Almost invariably, when discussing the nature of Jesus Christ with my Christian brothers & sisters, the conversation at some point tends to turn to his infamous (and courageously brilliant) call for us all to “Love our enemies” … As a non-religious-yet-thoroughly-devout Follower of The Way (a radically selfless style of living championed by Christians and […]
Just because the current world religions all contradict one another does NOT mean that one of them has to be correct. P.S. It is true that John 14:6 has Jesus saying, “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me”, AND YET this verse is […]
“Beloved, let us Love one another, because Love is from God; everyone who Loves is born of God and knows God. Indeed, whoever does not Love does not know God, for God is Love … No one has ever seen God, and yet if we Love one another, God lives in us, and his Love […]
Finally, here indeed we find a verse that does seem to condemn homosexuality outright. It reads: “Likewise, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which, in the same manner as they, indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.” … AND YET like its […]
Next, we have a passage that is not as frequently heard, and yet one that is used to bash homosexuals nonetheless. It reads: “This means understanding that the law is laid down not for the innocent but for the lawless and disobedient; for the godless and the sinful, for the unholy and the profane — […]
This is another passage frequently used by conservatives to rationalize judging homosexuals to be “sinners”. It states in part that, “Fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, sodomites, thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers, robbers—none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God.” (1 Corinthians 6:9-10) … Here, once again, I can understand why someone biased against homosexuality […]
Another passage commonly used to condemn homosexuals is found at the end of the first chapter of Paul’s letter to the Romans. It reads like this: “For this reason God gave them up to degrading passions. Their women exchanged natural intercourse for unnatural, and in the same way also the men, giving up natural intercourse […]
Another popular passage among the condemnatory conservative Christian crowd, these verses speak of the critical portions of the infamous tale of Sodom & Gomorrah, and state the following “But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the […]
This also-famous passage has Jesus stating that, “Have you not read that the one who made them at the beginning made them male and female?.… For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh” (from Matthew 19; citing Genesis 2:23-24). […]
I find it remarkable that today — in the year 2016, no less — it is still proving to be unsettlingly common for conservative Christians to incorrectly use the Bible to publicly condemn homosexuals &/or openly damn homosexuality — more often than not making their ignorant proclamations to folks who do not themselves have a […]
“Blessed are the Peacemakers … Love your enemies.” ~ Jesus Christ P.S. Real LOVE is a verb. P.S.S. Telling someone else that they are going to Hell for their actions (“sins” or their beliefs (“blasphemy”) is NOT very Loving and is NOT a way to make Peace … Indeed, even believing in or worshiping a […]
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