Originally posted by SOB
...and we come right back to "all studmuffins are going to hell". Very nice.
You know, it's about time we cleared something up.
You have a chip on your shoulder about homosexuality. That's fine, whatever your reason is, and believe me when I say I am insinuating nothing, it's fine by me. What I am wondering is how you get "hate" from "unfit for leadership". You know, it isn't the same thing.
I have a stated stance on homosexuality. I think it's wrong, and Biblically, that is a substantiated stance. Accept or reject the Bible as you will, I choose to accept. You apparently choose not to, though I apologize if I have you confused with others. Seems I recall some mocking remarks in the past.
So... is this the source of your thinking I hate gays? Or is it the lockerroom humor we sometimes engage in? You know, "studmuffins" and such? Guilty as charged. Growing up, we all called one another studmuffins. That doesn't make it right, that's just how it was. No one took particular offense to it. Still, on a public BBS it's bound to upset some people.
But to be fair, you bandy about the word "tard" quite frequently in much the same manner. That's another one of those words that we said quite a bit growing up, and associated no particular meaning to. No biggie there, either.
I guess I'm saying, if on the one hand you think I hate homosexuals because I believe God called homosexuality an abomination, you're wrong. If on the other hand you think I hate homosexuals because I say "studmuffin", you're wrong again. If you think I hate gays because of attempts to ram a gay agenda down society's throat, angry is a better word, much the same way I would be with any fringe group that tried to take away my traditions and erode my beliefs against my will.
Truth is, none of the three above equate to me hating gays any more than your using the word "tard" means you hate the mentally retarded. I see that, though I suppose with a mentally retarded brother I might find reason to get my back up about it.
But in all seriousness, if you want to change my mind about homosexuality, do it scripturally. Find for me direct support for homosexuality in the same vein in which God came out against it. Do THAT, and believe me, my Biblical problems with it end right there. That's a tough order though, and unless you know your Bible better than I do, I don't think you can do it.
Finally, there is only one unforgiveable sin, and that is to refuse to accept Jesus as your Savior. That means to repent your sin. It doesn't matter what the sin is, if you willfully continue it, you have not repented.
