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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Poet who wrote (23073)	8/18/2001 6:31:04 PM
From: Greg or e	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

Thanks for your prompt response. I find myself in the group that believes that homosexual behavior is sinful, you used the word "unnatural", which I also agree with, however, there is a big difference between unnatural and sinful. Flying is unnatural, but it is not sinful. Adultery may be natural, but it is sinful. As far as God loving all people, including homosexuals, I firmly believe that to be true. In fact God loved all of us so much that He will not leave us in the fallen and sinful condition that we find ourselves in, that includes heterosexuals. But God's love for sinners does not preclude Him from judging sin, and that is what will happen to each of us who turn away from God to peruse our own sinful desires. That sounds like "turn or burn", I know, but if your house is on fire and you didn't know it, would you rather hear that or "Stay and play"? One sounds judgmental and hard, and the other sounds loving and kind, but one leads to life and the other to inevitable death. Which message do you think, has the persons best interests in mind? That does not justify "God hates Fags" placards. Those people are wrong and they will push more people away from God than towards Him. By very definition that is "hate" speech. On the other hand, it is neither irrational or unwarranted to tell a person that they, buy their actions, are endangering not only their physical, but their spiritual lives. Neither is it wrong to engage in public opposition to a political agenda that seeks to naturalize the unnatural, and normalize the abnormal, by indoctrinating small children in a captive setting. Or buy mandating the "correct" position to take. Finally, if to disagree, is equivalent to hating, then you are guilty of hate, just as surely as those with whom you disagree. At any rate , I think it behooves us all to be careful with the terms and labels we apply to one another, don't you? Have a great day with your family. Greg