of the last section of Romans 1? It seems to me there is only one way to interpret verses like these (there are others), but perhaps someone else would like to offer their interpretation of them. (See how carefully I avoided the issue and passed the buck on to somebody else) At any rate, welcome to the sub-humans, Steve. <- sarcastic joke... -- David Norris :-) -- uw-beaver!ssc-vax!david