rstrong wrote:rstrong wrote:
"YOU are the one who - when the Old Testament disagrees with you - declares the entire book to have nothing to do with Christianity. And then the next day you'll be back to quoting the Old Testament to justify your bigotry. YOU are the one who will quote the ONE (1) anti-homosexuality reference in the New Testament - in Paul's letter to the Corinthians - and then declare the rest of the letter to be nonsense when it orders something you DON'T like."
Twist much, lie much. I said, and you know this, that OT Law differs from Grace;
"Liar. Your posts speak for themselves."
"You quote a biblical rule as sacrosanct. When someone responds by asking if you follow certain OTHER biblical rules - from the Old Testament - you
respond with":
"You still hung up on Jewish Law? Don't forget that cotton and polyester thingy..... I thought surely you'd be smart enough to know that Christianity wasn't around back then."
"Not that it ever stopped you from quoting the Old Testament when it suits your needs."
As you well know, some laws were moral laws, some were cultural laws, and some were ceremonial laws.
I think you're smart enough to figure out which applied to what.
(ranting and whining ignored)
"And ignoring the fact that you can find plenty of modern day news articles with Christians advocating Old Testament practices and beliefs.
Including yourself, when it aligns with your bigotry."
So tell me...what exactly is "my bigotry"?
Yes, you can find some Islamists (sp) who advocate violence against other religions. Just like you find the same in Christianity.
Heck, Christian Europe had pogroms AFTER the Holocaust.
I've never denied they didn't. History is full of man's atrocities towards others.
"Your saving grace is that as a liar and hypocrite, you're damned incompetent at it."
That coming from a devout atheist doesn't bother me a bit. You're true to your calling.
rstrong wrote:"Perversion, debauchery, and hatred for God" - your definition of any disagreement with your racism, homophobia, misogyny and hate.
I hate no one, race, gender, or sexual preference.
"You just happen to constantly spew hatred based on all three."
You got examples?
rstrong wrote:"In defence of real Christians, most would disagree with you. Some major denominations support and perform same-sex marriages, and even the Catholic Church performed same-sex unions for a thousand years and has been softening its stance lately. And of course the majority would disagree with your racism."
"Most would disagree" ..... "Some major denominations" .... In defense of "real" Christianity, church leaders who celebrate same-sex relationships and support gender confusion aren't leading the church; they're following the culture.
"That's nonsense in so many ways....."
How so? If they're not following Biblical teachings, they're certainly not grounded in God. I saw on the news yesterday where one of the mega-churches showed the Dallas football game on their big-screens during the church service so their members wouldn't stay home and watch it. That's pitiful. That's following the culture. That's bending to the world.
"The Catholic Church performed same-sex unions for a thousand years, from roughly 500AD to 1500AD. If
STOPPING that practice isn't "following the culture" then why would returning to it be?"
I'm not Catholic, I don't believe in their doctrine; besides you're speaking about a church that teaches you can go out and rob and steal on Saturday night and come in and hide behind a curtain and tell a man in a dress that you've sinned and for a small nominal fee, he will "resolve" you of your sins. Not only that, he is the "father", a name that the Bible I believe in tells me that I am to call "no man (on this earth) Father."
You're speaking of a church that demands it's "fathers" to be celibate, which in turn leads them to homosexuality and pedophilia. You're speaking of a church who's supreme leader aligns himself with God Almighty, capable of FORGIVING man of his sins, capable of SAVING man from Hell... etc.
You're speaking of a church that places their "leaders" in positions of higher esteem than it's members. (In my church, the ground is level at the foot of the Cross)There are a few other denominations that support homosexuality and SSM, their church is a blasphemy.
(blah, blah political figure ignored)
"You consider your cherry-picked passage in the
New Testament - the ONLY passage against homosexuality - to be sacrosanct."
Oh no...there are more...you know that. YOU'RE "cherry-picking"
"And yet you dismiss the next passage - against women speaking in church - as nonsense."
Nope again. Against women preaching. I don't understand you get your step-ins in a fluff over this; you don't like preachers anyway. Wait, oh yes I do... so you can accuse of misogyny.
"At the very least,
You - YOUR twisted interpretation of Christianity - is "following the culture."
At the very most, least, whatever, you're hatred of God and His believers is "the culture" that we are instructed to shun.
"The other branches of Christianity have at most cherry picked differently than you have.
And unlike you, they didn't cherry-pick based on their phobias, hatreds and fears."
Tell me again; what are my phobias, hatreds, and namely, fears. This ought'a be good.
Given that Trump got fewer votes than either Romney or McCain, their God must be a terrible campaign manager.
