Activists Work to Show Gays Are Not Anti-Religious

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It is human nature to seek God. For Christians the Bible says ALL men are sinners and we are to repent and ask for forgiveness. The Bible clearly defines homosexuality as a sin along with many other sins. God welcomes the REPENTANT sinner as do most Christian Churches.
The problem arises when sinners, homosexuals in this case, want to overrule God. They want to remain UNREPENTANT and demand that Christian society, still a majority of Americans, accept their deviant life-styles. They want to flaunt their sins in the face of God while remaining as leaders in his house.
Would you let someone enter your house and teach your children if they did not respect your rules?
Homosexuals should always be welcome in the Christian Church but UNREPENTANT homosexuals should NOT be leaders and teachers of the church.
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fantum of NY 9:09AM May 27, 2010

Not everyone who is a Christian holds the same veiws as mikayla tilan taylor harris does about homosexuals ("go to mars because we don't need you"). This argument can only be correct if there is no God, we are merely products of chance, and continuing the human race was the only moral good. However with Christianity, you are people of value and worth. Though your actions are sinful in the eyes of a holy God, you are still loved by the holy God.

Patrick of KY 8:49PM April 14, 2010

if you think that god is gay think again you do not have the right to judge god only god can judge himself and others now remember god made adam and eve not adam and steve and if you are gay go to mars because we don't need you

mikayla tilan taylor harris of AL 1:53PM April 09, 2010

There are animal species where the children eat their parents or vice-versa. Then there are species that eat each other, eat their spouses, or pick off the weakest of another species. Does this justify any action made by a human who does the same thing?

Patrick of KY 9:32AM April 02, 2010

"(Evolutionists and biological scientists, not only theologians, would have to agree with the male-female predilection of natural law.)"
Not really. We evolved from self replicating amino acid structures. Plenty of species can change their sex.
If the argument is teh gay isn't natural, then you lost the argument. It is very natural and found among many animal species. If the argument is male/female is the natural law then you don't know anything about nature.

Hyper of TX 4:57PM February 01, 2010

This article incorrectly states that the Catholic Church condemns homosexuality. Catholic teaching does state that homosexual ACTS are opposed to natural law, and therefore are disordered. (Evolutionists and biological scientists, not only theologians, would have to agree with the male-female predilection of natural law.)
Catholic teaching does NOT condemn homosexuality, but rather homosexual acts. Homosexuals, as well as heterosexuals, do not choose their orientation, and there is no condemnation for homosexual orientation. Catholic teaching further states that sexual relations are a wonderful and sacred act within the context of a marriage of man and woman - which must be full, faithful, fruitful (open to new life, or 'procreative'), and forever. ALL OTHER sexual relations are considered immoral. Thus, homosexuals as well as unmarried heterosexuals should be chaste.
I would hope the author would correct the erroneous statement that the Catholic Church condemns homosexuality - it is simply not true.
Please consider this statement by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops: http://www.usccb.org/dpp/Ministry.pdf

John of NY 12:08PM December 29, 2009

because that is what you are lacking. During ancient times, hospitality was very important to at least the Middle Eastern cultures and more important than family honor. While this is unacceptable and wicked to us today, the ancient peoples of Lot's time were okay with it. It should be noted that God did not approve of these things and still does not approve of them. Being righteous does not mean perfection. Noah was righteous, but he got drunk and God does not like drunkeness. Abraham was righteous, but he didn't trust God to protect him despite what God was doing and going to do for him.
God didn't choose Lot to be righteous. Lot was righteous because of his faith in God, even though it was weak.
Lot's wife was turned into salt because she looked back. Again, nothing that suggests sex. Your sources must be lacking in considering context because your arguments take selected verses out without considering those around them.
Wine was typically safer to drink than water. Does that excuse the actions of the daughters? No, but it does make sense for Lot to take wine along.
I don't need to have a degree in all of those "sciences" because nothing you are saying is scientific. You are making things up because a certain phrase gets you excited, when there is nothing to get excited about. Do you have a problem? Because you put sex into things where it clearly isn't there.
No, some Christians are old earth Creationists and believe God created the earth billions of years ago and eventually went on with the days of Creation. Others are youn earth Creationists and to them the world is only 6000 to 9000. Then there are theistic evolutionists who say God created life through evolution. In the end, it doesn't matter which is true because none of them are salvation issues for Christians. The Bible only indicates that life was not done by evolution, not what the age of the world is.
The writers of the Bible were not too concerned with how certain materials like tar were brought about. They were more interested in God's interaction with humanity. Also, who's to say that God couldn't have created the earth with fossil fuels and materials already? If He could create the universe by thought and spoken word alone, then this too would be possible for Him.

Dryfire of IL 11:13AM October 17, 2009

Drf once again shows flawed etiquette in using my first name, as if knows me. We must all use the "name" posted by commentators, to identify them, but it's rude to make his comments as if I'm the only person reading his jeremiads. He misreads the Lot incest tale & forgets Lot offered his virgin daughters to a mob for gang rape, before God "chose Lot as a righteous man," & sent him off with his wife & daughters. It is a typical dirty traveling salesman's joke. Get rid of the protective mom by "turning her to salt," *drying her out sexually," and leaving dad with the girls, after he made them take plenty of wine along to excuse the dirty deed. Drf has a tremendous gap in his reading of psychology, mythology, pathology and other sciences that can be used to analyze what Scripture writers had in mind. Creationists say Earth isn't as old as 9000 years. It took millions of years for buried fern forests of the dinosaur age to turn into petroleum. Yet the Ark was said to be caulked with tar. Bible authors were ignorant people as shown by their contradictions. Eagerness to believe their product depends on intellectual level of people of any era.

auradawn veirs of CA 6:10PM October 16, 2009

it isn't becoming of you. Look, in Genesis 19:30-38 we find that the daughters and Lot were hiding in a cave in some nearby mountains. They notice there was no man among them. This doesn't mean they thought they were the last three people on earth. Notice, they didn't talk to God about their problem nor do we see God pointing to Lot as the solution to their problem. Also, the women were more interested in preserving their family line (verse 32) than the whole human race. The daughters are responsible for their actions. They acted out their sinful thoughts. Lot, though rather drunk and was not aware of what was happening, did have some responsibility in marrying off his daughters which he failed to do. But to say it was all Lot's fault is deceiving. Not all sin is sex related, see Acts 5:1-11.
Not all church leaders or members are sex crazy.
You and others might be millionares, but money and wealth do not provide joy or peace. Money can be inflated into being worthless. Material posessions can be destroyed or stolen. But the gift of God is eternal. Repentance does not mean you are proud of your sins. Anyone who comes before God with pride and asks for forgiveness does not understand what he is doing. It is a confession made through humility and humbleness because you are not coming before a spiritual machine that gives eternal life when you say the "magic words". You are coming before a holy God who doesn't have to do anything for you.
If you study the Torcaso v. Watkins case in 1961, you'll find that Secular Humanism is considered a religion by the Supreme Court.
You see the same things done by atheistic groups who sell merchandise to kids and adults, yet you don't consider them false. Actually, the age of fossils is rather misleading. Consider strata fossils, fossils that are in multiple layers of rock at once. If it takes hundreds of years for rock layers to form, then the organic material for the fossil to be made would have decomposed well before the fossilization process. Also, the fossil record doesn't support macro-evolution. If we were concerned about students, then we should give all of the evidence for both sides and not just support one side. After all, we want them to make well informed decisions don't we?
I believe you are alluding to Psalm 14:1. Yes, the English word is fool, but the Hebrew word for fool is also rendered as someone who is sinful or unrighteous. Hell is not a torture chamber. It is a place of punishment for those who chose not to be saved. God hates sin and His nature demands that He punish those who are sinful. He loves us, so He made a way for us not to have to face judgment. But He also gave us free will to choose His salvation or not. Those who don't are have no one to blame but themselves. You are stuck in the Middle Ages. We had a Reformation and many are living with it. Get with the program.

Dryfire of IL 8:55PM October 12, 2009

Pat says the Bible explains why Christians believe in God. It does say people are FOOLS if they don't believe. 1. Don't want to be called a FOOL by ignorant men who lived before the first scientists appeared. Bible says Hellfire is for disbelievers. 2. Don't want to TORTURED in Hell for the sin of disbelief. Bible says a life of LUXURY awaits in Heaven, but only for believers. 3. Don't want to miss out on that. Bible says God adopts believers to be HEIRS to his endless assets. 4. Oboy. Count me in--I'm tired of working to support a family after God cursed parenthood in Eden and threw them out for having sex. Bible tells preachers to tell believers that for every dollar they tithe, they get it back "multiplied TEN times, packed down and running over." 5. Well, who would be a fool & not put more money in the next pledge envelope?" Want proof God does not exist? Add up money reasons listed here & add threat of excommunication. That means HELLFIRE -it prevents believers from confessing & being forgiven by a preacher. The US was formed by ending here the Old World system where priests ran kingdoms by telling monarchs what to do--or be sent to Hell.

auradawn veirs of CA 9:06PM October 11, 2009