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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.
In Islam homosexuals risk going to hell fullstop. There is no middle ground/blurred area regarding it, but we are told/taught that God is most merciful and can forgive you for anything, so although a homosexual is quite likely to end up in hell, this is not always the case.
I'm not saying either or both stances are right, just making the comparison and wondering how something so fundamental is so widely interpreted. 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.
By homosexuality I am referring to 2 people of the same sex who are also involved in a sexual relationship.
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If the Islamic world took as liberal a view of the Qu'ran as the West takes towards the Bible, things would probably be very different.
The west is extremely liberalised, the Islamic world generally far less so. The authority of the Bible has been challenged in our universities for over a century now and that ongoing challenge to its authority allows the development of liberal theology, because you can discount or explain away the passages in the Bible that are not convenient to your point of view.
That, in a nutshell, is why you see such disagreements, although please understand I am vastly over-simplifying things for the sake of brevity!
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Originally Posted by danielf
No disrespect meant but I wonder if I should be more worried about what you don't say than about what you do say.
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I see no reason for you to worry, no matter what I say, or fail to say. I'm just another bloke on the end of a keyboard after all.
I don't suppose it occurred to you that some people might like to think through issues, and do background research, before posting opinions on some things, rather than submit to the temptation to be an instant expert? I know the world of forums can conspire to demand instant comment and opinion but I don't feel constrained by that and neither should you.
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Originally Posted by sssshhhh
No, I'm not looking for an argument  And I think it's best if i just don't post any more on this thread. |
Seriously, I think it would be best if you stopped trying so hard to take offence at whatever people say to you. I suspect whichever relative it was you let rip at last week might agree with that.