John - This isn't a personal attack....but come on, cherry picking?
While I agree with Bob's explanation above about Christ, forgiveness, etc overcoming the old law, it sounds like you believe Leviticus is still wholly valid. Am I reading you right? If you've read Leviticus 11:9-12 you shouldn't have eaten shrimp, lobster or crab because it is also an abomination. Shrimp = damnation? Clearly this is the same God of Love from the new testament...... If I can assume that you'll clarify your position on the old law and agree with Bob, then I'll move forward to this, a quote from Rich Mullins: "You guys are all into that born-again thing, and that's awesome; we've got to be born again. You know Jesus said that to Nicodemus. But if you tell me that I got to be born again, I can tell you that you've got to sell everything you have and give it to the poor, because Jesus said that to one guy, too. But I guess that's why God invented highlighters, so we can we highlight the verses that we like and ignore the other ones." The point is - None of us are following 100% of the Bible (or even 20%, I'd imagine). We tend to remember, believe, and repeat the most self-serving bits: Gospel of Wealth and Abundance, the bits we can find against those we don't like or are different, anything that might help our political agenda, etc. We avoid the hard parts like truly loving our neighbors, forgiveness of those who hurt us, giving to the poor... You get the idea. This is why the Church is shrinking. Everyone has to believe and follow in their own way but my personal understanding of what is required of me is to love first and to leave the judging to God. J >> Gay priest? Isn't that an oxymoron? God says homosexuality is an abomination >> and they think it's ok to cherry pick the Bible. Hmm, I like that 'don't >> murder' one, but what the big deal with stealing.... _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
