And, fair dos to the Roman Catholics, but their way ain't necessarily the right way.

So. Onwards and upwards.



But it wouldn't be good for our church, and it's our church that matters to us.

There is this thing in the Bible called "disputable matters". There are central tenets of the Christian faith that most, if not all churches have in common: the virgin birth, the death of Christ on the cross to save us from our sins, the Resurrection.

And then there are the other things, the things that can be interpreted in different ways. These are things like contraception, homosexuality, etc.

It's important you understand that before I continue.


We do approve of contraception because we do not believe that the Bible stipulates that sex is solely for procreation. There are many verses that talk about how enjoyable and good it is to have sex, and they wouldn't be there if sex was just for making babies.

As for divorce: as far as I know, there is no form for divorce in the church I attend, which suggests it isn't sanctioned as such. However, being realists, and knowing that people sin, I don't know whether we'd prevent people from remarrying. I've only been going here for 3 1/2 years (since I moved to the UK) and it's never come up. I know that in my church in New Zealand people can get married again, but that comes after some serious questions and the reasons for divorce have to be "good": continued, unrepentant infidelity, abuse, etc.


No, because those are not things that all churches consider to be sins. The only ones that are indisputable would be the 10 Commandments, and only then if the church cares about the Old Testament (mine does).


Yes, He accepted sinners, but He also told them to repent and live a new life.


That's your mind. Centuries of theologians past and present disagree with you. There are those who agree as well, and, as it's a disputable matter, there are few churches who would say that condoning homosexuality means that you are not a Christian.

And, for the record, I am definitely not one of those. For me, the homosexual act is one sin of many possible, neither greater nor lesser than others. It is just one.