<DIV>What language??<BR><BR><B><I>gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net</I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV> Siarlys,</DIV>
<DIV> Please do not take this wrong but I was a little concerned about some of the language you were using <EM>especially</EM> considering there are young children subscribed to this list as well as adults. Again not because I was offended but because it is a reminder for all of us ( Including myself) <BR> Thanks</DIV>
<DIV> Jeff</DIV>
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<DIV>On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 19:46:01 -0500 <A href="mailto:gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net">gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net</A> writes:<BR>> No, I am not proposing a name for a punk rock group. But one thing <BR>> Jeff<BR>> wrote sent me off on another tangent.<BR>> <BR>> A friend of a friend of mine once introduced me to a young man <BR>> whose<BR>> nick-name was "the Gay Christian." He was a graduate of Bob Jones<BR>> University, raised in a Southern Baptist Church in Goldsboro, NC, <BR>> and<BR>> somewhere along the line found, chose, or somehow came to act and <BR>> think<BR>> of himself as homosexual. But he adhered to all other beliefs of <BR>> any<BR>> born-again Christians.<BR>> <BR>> I asked him, you must be familiar with references in the Old <BR>> Testament<BR>> that are cited to condemn what you are saying. How do you responed <BR>> to<BR>> that?<BR>> <BR>> He answered, oh, you mean in Leviticus? If I am talking to a <BR>>
Christian, I<BR>> ask, do you eat crab, lobster, oysters, or pork? Those things are <BR>> also<BR>> prohibited in a chapter of Leviticus. Now if I'm talking to a Muslim <BR>> or<BR>> an Orthodox Jew, I can't say that, because they DO honor the command <BR>> to<BR>> eat none of those things.<BR>> <BR>> I recounted this a few months later to a friend who I knew had a<BR>> different attitude on the subject, who was easily ready and able to <BR>> cite<BR>> what the New Testament says about dietary laws. I speculated that if <BR>> I<BR>> had a chance to pass that comment along to the gay Christian, he <BR>> would<BR>> answer "like Paul said about diet, if you are a heterosexual, be a<BR>> heterosexual for Christ, if you are a homosexual, be a homosexual <BR>> for<BR>> Christ." Of course Paul ranked one man lying with another right up <BR>> there<BR>> with fornication, but then, most homosexual conduct WAS fornication <BR>>
in<BR>> the culture of the Roman Empire. Even cultures that have respected<BR>> homosexuality never even considered that it might be the basis for <BR>> a<BR>> marriage. And in our culture today, men who freely engage in <BR>> fornication<BR>> somehow feel that they are superior to men who engage in <BR>> homosexuality,<BR>> whether monogamous or promiscuous.<BR>> <BR>> So, when it comes to twisting and turning Scripture, I sometimes <BR>> arrive<BR>> at the conclusion that EVERYONE who cites scripture is twisting and<BR>> turning it to their own satisfaction. Some people still cite <BR>> Leviticus to<BR>> uphold that God approves of the death penalty -- but Jesus said, <BR>> "Let he<BR>> among you who is without sin cast the first stone."<BR>> <BR>> (Which is exactly what I would hold up in the face of the<BR>> "godhatesfags.com" idiots if I ever ran into them -- it wasn't let <BR>> he<BR>> among you who never
committed THIS sin cast the first stone, but he <BR>> who<BR>> is WITHOUT sin.)<BR>> <BR>> Jesus did change some of the rules. Why? I expect because God <BR>> decided it<BR>> was time t change the rules. Maybe us humans were a little more <BR>> mature by<BR>> then. <BR>> <BR>> Siarlys<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ________________________________________________________________<BR>> The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand!<BR>> Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER!<BR>> Only $14.95/ month - visit <A href="http://www.juno.com/">www.juno.com</A> to sign up today!<BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> GCFL-discuss mailing list<BR>> <A href="mailto:GCFL-discuss@gcfl.net">GCFL-discuss@gcfl.net</A><BR>> <A href="http://gcfl.net/mailman/listinfo/gcfl-discuss">http://gcfl.net/mailman/listinfo/gcfl-discuss</A><BR>> <BR>> </DIV>
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