From: ron@eatdust (Ron Schweikert)
Subject: Re: Biblical perspectives on homosexuality -- and Paul
Organization: U S WEST Communications -- Information Technologies
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 17:00:50 GMT

In article <1992Nov5.022849.6144@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> fcrary@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Frank Crary) writes:
>In article <Bx5qLs.487@da_vinci.it.uswc.uswest.com> ron@eatdust (Ron Schweikert) writes:
>>>The very same book of the bible that supposedly says homosecuality is
>>>an abomination before God, also says that wearing clothing that is
>>>made with two different materials is just as serious a sin as laying
>>>with a man as you would a women.
>
>>"supposedly" ?  No, not "supposedly", but SPECIFICALLY.  That occurs
>>in Romans.  Please tell me in Romans where clothing made with two different
>>materials is even mentioned as a sin, let alone being as serious as
>>homosexuality.
>
>Sorry, the passage in Romans is very clearly Paul's personal opinion.
>(And not a teaching of Christ, whom Paul never met, nor of some
>divine inspiration.)
>
>The only "word of God" condemnation of homosexuality in the Bible
>is in Leviticus, right beside the laws of God against wearing
>clothing made from mixed materials, eating un-kosher foods, etc...

Well, we're on a tangent now, but the discussion is germane to the
original thread:

You can choose to believe or disbelieve the Bible as being the word of
God.  But if you do so, either reject it all, or accept it all.  Don't 
make the dangerous mistake of accepting what you like/agree with and
disregard the rest.  That would be analogous to instructions perhaps
on how to perform maintenence on an airplane.  You read the manual, but 
some of it you agree with (and do) while other parts you choose to ignore.  
Well, you do so at your own (and other's!) peril.

The Bible was not DIRECTLY PENNED by God.  That is, his hand did not hold
a writing instrument and write everything down himself.  However I do
believe that it was DIRECTLY AUTHORED by God.  He used approximately
40 men over a period of 1500 years to preserve his word for us.  The
personalities of each writer come through, but the ideas are from God.
The Bible claims divine inspiration for the writings.  A most interesting
endeavor is to decide whether or not the divine authorship of the Bible
is in fact true.  I used to not believe it, but now do.  

In any case, your dismissing of the Biblical teaching against homosexuality
as penned by Paul because it was "not a teaching of Christ...nor of some
divine inspiration" is clearly only YOUR opinion.  In fact, Paul DID meet
Christ.  This resulted in his conversion.  If you believe in the divine
inspiration of the Bible as it claims, then the teaching also was in
fact Christ's.  

If you don't believe in the Bible, don't use it as an argumentative point.
Those who do believe in the Bible as divinely inspired, divinely preserved
and making strong claims about itself will, if they search with an open
heart and mind, find everything they need in their quest to learn about God.
He has written his law upon our hearts, has declared his righteousness in
the heavens and all are without excuse when the time comes to stand before
him.  

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