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I don't look to Christianity for my answers Roland00 Send a noteboard - 15/10/2010 03:02:16 PM

If you do not, at the risk of sounding snide, are you searching to accept something you can't speak about on a textural level?

I don't look to Christianity for my answers, I am an atheist/agnostic/non-believer/etc. Yet I love the history of Christianity. I was raised Catholic, and have a huge love of the history and lore of the church and of writing in general. Thus while I may be a non believer I know more than most people (probably about 98%). Catholics though do accept textual criticism (for example is the sixth commandment "thou shall not kill" or "you shall not murder," two very different translations), Catholics also recognize there are hundreds of authors of the bible, but they believe that God guided the various councils that assembled the bible so only truth won out.

Regardless I been a non-believer for years before I accepted I am gay.

I know a few folks who do, though, and have no problem asking for their input on the claims. Like I said, however - there's good reason that this is a pretty minimal claim in comparison to the totality of scripture and Christianity as a whole. The theology associated with it is largely of a liberal bent, which has a habit of downplaying scriptural truth and justifying misbehavior.

If you have friends that know Koine Greek have them please identify any previous meanings of the word

Arsenokoitai

You won't find any previous meanings of that word, Paul literally made it up, yet it is used as justification in 1 Corinthians as justification on the persecution of gay people for according to Paul anybody who is Arsenkoitai won't be allowed into the kingdom of heaven. Now according to Martin Luther Arsenkoitai meant people who masutrbate, other translations settle on gay people.

Please ask your friends what Arsenokoitai means, please go ask your friends and find out.
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Love the Sinner Roland00 - 13/10/2010 04:07:28 PM 1438 Views
I have to think about that for a while. nossy - 13/10/2010 04:30:56 PM 1003 Views
Suicide is significantly higher in young gay populations Roland00 - 13/10/2010 05:36:01 PM 923 Views
That is not what I think requires thought nossy - 13/10/2010 05:56:06 PM 934 Views
Nossy I ain't a mind reader, no matter how I try or how much I would do Jean Grey Roland00 - 13/10/2010 06:06:42 PM 1072 Views
for ze record nossy - 14/10/2010 02:54:07 AM 958 Views
ok now show that it caused by what Christian beliefs *NM* random thoughts - 13/10/2010 06:50:32 PM 454 Views
I don't think it's the belief's themselves LadyLorraine - 14/10/2010 12:20:01 AM 946 Views
The churches who encourage people to bully gays should be condemned random thoughts - 14/10/2010 06:43:06 PM 955 Views
Re: I have to think about that for a while. Rebekah - 13/10/2010 06:29:09 PM 930 Views
He was very frank but completely founded Fox and Ravens - 13/10/2010 04:34:46 PM 1054 Views
Ah, that Ghandi quote sure does get around. (which is funny, since he wasn't a Christian) Zalis - 13/10/2010 05:07:42 PM 1038 Views
I'm not sure that is true snoopcester - 13/10/2010 05:16:30 PM 923 Views
When's the last time you heard the quote attributed to anyone else? Zalis - 13/10/2010 08:34:10 PM 896 Views
That many people don't know the correct origin doesn't change it though snoopcester - 13/10/2010 09:31:13 PM 1045 Views
I think you are missing his point Roland00 - 13/10/2010 05:45:45 PM 1029 Views
Question (and this one actually is asking for information )... Legolas - 13/10/2010 06:42:17 PM 824 Views
Yes and no Roland00 - 13/10/2010 06:53:26 PM 1108 Views
Okay, fair enough. *NM* Legolas - 13/10/2010 07:48:21 PM 429 Views
I would think... damookster - 14/10/2010 04:35:31 AM 986 Views
I have seen gays be bullied before random thoughts - 13/10/2010 07:02:35 PM 1041 Views
You just didn't listen to a thing I said *NM* Roland00 - 13/10/2010 07:09:29 PM 438 Views
why do you believe that? Because I don't agree with what you said? random thoughts - 13/10/2010 07:30:27 PM 952 Views
I said you aren't listening to a thing I said, for you didn't respond to anything that I wrote Roland00 - 13/10/2010 07:52:50 PM 958 Views
you are not interested in talking to anyone who doesn't agree with you random thoughts - 13/10/2010 09:01:03 PM 931 Views
I think there's truth in this as well. Legolas - 13/10/2010 07:55:00 PM 962 Views
churches tend to refelect society as much if not more then they influence it random thoughts - 14/10/2010 07:15:35 PM 931 Views
Re: I think you are missing his point Zalis - 13/10/2010 08:30:42 PM 990 Views
Re: I think you are missing his point Roland00 - 13/10/2010 09:55:52 PM 1011 Views
Re: I think you are missing his point Zalis - 14/10/2010 03:49:14 PM 1027 Views
Actually you can very much debate whether homosexuality is a sin on a textual level Roland00 - 14/10/2010 05:49:22 PM 1046 Views
Re: Actually you can very much debate whether homosexuality is a sin on a textual level Zalis - 14/10/2010 08:52:24 PM 1057 Views
Do you know greek or hebrew? Roland00 - 14/10/2010 08:57:32 PM 901 Views
I know a few words here and there, but not really. Do you? Zalis - 14/10/2010 10:46:36 PM 1053 Views
There's a good case on both sides (try Strong's Concordance, if you haven't, btw. ) Joel - 15/10/2010 05:09:21 AM 1481 Views
I don't look to Christianity for my answers Roland00 - 15/10/2010 03:02:16 PM 1008 Views
Re: I don't look to Christianity for my answers Zalis - 15/10/2010 04:27:25 PM 1057 Views
You're kind of sidestepping a large part of his point Rowland - 13/10/2010 05:51:53 PM 1068 Views
so should Christians abandon other religious conviction to stop bullying? random thoughts - 13/10/2010 07:39:54 PM 949 Views
Re: You're kind of sidestepping a large part of his point Zalis - 13/10/2010 08:23:07 PM 970 Views
That seems a little myopic to me. Joel - 14/10/2010 09:16:27 AM 937 Views
Many good points there; I think I'll let you play Defender of the Faith for a bit. Joel - 14/10/2010 08:50:23 AM 1059 Views
I think he is jackass that does not believe other's can have apoint of view random thoughts - 13/10/2010 06:48:12 PM 941 Views
That's right, bullying would go away if we didn't have Christians to make moral judgements on things ßelals Girl - 13/10/2010 08:11:27 PM 1035 Views
I mostly agree ironclad - 13/10/2010 08:19:00 PM 1099 Views
most of the bullies I remember from school were not known for their regular church attendance random thoughts - 14/10/2010 07:24:06 PM 909 Views
I thought I pretty much agreed with you on that point ironclad - 14/10/2010 07:44:07 PM 965 Views
Let me see if I can understand where we agree, it is hard to do with all the Sarcasm Roland00 - 13/10/2010 08:48:38 PM 996 Views
Meh. He's not entirely incorrect. But not all Christians are anti-gay. Ghavrel - 13/10/2010 08:43:04 PM 1000 Views
It is better to be a Tolkein than a Token Roland00 - 13/10/2010 08:52:09 PM 952 Views
If I were a Tolkien liberal Christian, wouldn't that make me an American Roman Catholic? *NM* Ghavrel - 13/10/2010 09:18:57 PM 387 Views
Interesting scalius - 13/10/2010 08:56:46 PM 1269 Views
Sometime rants do work and change people's mind Roland00 - 13/10/2010 09:23:39 PM 917 Views
and sometoimes they are just rants *NM* random thoughts - 13/10/2010 10:01:55 PM 388 Views
Okay my response now Roland00 - 14/10/2010 06:04:02 PM 996 Views
His first three sentences were totally unecessary. The rest is conspiracy-laden nonsense. everynametaken - 14/10/2010 12:37:06 AM 1065 Views
He becomes what he hates. eucatastrophe - 14/10/2010 02:40:19 AM 1147 Views
Good stuff. *NM* Aeryn - 14/10/2010 02:56:44 AM 410 Views
Re: Gaps - 14/10/2010 03:06:36 AM 1028 Views
I think Chora has dibs on that bumper sticker. Joel - 14/10/2010 09:35:02 AM 1086 Views
Re: Gaps - 14/10/2010 11:50:04 PM 1078 Views
It's nothing at all like cultural relativism. Joel - 15/10/2010 01:16:10 AM 963 Views
Re: It's nothing at all like cultural relativism. Gaps - 16/10/2010 05:20:56 AM 1032 Views
Re: It's nothing at all like cultural relativism. Joel - 16/10/2010 07:16:21 AM 959 Views
I don't think there is any question... damookster - 14/10/2010 04:42:45 AM 965 Views
If I may quibble: Ghavrel - 14/10/2010 05:22:22 AM 823 Views
A lot of Christian doctrine states that people cannot know who is worthy of God and it's not up to Helene - 14/10/2010 05:41:19 AM 969 Views
And a lot of Christians who should know better forget this. Joel - 14/10/2010 10:16:51 AM 1024 Views
He's bullying Christians Helene - 14/10/2010 04:47:13 AM 959 Views
I agree BlackAdder - 14/10/2010 04:09:23 PM 1030 Views
I think he's reading a lot of things into that letter that aren't there. Joel - 14/10/2010 08:22:13 AM 926 Views
Two seperate things are mingled here Bramhodoulos - 14/10/2010 09:50:42 AM 1167 Views
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