Monker wrote:Rip Rokken wrote:I'll just be blunt -- as much as our modern society doesn't want to face it, there's no way to get around the fact that according to the Bible, homosexuality is a sin, just the same as murder, lust, etc. etc. etc.
So what. It's not up tanybody in society to judge people with the law of God. In fact, you are commanded NOT TO.
You didn't read the next part of my post apparently, because that's exactly the point I made.

Monker wrote:Rip Rokken wrote: There is absolutely no way to use the Bible to justify homosexuality.
I'm not. But, I also feel that using that against somebody and quote scripture in a thinly veiled personal attack is also wrong, and very hypocritical.
2 Timothy 3:16 -- All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.So
if a person believes that, then it's perfectly ok to use the Bible to do so. But I don't think anyone saw where I was really coming from in all this, and judging or attacking anyone was the last thing I was trying to do.
Monker wrote:Rip Rokken wrote:So on a faith level, I think the majority of people find whatever is comfortable, or if we are miserable people to start with, we find expressions of faith that keep us miserable.
That is human nature. Many people get an opinion in their head and they only allow things into their head that support that opinion, and ignore everything else. That is just the way people are, I think...about everything, not just the Bible.
Of course it is, and I agree 100%. We all see and interpret the world thru filters. The Black Panthers for example are going to see everything thru the filter of racism, so you'll never be able to convince them the white folk are anything but devils with hidden motives for anything good they do. Christians see the world thru their own filter, and interpret God's handprint on everything, whether it makes sense or not. And we all tend to filter out the things that threaten our belief system.