From: George Murphy (gmurphy@raex.com)
Date: Wed Jul 02 2003 - 11:45:29 EDT
John W Burgeson wrote:
>
> George wrote: "What is indeed described in Romans 1:18-31 is the basic
> sin of
> idolatry which afflicts all people and the sinful consequences. I.e., as
> Paul describes
> it, sin against the 1st Commandment leads to all the other sins which -
> in the listing
> Paul gives - includes homosexual acts"
>
> You have a good point, George. My words were unclear (not a new event) --
> I should expressed it the way you did.
>
> It does not follow, though, that ALL homosexual acts are necessarily a
> sin in God's eye. That is, of course, what the debate is all about. That
> SOME are (usually the ones the media writes about) is evident.
True. But then one has to ask the same question about some of the other things
that Paul lists in this passage as consequences of the basic sin. Are covetousness, envy
&c sometimes not sins?
Shalom,
George
George L. Murphy
gmurphy@raex.com
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
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