May 29, 2009 -- 12:06PM, Kimrdhbsms wrote:

And, actually, Paul sometimes "had love."  I think he was a split personality, or "his" writings were actually from more than one person.  Or perhaps, Paul the person was a true Christian, full of love, but he was possessed of a demon who popped out in many of his writings.....

(And, no, I don't literally believe in demons -- this is meant to be metaphoric.  Paul really sounded like he sometimes "had love" and other times was focused on fear and punishment and bitterness and rules. Not to mention self-hatred.  Many have postulated that his self-hatred and some of his pronouncements were because he was a self-hating homosexual, who joined the Christians because they accepted him anyway, but then couldn't accept himself.  Poor guy.  But, he did lasting harm to Christianity, not to mention murdering James.  It seems logical that if there really were such a thing as an "anti-Christ" it would be within a few years of the Christ.  Why wait thousands of years?)

Just curious, do you even know what love is? Is it a fuzzy feeling that sexually attracts whomever you see? By your definition we should marry or sleep with everyone we "love" right? Marriage has lots of prerequisites, just one of them being love.

May 27, 2009 -- 5:19PM, Kimrdhbsms wrote:

DaLight -- Be careful whom you believe.  St. Paul was the anti-Christ.  Jesus left his brother James to be in charge of his church.  Paul murdered James and took over, and subverted Jesus' gospel of love and inclusion. 

Jesus would be fine with gay marriage, or anything else based on love.

I'm sorry but this comment just makes me want to laugh. A better self-respecting answer would be "I dont believe in Jesus or the Bible" than try to come up with unfounded statements to fit one's own opinion. You're saying Paul is demonic because I quoted him. What else would you say if I quoted Old Testament Leviticus 18:22-23?

18:22 You must not have sexual intercourse with a  male as one has sexual intercourse with a woman;³² it is a detestable act.³³ 18:23 You must not have sexual  intercourse³⁴ with any animal to become defiled with it, and a woman must not stand before an  animal to have sexual intercourse with it;³⁵ it is a perversion.³⁶

So now Jesus came between Leviticus and Romans, so since he didnt state the change of attitude about homosexuality from Leviticus, we can by default assume his views are the same as the rest.

May 29, 2009 -- 9:39PM, leguru wrote:

So now Jesus came between Leviticus and Romans, so since he didnt state the change of attitude about homosexuality from Leviticus, we can by default assume his views are the same as the rest.

YOU can "by default assume his views are the same as the rest." Jesus never condemned homosexuality. He did condemn adultery. 

Neither did he condemn incest...whats your point? He didnt need to because he was quoting everything from the Old Testament. He said he didnt come to abolish the law but to make it even stronger...so not only are you not supposed sleep with your own gender, but you cant lust about it in your heart either.

He said he didnt come to abolish the law but to make it even stronger...

Just a point of fact:

The "Law" refers to the covenant God has with the Jewish people. It does not apply in any way, shape, or form to gentiles - including Xians. So you are not required to follow anything in the Jewish bible - not even the "10 commandments". Gentiles must follow the Noachide Covenant...but there is nothing about homosexuality in that.

Which is why we (Jews) generally do not get bent out of shape over homosexuality, and will ordain gay people to the rabbinate, and perform same-sex marriage. We look at conservative Xians as if they are from another plant - and why intermarriage with Xians is a far greater sin than being gay (which is not).

May 30, 2009 -- 1:18AM, Kimrdhbsms wrote:

Dalight -- First of all, you have a bad translation of the Bible. 

Beyond that, Jesus did cancel the old testament laws.  He also contradicted himself, as you quoted.  That's one of the many contradictions in the Bible, showing that it's very flawed. 

Knock yourself out.

I dont even think you are reading it, let alone translate one. There is a difference between entrance to heaven and running the good faith for rewards. Salvation is not by works but reward is. NO CONTRADICTIONS. Just because God lets us in heaven for His Son's sacrifice doesnt mean He is ok with us swimming in sin.