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  • #76
    Originally posted by Leonhard View Post
    I, too, am extraordinarily humble.
    So true, but not as humble as me. I am humblerer.

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    • #77
      Pffft. I has more humbleness in my pinkie than the lot of ya got in all your bodies combined.

      I'm always still in trouble again

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      • #78
        Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
        Pffft. I has more humbleness in my pinkie than the lot of ya got in all your bodies combined.
        Yes, but you don't take as much pride in your humbleness as I do mine.

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        • #79
          Originally posted by Sparko View Post
          Yes, but you don't take as much pride in your humbleness as I do mine.
          Just another way that I'm so much more humble than you.

          I'm always still in trouble again

          "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
          "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
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          • #80
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            • #81
              Kendrick Lamar recently had a hit "Humble" that I most certainly can't link here.
              "I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill

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              • #82
                Originally posted by KingsGambit View Post
                As for the actual OP, I know Robert Gagnon (the Presbyterian Bible scholar mostly known for his defense of the claim that homosexuality is a sin) does argue that it's one of the worst of sins, but I haven't read any of his books so I don't know his argument.
                I read one, but quite a few years ago. I don't recall anything from it.

                He has material online -- here and here, for instance.
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                • #83
                  Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                  First, I know that "sin is sin", and that the same author who said....

                  But, a friend asked me about Beth Moore's latest controversy where she, apparently, deleted a section from a reprint of one of her books, and the newly published Kindle version.

                  (Got back in town, so I'm brushing up on this -- I can't post the link, because it's full of profanity, but it comes from a Patheos source)

                  the section in question...

                  Before we proceed to our Scripture-prayers for overcoming sexual strongholds, we are wise to address another deadly sexual assault of the evil one in our society: homosexuality. I have wonderful news for anyone who has struggled with homosexual sin. God indeed can deliver you and anxiously awaits your full cooperation. Do not let Satan shame you into not seeking forgiveness, fullness, and complete restoration in Jesus Christ. I know complete transformation is possible not only because God’s Word says so, but because I have witnessed it with my own eyes. I know plenty of believers who have been set free from homosexuality.


                  Apparently, she's being blasted from the Right for taking this passage out, and criticized by the Left for not being able to directly address the topic "as sin".

                  Meanwhile - and I haven't caught up with this yet - there is movement in the SBC to 'lessen' the impact of 'homosexuality is sin". Not sure what that's all about.

                  My position has been - as a number of us have stated numerous times - that it's not a sin to have homosexual thoughts or desires, but it is a sin to act on them, and particularly to take PRIDE in them.

                  In fact, I'm thinking that that's why homosexuality is often considered a "worse sin", because it is so often coupled with PRIDE, and the resulting "marriage" to a same sex person becomes a declaration of defiance to God.

                  We don't find a sexual predator (who wants to be respected) BOASTING of his sin, or an adulterer BOASTING of his sin.... or a thief boasting of his thievery....

                  Is there any other sin that a person takes PRIDE in, while wanting to be considered, for example, a "practicing Christian"?
                  I found an article just yesterday you might like to read:

                  The Bible Doesn’t Say That Homosexuality is a Sin:
                  An Analysis of the Seven Scriptures Sometimes Claimed to Refer to Homosexuality


                  Here are some clips:

                  Clip One:

                  "Does the Bible actually condemn caring, consensual homosexual relationships? What
                  was the original intent of these laws, lessons and guidelines written in the Bible so long ago?
                  This booklet examines seven scripture passages sometimes quoted that appear to some
                  individuals to take a negative view of homosexuality. The work of several authors will be used
                  who have studied the Greek or Hebrew words that appeared in the original texts. In addition,
                  these authors have taken into consideration the customs, beliefs, religions and cultures of the
                  time the Bible was written, in order to explain the original intent of the authors, as they wrote the
                  laws and stories of the Bible centuries ago."

                  Clip Two:

                  SUMMARY of Each of the Seven Scriptures Sometimes Claimed to Refer to
                  Homosexuality:

                  As we have seen, the seven Scriptures sometimes claimed to be about homosexuality are not at
                  all related to the consensual, committed homosexual relationships we see today.

                  1. Genesis 19:1-14, 24-26: The story of Sodom and Gomorrah is an example of what
                  happens when God’s people do not live up to God’s expectations. It is teaching a lesson
                  about the importance of hospitality to the stranger. The cruel men of the town were
                  planning to rape the visitors and were definitely not homosexuals.

                  2. Judges 19:1-30: This story parallels that of Sodom and Gomorrah and provides an
                  example of how the townspeople plot to rape the visitor. It is yet another example for the
                  ancient Jewish culture of how not to act by showing the extreme inhospitable behavior of
                  the town. Some mistakenly interpret the townsmen’s behavior to be somehow related to
                  homosexuality, but this was an example of the brutality of one group of men toward a
                  group of visitors.

                  3. Leviticus 18:22 and …

                  4. Leviticus 20:13: These texts state that a man should not lie with another man, and that if
                  they do it is an abomination. The rules were meant to set the Israelites apart from the
                  Canaanites and Egyptians who at that time participated in fertility rites in their temples
                  that involved different forms of sex, including homosexual sex. Male-to-male sex was
                  seen to mix the roles of man and woman and such “mixing of kinds” during ancient times
                  was defined as an “abomination,” in the same way that mixing different kinds of seeds in
                  a field was an abomination. This scripture occurs in a section of Leviticus called “The
                  Holiness Code” which has as its main purpose to set out laws to keep Israel different
                  from the surrounding cultures. (Helminiak, pg. 54)

                  5. Romans 1:18-27: The behavior Paul was addressing here is explicitly associated with
                  idol worship (probably temple prostitution) and with heterosexual people who searched
                  for pleasure and broke away from their natural sexual orientation or their natural ways of
                  having sex (both male and female) and participated in promiscuous sex with anyone
                  available or used methods not culturally accepted. (Miner & Connoley, pg. 14) In the
                  surrounding culture it was common for men of a higher status to take sexual advantage of
                  male slaves or male prostitutes. Here Paul is instructing his readers to keep pure and
                  honor God. Paul is talking about the use and misuse of power and authority and how that
                  impacts one’s relationship with God. (Dwyer, pg. 58) Paul didn’t have in mind
                  specifically prohibiting consensual same-sex relationships because they were never
                  considered in his cultural context.


                  6. I Corinthians 6:9-10: Paul’s list of sinners includes malakoi and arsenokoites. Malakoi
                  means “soft” and is also interpreted as male prostitutes. Arsenokoites is difficult to
                  translate, but it probably refers to a male using his superiority to take sexual advantage of
                  another male. Paul is right to condemn these sexual activities, but this has nothing to do
                  with a consensual homosexual relationship.

                  7. I Timothy 1:8-11: This passage is similar to I Corinthians, above. This time it is a list of
                  sins (as opposed to sinners) and includes the words pornos, arsenokoites and
                  andrapodistes. Pornos most likely refers to a male having sex outside of marriage.
                  Arsenokoites can probably be defined as male same-sex relationships that involved some
                  level of exploitation, inequality or abuse. Andrapodistes can be translated as “slave
                  traders.” Scholars believe that the three terms were used together in that slave dealers
                  (andrapodistes) would be acting as pimps for captured boys (pornos) who would be
                  taken advantage of by powerful men (arsenokoites). (Brownson, pg. 274) These are sins
                  that certainly need to be addressed, but this Bible passage does not relate to homosexuals
                  in a committed relationship.

                  http://www.rmnetwork.org/newrmn/wp-c...Sept.-2016.pdf
                  Last edited by Christian3; 07-14-2019, 12:07 PM.

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                  • #84
                    Originally posted by Christian3 View Post
                    I found an article just yesterday you might like to read:

                    The Bible Doesn’t Say That Homosexuality is a Sin:
                    An Analysis of the Seven Scriptures Sometimes Claimed to Refer to Homosexuality
                    Why would Cow Poke like to read sterling examples of eisegesis? They are valiant attempts to validate homosexual relationships, but they fall far short of convincing.
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                    • #85
                      Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
                      Why would Cow Poke like to read sterling examples of eisegesis? They are valiant attempts to validate homosexual relationships, but they fall far short of convincing.
                      I thought the article had merit.

                      I talked to a Rabbi about homosexuality referring to this verse:

                      Leviticus 18:22:

                      22 You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.

                      The Rabbi said it was too ambiguous and that Rabbis were allowed to be Gay and Gay soldiers were allowed in the military.

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                      • #86
                        Originally posted by Christian3 View Post
                        I thought the article had merit.

                        I talked to a Rabbi about homosexuality referring to this verse:

                        Leviticus 18:22:

                        22 You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.

                        The Rabbi said it was too ambiguous and that Rabbis were allowed to be Gay and Gay soldiers were allowed in the military.
                        Ambiguous? Are you kidding?
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                        • #87
                          Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
                          Why would Cow Poke like to read sterling examples of eisegesis?
                          EGGzackly. And the answer would be 'he wouldn't'. And, yes, that's my final answer, no need do call a friend or poll the audience.

                          They are valiant attempts to validate homosexual relationships, but they fall far short of convincing.
                          This is, of course, what Tassman claims Buttigieg is doing, though there's no evidence of which I am aware where Buttigieg ever attempted to reference the Bible on these matters at all.

                          I didn't really scan the list - does it include the "homosexual relationship" between David and Jonathan?
                          The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                          • #88
                            It might be possible for the sake of argument that one or two of the seven homosexuality verses refer to something else. But there's no way all seven do. That's why the common tack of chipping away at individual verses doesn't go very far.
                            "I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill

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                            • #89
                              Yes, homosexuality is one of the worst sins. In fact, all the death penalty sins from the Old Testament would rank pretty high up on the list, although among those, some would still be considered worse than others.

                              No, "gluttony" is not a sin.

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                              • #90
                                Originally posted by Christian3 View Post
                                I found an article just yesterday you might like to read:

                                The Bible Doesn’t Say That Homosexuality is a Sin:
                                An Analysis of the Seven Scriptures Sometimes Claimed to Refer to Homosexuality


                                Here are some clips:

                                Clip One:

                                "Does the Bible actually condemn caring, consensual homosexual relationships? What
                                was the original intent of these laws, lessons and guidelines written in the Bible so long ago?
                                This booklet examines seven scripture passages sometimes quoted that appear to some
                                individuals to take a negative view of homosexuality. The work of several authors will be used
                                who have studied the Greek or Hebrew words that appeared in the original texts. In addition,
                                these authors have taken into consideration the customs, beliefs, religions and cultures of the
                                time the Bible was written, in order to explain the original intent of the authors, as they wrote the
                                laws and stories of the Bible centuries ago."

                                Clip Two:

                                SUMMARY of Each of the Seven Scriptures Sometimes Claimed to Refer to
                                Homosexuality:

                                As we have seen, the seven Scriptures sometimes claimed to be about homosexuality are not at
                                all related to the consensual, committed homosexual relationships we see today.

                                1. Genesis 19:1-14, 24-26: The story of Sodom and Gomorrah is an example of what
                                happens when God’s people do not live up to God’s expectations. It is teaching a lesson
                                about the importance of hospitality to the stranger. The cruel men of the town were
                                planning to rape the visitors and were definitely not homosexuals.

                                2. Judges 19:1-30: This story parallels that of Sodom and Gomorrah and provides an
                                example of how the townspeople plot to rape the visitor. It is yet another example for the
                                ancient Jewish culture of how not to act by showing the extreme inhospitable behavior of
                                the town. Some mistakenly interpret the townsmen’s behavior to be somehow related to
                                homosexuality, but this was an example of the brutality of one group of men toward a
                                group of visitors.

                                3. Leviticus 18:22 and …

                                4. Leviticus 20:13: These texts state that a man should not lie with another man, and that if
                                they do it is an abomination. The rules were meant to set the Israelites apart from the
                                Canaanites and Egyptians who at that time participated in fertility rites in their temples
                                that involved different forms of sex, including homosexual sex. Male-to-male sex was
                                seen to mix the roles of man and woman and such “mixing of kinds” during ancient times
                                was defined as an “abomination,” in the same way that mixing different kinds of seeds in
                                a field was an abomination. This scripture occurs in a section of Leviticus called “The
                                Holiness Code” which has as its main purpose to set out laws to keep Israel different
                                from the surrounding cultures. (Helminiak, pg. 54)

                                5. Romans 1:18-27: The behavior Paul was addressing here is explicitly associated with
                                idol worship (probably temple prostitution) and with heterosexual people who searched
                                for pleasure and broke away from their natural sexual orientation or their natural ways of
                                having sex (both male and female) and participated in promiscuous sex with anyone
                                available or used methods not culturally accepted. (Miner & Connoley, pg. 14) In the
                                surrounding culture it was common for men of a higher status to take sexual advantage of
                                male slaves or male prostitutes. Here Paul is instructing his readers to keep pure and
                                honor God. Paul is talking about the use and misuse of power and authority and how that
                                impacts one’s relationship with God. (Dwyer, pg. 58) Paul didn’t have in mind
                                specifically prohibiting consensual same-sex relationships because they were never
                                considered in his cultural context.


                                6. I Corinthians 6:9-10: Paul’s list of sinners includes malakoi and arsenokoites. Malakoi
                                means “soft” and is also interpreted as male prostitutes. Arsenokoites is difficult to
                                translate, but it probably refers to a male using his superiority to take sexual advantage of
                                another male. Paul is right to condemn these sexual activities, but this has nothing to do
                                with a consensual homosexual relationship.

                                7. I Timothy 1:8-11: This passage is similar to I Corinthians, above. This time it is a list of
                                sins (as opposed to sinners) and includes the words pornos, arsenokoites and
                                andrapodistes. Pornos most likely refers to a male having sex outside of marriage.
                                Arsenokoites can probably be defined as male same-sex relationships that involved some
                                level of exploitation, inequality or abuse. Andrapodistes can be translated as “slave
                                traders.” Scholars believe that the three terms were used together in that slave dealers
                                (andrapodistes) would be acting as pimps for captured boys (pornos) who would be
                                taken advantage of by powerful men (arsenokoites). (Brownson, pg. 274) These are sins
                                that certainly need to be addressed, but this Bible passage does not relate to homosexuals
                                in a committed relationship.

                                http://www.rmnetwork.org/newrmn/wp-c...Sept.-2016.pdf
                                Does the author make any attempt to address the facts that

                                1) There are NO passages that AFFIRM same-sex sexual relationships, and

                                2) There are multiple passages that, whether or not they are "about" homosexuality, do *involve* homosexuality, and all are negative?
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