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From: trandolph@cougar.DEC
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Subject: Re: homosexuality and the Bible
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Date: Mon, 14-Jan-85 15:59:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 14 15:59:00 1985
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>> Look if you want to be gay, fine.  But don't try to put God's stamp
>> of approval on it.  There are many other verses in the Bible clearly
>> denouncing homosexuality.
>> karen alias larryg
>
>There are a very few references that are used by some Christians in an
>attempt to brand gay people as some sort of supersinners.  This has gone
>so far as to lead some very radical rightwing Christians to deny human
>rights to gay people, and even led some to say that gay people deserve
>death or worse.  Actually, the artical seems to have been written to show
>that at least some of these references probabally do not mean anything
>of the sort.

Maybe not. I wouldn't be surprized, given the various translation problems.

>If you know of many other verses, send them out to the net,
>so that others will have the oppurtunity to debunk them also.

How's this? "If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both
of them have committed an abomination" Pretty straightforward stuff.

>As a Christian, you are limited to using the New Testement (unless you
>are one of those rare Christians who follows the whole of the Law).

When were the commandments repealed? Christ's work on earth negated nothing
except the elaborate rituals associated with remission of sin. Nothing
particularly rare about that opinion.

>Otherwise, come on down to your local MCC and then tell us that gays
>cannot be Christians.

Why not? *Anybody* can become a Christian, the Bible is quite clear about it.

>
>Sincerely,
>Richard A. Brower


T.F.Randolph
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