Of course not...I don't speak for him ;) Let me rephrase - if we spent time trying to better the world through love as I think we're supposed to, we wouldn't have so much time to tell other people that they're doing wrong.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/04/martin.jesus/index.html I know some will avoid the link due to CNN...but..it sums up some of my thoughts much more eloquently than I am capable of. J On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 4:27 PM, John Harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Context, my friend, context. > > So, you think Jesus would have said homosexuality was cool? Give me a break. > It's a queer behavior, at best. > > JH > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Justin Darnell > Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 3:14 PM > To: ProFox Email List > Subject: Re: [OT] Male priests marry in Anglican church's first gay wedding > > 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.... > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ 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.
