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Is Homosexuality a "worse sin" than other sins?
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The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by KingsGambit View PostThe Bible doesn't really seem to explicitly state that gluttony is a sin the way it does with homosexuality, though.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Zymologist View PostMy dad (who was a preacher) was unafraid to speak out against gluttony for this very reason.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostFirst, I know that "sin is sin", and that the same author who said....
Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostBut, a friend asked me about Beth Moore's latest controversy where she, apparently, deleted a section from a reprint of one of her books, and the newly published Kindle version.
Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostMy position has been - as a number of us have stated numerous times - that it's not a sin to have homosexual thoughts or desires, but it is a sin to act on them, and particularly to take PRIDE in them.
Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostIn fact, I'm thinking that that's why homosexuality is often considered a "worse sin", because it is so often coupled with PRIDE, and the resulting "marriage" to a same sex person becomes a declaration of defiance to God.
Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostIs there any other sin that a person takes PRIDE in, while wanting to be considered, for example, a "practicing Christian"?
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostWas he proud "as a Christian", or as a heathen?
I don't think "having desires" is the same as "lusting" --- I'm human and a male, and even though I'm ancient, I still have desires. If I entertain those desires (toward other than my own wife), they can turn into lust.Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by Adrift View Post
Who's Beth Moore?"I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill
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Originally posted by KingsGambit View PostThe Bible doesn't really seem to explicitly state that gluttony is a sin the way it does with homosexuality, though. Even assuming it is, there's not really a "red line" the way there is with homosexuality. How much is too much?"What has the Church gained if it is popular, but there is no conviction, no repentance, no power?" - A.W. Tozer
"... there are two parties in Washington, the stupid party and the evil party, who occasionally get together and do something both stupid and evil, and this is called bipartisanship." - Everett Dirksen
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Personally, I tend to view homosexual behavior as more disgusting than heterosexual immorality. But the fact is, it didn't make the top eight abominations of Proverbs 6:16-99:
"haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief, a false witness who utters lies, and one who spreads strife among brothers."When I Survey....
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Originally posted by Adrift View PostNope. Should I?Veritas vos Liberabit<>< Learn Greek <>< Look here for an Orthodox Church in America<><Ancient Faith Radio
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I recommend you do not try too hard and ...research as little as possible. Such weighty things give me a headache. - Shunyadragon, Baha'i apologist
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It's also one of the "seven deadly sins".Veritas vos Liberabit<>< Learn Greek <>< Look here for an Orthodox Church in America<><Ancient Faith Radio
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I recommend you do not try too hard and ...research as little as possible. Such weighty things give me a headache. - Shunyadragon, Baha'i apologist
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Originally posted by One Bad Pig View PostShe's a popular woman author, primarily in (Southern?) Baptist circles.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Adrift View PostYou trailed off there. What were you going to say before the ellipses?
James 2:11 - For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
Who's Beth Moore?
I go one step further and say that it's a sin to intentionally dwell on or flirt with temptation even if you don't commit to them in keeping with Christ's saying in Matthew 5:28.
Yeah, that sounds reasonable to me.
I can't think of any on a national level. Perhaps the obesity acceptance/pride movement, but I don't think that's super popular outside of some blogs and magazines maybe. There's some odd practices coming out of Latin America where people are mixing pagan worship with Christianity and are celebrating it; I went into a Catholic-owned business recently that was also selling Santa Muerte/Saint Death candles. There are self-proclaimed Christians who are side worshiping death, and that ain't cool. Perhaps not ironically, there's an association with Santa Muerte worshipers and the LGBT community in Latin America.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by seer View PostHeathen...
Are we splitting hairs?
*I have seen some scantily clad UNATTRACTIVE women of late that make me.... um.... very negative reaction.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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