Originally Posted By: NtroducingMyself
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The church accepts the person...and does NOT accept the behavior
They do? Than why are many homosexuals asked to leave Churches? I (and I know other gay Christians) have been told we are not Christians because we are gay.
In my view, it would only be correct to ask practicing homosexuals to leave...not because they're gay, but because of their behavior. I explained the person/behavior concept in my post above.
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The church is simply following the Bible in the matter.
So the church gets to pick and choose what it follows. This is essentially what you are telling me. What about all the other scriptures that the church has decided not to continue to follow? Shouldn't we still follow all those scruptures as well? Please show me where God states its okay to ignore those but not the views on homosexuality? Let me make it easy, there is no such thing.
To put it bluntly, your knowledge of the Bible sucks.
1Timothy 4
[4] For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
[5] For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
The key is that it must be received with thanksgiving.
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Sexuality was not something that was understood back than, so the laws, to them, made sense to the time. But in todays science and education, those same laws do not make sense. Just as the laws of not eating sea food, avoiding anything made form pig skin etc. no longer makes sense today.
Ah...I see...so now it's you and not the church that is doing the picking and choosing. Pot, meet Kettle...Kettle, Pot. And folks were not ignorant of sexuality back then as you suggest. It's not exactly rocket science.