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The verses as mentioned in the OP are indeed among the most abused verses in scripture, but they are generally abused by individuals attempting to justify or dismiss their own sin. The rule for Christian fellowship is to forgive sinning brothers or sisters, but not to simply dismiss the sin...

First. let me say that being on one of these lists doesn't prove that the organization "persecutes" gays. For example, the Focus on the Family institute has been accused of such by gay activists, but what they actually do is present genuine psychological studies about the adverse affect of same...

I'm not familiar with any church that condemns gay people, only churches that preach that gay behavior, like fornication and adultery, is sexual sin of a serious nature and leading to death.

Hello Aaron, I forgive you for mischaracterizing my previous response with obvious exaggeration, but when a denomination embraces a lie, that becomes a serious problem, though the guilt for such actions will always fall predominantly upon the leadership responsible for choosing error over...

The edu suffix on the address is sufficient proof that the source is untrustworthy. I commonly visit and sometimes engage members of "educational" institutions in conversation over topics of interest such as cosmology and have found the universities to be populated with simple minds more...

Hello again, Aaron, I see that you remain a product of the times, but because of my age I'm well aware of the genuine research that has been done on animal behavior (my BS degree is in biological sciences ) and of the activist agenda to attempt to reinterpret data in the most comical ways to...

I never suggested that it was historical, but rather a carnal sociological phenomenon. In societies such as that of Ancient Rome and Greece homosexual behavior was socially acceptable, but heterosexuals have always considered the behavior abnormal. There have been societies (such as some native...

Hello Aaron, You read as quite sincere and I don't doubt that sincerity, however, I reject the notion that a single "unbiased" scholar (or even a small group of them) came up with a truer alternative translation than that provided by multiple translators of different faiths or secular scholars...

"When have you seen a quarter of the world dead? When have you seen a third of men die in war?" my answer, not yet, but very soon. "When have you seen 60 percent infant morality?" my answer, not necessarily worldwide, but I seriously doubt infant mortality statistics include abortion figures...

There is One who justifies and there is One who condemns. We have His word and reinterpreting it according to our own bent is not an option.

Within the last two weeks I heard it said by a teacher on "Christian radio" that in a recent poll, 80% of the citizens of the USA who were asked, identified themselves as Christian, yet according to the numbers a significant portion of these would also favor a woman's right of "choice" over an...

After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation...

I don't know if its based in truth, but I recently heard that "constitutionalists" have made the list of potential internal terrorists. Apparently there's no room for reactionaries in the new world order.

Sounds a little like the Nicolas Cage movie "knowing," but it certainly could happen. For now, I think that we have enough to deal with in "wars and rumors of wars", famines, earthquakes, floods, and the rising tide of wickedness from those who value the imagined right to do as they please...

I'm not convinced that anyone has it right, but what does that have to do with Sir Isaac Newton's attempt to be smarter than God?

A very masonic statement if I ever heard one. Their authors all put down denominational teaching as closed minded and dogmatic (which it may or may not be), but open mindedness is not the way of Christ nor is independence (He saves a body of believers who are to be One with Him and with each...

With individuals such as the one who wrote the first opinion, I typically start by explaining that "science" is a philosophy and world view which builds upon fact, but still relies on man's ability to make sense of his experience of the world. I try to explain that science is the art of creating...

I'm reasonably sure that Sir Isaac was a freemason (most royals and those knighted by them have been either grand masters or held high rank in the associated secret societies of freemasonry.) As such, I wouldn't place any great confidence in his calculations (freemasons are both deceived and...

I don't find much to disagree with in your comments, but according to the scripture it was Adam and Eve (along with the rest of creation) that were created good, and when the fist man fell we inherited a corrupted nature. Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death...

some scripture asserting God's love for us in a fallen state: 16. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17. "For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world...