Re: Is there some connection between Jesus forgiving a prostitute and my daughter becoming one?
Yes, there is. If your daughter became a prostitute prior to age 18, then you, as her mother and legal guardian, would be in the position of dealing with that. What would you do? Do you believe prostitution is a normal, healthy lifestyle., i.e. "wrong"? You said when someone "..or discriminate against groups of people, .., then at that point you are not entitled to inflict your belief system on the universe,"
I am "discriminating against homosexuals" by believing that homosexuality is a condition that is sinful in the sight of God, ie "wrong" in the same way you may view prostitution being "wrong"? The fact that my religion uses the word "sin" vs. some other word is immaterial: In both cases, I'm viewing homosexuality as unhealthy, "wrong", etc, and you may view prostitution as unhealthy, "wrong", etc. So if you abide by your rather stringent guidelines for not allowing a person to believe things to be "wrong" without being guilty of "inflicting those views on society", then you have NO moral or intellectual authority for saying ANYTHING in the way of disapproval, if indeed your daughter hypothetically announced she had become a prostitute.
Somehow though, I'm sure you will allow YOURSELF to have some kind of moral authority, when it's something you actually believe may be unhealthy for your daughter.
Christine, here is how I truly believe, and I've explained this to you before, which you obviously ignored. But, one more time:
I believe that all sins are equal in the sight of God
I believe that "there is none good but God", just like Jesus said, as recorded in the Bible.
I believe that I, you, the neighbors, everyone, have in fact broken all the commandments of God, if we have broken even one, like the Bible says.
I believe that therefore, every single person who ever lived except Jesus is equally guilty of being a sinner
I believe that "If a man says he has no sin, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him", like the Bible says.
I believe then, I am sinner, guilty of sinning much, and of having a sinful nature.
Therefore, I view a homosexual no differently than I view myself: We both have exactly the same sinful nature, and I and a homosexual person are both equally guilty of transgressing ALL of God's laws.
In other words, I believe I am guilty of the sins of sodomy, homosexuality, prostitution, being hateful, coveting, adultery, etc.
But: I believe that Christ took my sins and the homosexual's sins, and the sins of all mankind upon himself and he allowed himself to be crucified, instead of me. Therefore, in one supreme sacrifice, Christ the son reconciled sinful man with God the Father, so that man would have a way in which to be reconciled with our righteous heavenly Father, Creator of the Universe, and now WE have been given the gift of eternal life, instead of eternal death, which is what we have without Christ. But Christ had to do more than die on the cross. He had to conquer death, hell, and the devil, by rising from the dead, and walking again with his disciples again on earth, after which after a while, he ascended to be with the Father. Christ did all this. He was perfect, he paid double for the sins of mankind, and has given mankind the opportunity to spend eternity with the Father after our time on earth here is ended.
So Christine, whether or not homosexuality is "genetic" is not an issue. "Genetically", we are all sinners, and equally so in the eyes of God.
The words above in bold aren't some argument I'm making.
This is what I believe.
These are my religious beliefs.
So you how much sense this statement of yours makes to me: "As far as homosexuals, as long as anyone believes they are "sinners", they are discriminating against them.
Imagine, Christine: If we combine your belief and my beliefs, then I discriminate against myself. |
