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"Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God." –1 Corinthians 6:9-10
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Here in the U.K. and across Europe, human trafficking is taken very seriously! I can assure you of that!
I agree on most of your points regarding Christianity although not all that you made. We do need to let sinners know their eternal souls are in grave danger. This is not castigating them or judging them, it's saving their lives. To not do so is to do them a disservice. We all want to be in heaven so let's help each other by speaking the truth. Please forgive me for using up this thread if this is not allowed here but I'm just going to throw this out really quick:I think one of the fundamental differences between Christianity and Islam is - and I’m sure the Muslims here can correct me if I’m wrong - is that Islam believes that everyone is born in to the faith, whereas Christians do not.
In Christianity, unless you are a believer, it really doesn’t matter technically what type of personal relationship you have with each other because if you don’t have one with God, you won’t receive salvation.
If a gay person is also a Christian, then that’s where the complication lies. I wouldn’t want to be in that position and because I think it must be a dreadful situation to be in, I would try and offer that person love and support. At the end of the day however, that person has to account to God for their decisions and not me, so I will not judge them. I will have a hard enough time accounting for all the bad decisions I’ve made in life.
It isn’t Christians who have allowed themselves to be devoured by sin. No one is Christian by right. You are only Christian if you make a choice to enter into a personal relationship with God. If you do that you are going to try very hard not to be devoured by sin. Refusing to castigate someone for being homosexual does not mean you’ve been devoured by sin.
I have a whole other set of opinions I could post about the whole issue but I won’t because this is not the place to do it and people would get angry with me for taking up the thread.
We had a very high profile case here about a Christian bakery that refused to decorate a cake with a homosexual slogan. After repeated court battles, they eventually won their case on appeal that they had the right to refuse to put the slogan on the cake. Do I agree with that? Absolutely! Was the bakery deliberately targeted by this gay couple to make a point? Absolutely! The gay couple had the right to put whatever they wanted on their cake, but the Christian bakery had the absolute right to refuse to do so because of their beliefs. Do I agree with gay marriage? No. That’s not why God created the sacrament of marriage. Do I believe that gay couples should be protected by law in a legal partnership? Yes. They deserve the same rights as far as financial security or domestic abuse as a heterosexual couple. Should they be allowed to marry in a church? No. If they’re not Christian, why would they want to?
Asking people to have respect for people and not assume sexuality or gender and not villify people because of their sexuality is the humane thing to do. It does not mean you agree with everything gay people do.
People like our friend Boti however, who add fuel to the fire of hatred, by implying you can spread HIV by kissing someone, do harm. She’s spreading misinformation.
Accusing BTS of paedophilia and today, beastiality, is beyond reproach. That’s not making aware of the truth. That’s spreading vicious, unfounded lies. That’s why I’m on this thread.
"Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God." –1 Corinthians 6:9-10