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Originally Posted by danielf
Is that not just an easy cop out? The message that he conveys is 'it is not ok to lead a life style that is not endorsed by the church', and the recent flooding is a result of such life styles. And people that lead a life style that is should be comforted by the fact that it's not directly aimed at them? Frankly, it sounds like a full frontal assault.
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Oooooohhhh!
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I don't see it as a cop-out because the Bible doesn't really make a distinction between homosexual and hetrosexual adultary. Sexual sin is sexual sin regardless of orientation. IMO the Bishops should have made this a lot more clear.
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Originally Posted by Saaf_laandon_mo
I'm no expert on the Christian religion but thats the impression I'm under too. What confuses me that there is no consistency regarding homosexuals and Christianity. When I was growing up and attending a church of England school, and attending Church sermons, from what I was told, homosexuals would go to hell. Now some Christians say that homosexuality is ok is Christianity. One of my neighbours who is a regular church goer says its forbidden and they(homosexuals) will go to hell under Christianity.
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The Bible says nothing about homosexuality being wrong, it just puts gay sex on par with hetro adultary. Some Christians take it too far and automatically assume all gays have penetrative sex (which is not the case) therefore 'all homosexuals are condemned to hell'. This is NOT something I support or agree with by the way.
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Originally Posted by Saaf_laandon_mo
Are Christians (and the churches) that say homosexuality is ok, doing so in order to make the church more accesible to a wider range of people, or even so they are not going to be accused of being politically incorrect, or is there a genuine argument in Christianity that homosexuality is permissable.
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I don't know about others but I say it (I don't actually say it's 'OK' - rather it's not the evil that many people believe it to be) to counter the views of the numerous armchair experts who take a tiny amount of knowledge and perpetuate falsehoods.