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For those mentioning the issues associated with the Catholic church, it is in fact a homosexual issue.
To the shame of the Catholic Church as well as the mainstream media, the molestation of children in the Church has been given a different label in order to be politically correct.
Everyone is quick to call it pedophilia rather than to correctly term it as homosexual rape.
You wont see this in mainstream media publication!
Although this kind of abuse fits the criteria of pedophilia, the majority of cases are priests molesting boys... not girls!
But again, in the name of tolerance, nobody wants to call this what it really is, as that would be intolerant!...
This is how far down the tube we are going!
And as far as values are concerned, if everyone were to reason away things like absolute truth in the name of tolerance, it would create anarchy in our society...
Why, that's just what's happening!...
Let me give you an example of what happens when we rationalize away absolute truth:
Let's say that I have my own beliefs about what the lights on a traffic signal mean to me... lets say that I have my own beliefs on red, green and yellow.
Now lets say that your beliefs are different about the meanings of the lights than mine are. I will tolerate your views by not saying anything about my beliefs or yours. I also don't want you to force your opinions on to me because truth is a personal issue which is not absolute... as we all know, there are many truths...
And because my beliefs are personal, and every belief is truth to the individual, and there is no such thing as absolute truth (after all, that would be narrow minded and intolerant)
I will not offend anyone by sharing my beliefs because that would make me hateful...
Now, let's send everyone out on the highways with all of their own personal beliefs about what the lights mean without enforcing a moral code on anyone while not allowing individuals to share their views because they may offend someone...
What do you think will happen?... ANARCHY IN THE STREETS!
My point is...Truth is absolute.
If there is one standard by which everyone abides in, the highways will be much safer for all!!!
Also,
Allowing gay marriages and condoning the legitimacy of this lifestyle will in fact affect each one of us!
Here is just one way:
Simply by the fact that this lifestyle has negative effects on human health.
It is a scientific fact that protein that is introduced to the human rectum, has devastating effects on the immune system.
This fact will contribute to the rise in disease and will put an additional burden on our already stuggling and burdened health care system.
Every one of us who has insurance knows that this additional burden will effect them ...on their premiums.
Now don't get me wrong, I DO NOT hate homosexuals, if anything, I care enough to tell them that what they are doing is wrong. And as far as heaven & hell are concerned, the Bible doesn't measure an individual based on their sinless perfection, but rather, it determines salvation of the soul based on an individuals personal relationship with God through His Son.
Jesus made a very "narrow minded statement" when He said
"I am the way, the truth, and the life; Nobody comes to the Father except through Me"
He set the standard of absolutes in saying He is THE way.
Christianity teaches that when an individual comes to God the Father through His Son in prayer admitting their sinful nature in asking for salvation of their soul, God begins to transform the heart and will of an individual from within them.
This supernatural transformation eventually manifests itself outwardly within the thoughts and actions of the individual apart from their efforts. It literally transforms their lives!
How?
Their desires begin to change apart from their own efforts.
It is not a natural transformation as we would think of as likened to one that is trying on their own to change their thoughts and behavior, but rather,...the individual finds that their thoughts and actions are actually changing from within their very soul... apart from their own effort!
This is a supernatural transformation that takes place in the lives of Christians beyond the control of actions or intentions of an individual.
If Christianity were merely a superficial system of Do's and Dont's...
None of us would ever want to be a Christian.
I, for one... certainly wouldn't want to worship a God who sits in heaven like a parent with a giant wooden spoon who is itching to blast us off the face of the earth the first time that we screw up!
True Christianity liberates... it does not enslave an individual.
The reason for this tangent are the statements against the Church.
We cannot throw the baby out with the bath water because there are some within the Church who are false Christians who have not partaken of the supernatural divine regeneration that takes place within the hearts of true believers who have come to God and sought salvation for their soul.
I'm not saying that Christians are perfect, because we never lose that sin nature we have inherited, but I can say that a true Christian would find it impossible to remain within a homosexual lifestyle!
Pride is what holds people back from becoming Christians because people get offended when they are told that they are sinners...
After all, it's intolerant! And not politically correct!
Like homosexuals and everyone else... myself included, once sin enters in to the equasion of our lives, we do the very thing Adam did when He fell in the garden...
We try to hide from God in fear that we will be held accountable for our own actions.
Sorry to offend you folks, but what I say is true of ALL of us!
It is an absolte truth.
Homosexuality, like any other sin, ... is wrong!
Can't blame the Church or anyone else for that matter... we are all accountable for our own actions!
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