From: Josh Bembenek (jbembe@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun Jul 06 2003 - 18:16:01 EDT
I think this is the core of the question. Is the act of homosexuality a
conditional sin, or always sin? The bible forbids murder, but killing men
is not an absolute sin, in the condition of war or self defence it is not
morally wrong. The real question is whether other "sins" like homosexuality
depend on certain conditions. I would not be on the side of advising people
to engage in homosexuality under any condition. Luckily the bible informs
us that God is a fair and righteous judge.
>From: gordon brown <gbrown@euclid.colorado.edu>
>To: asa@calvin.edu
>Subject: Re: Sin?
>Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 15:40:39 -0600 (MDT)
>
>
>On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, John W Burgeson wrote:
>
> > OK. Paul is referring specifically to persons who are "wicked" and
> > "suppress the truth." Now the friends of mine I referred to in earlier
> > posts do not appear to fit this description. In that "all persons sin,"
>a
> > good Presbyterian tenet, of course they do. But their lifestyles are,
> > except for their domestic living arrangements, indistinguishable from
>you
> > or I or the typical Christian. All are church members, two are studying
> > for the ministry, one has completed his education and is an ordained
> > minister in a fellowship which has welcomed him and his partner. His
> > sermons (I have heard him three times) are faithful to the gospel.
> > Knowing such persons -- worshipping with them -- dining and
> > fellowshipping in their homes, I am quite unable to identify Romans 1:8
> > as a description of them.
>
>I know very spiritual people who do something that I think the Bible says
>is wrong. Should I therefore conclude that what they do is right? I don't
>believe that what spiritual people do is a valid criterion for deciding
>what is right. Think about some of the things that the great saints in the
>Bible did.
>
>Gordon Brown
>Department of Mathematics
>University of Colorado
>Boulder, CO 80309-0395
>
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