From: Walter Hicks (wallyshoes@mindspring.com)
Date: Sat Jul 19 2003 - 20:44:08 EDT
I respectfully disagree with Burgy -- regardless
of which position is
actually wrong. I believe that that the logic
should be reversed as follows:
John W Burgeson wrote:
Snip
> The argument is in GAY1.HTM on my website.
Extracted from that, it reads:
>
> In the end, I have to say my position is not
100% sure; I could be wrong.
> I have two choices:
>
> 1. I can side with fundamentalist Christianity,
Dobson and his FOTF being
> one source I might follow, and declare that all
homosexual activity of
> any kind anywhere is a "sin" in God's eye's, or
>
> 2. I can declare that I find no reason to
include the specific case I
> cite above as "sin."
>
> If I take position 1, and I should have taken
position 2, I do grievous
> hurt to some of God's people, falsely accusing
them of sin where there is
> no sin as far as God is concerned. When I do
this, I have read into
> scripture what is not there; I have added to
God's word.
To think that something is sinful when it not, is
merely a sign of a weak
faith. Paul discusses it in 1 Corinthians,
chapter 8. Paul's advice is to
abstain from what others consider to be sin, even
if they are wrong.
>
>
> If I take position 2, I may, indeed, be wrong,
but I have done no harm to
> anyone. I have failed, it might be argued, to
have studied and understood
> God's word as much as I should, but then, that
is probably true of all of
> us anyway.
If wrong, you have done immense harm. You have
openly advocated doing sinful
acts and basically encouraged it by your
statements. What this leads to is
the situation that exists in the liberal public
schools in Kennedyland.
Children are taught that homosexual life styles
are acceptable (and they do
not restrict it to "loving relationships") and
homosexual teachings are
creeping into the sex education classes. This
would classify as one of the
worst things a person could do.
Matthew 5:19
"Anyone who breaks one of the least of these
commandments and teaches
others to do the same will be called least in the
kingdom of heaven"
>
>
> So even if I were 50:50 on the issue, I'd have
to select position 2.
Wrong choice.
Walt
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Walt Hicks <wallyshoes@mindspring.com>
In any consistent theory, there must
exist true but not provable statements.
(Godel's Theorem)
You can only find the truth with logic
If you have already found the truth
without it. (G.K. Chesterton)
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