From: cho@ucbeh.san.uc.edu
Newsgroups: alt.politics.clinton
Subject: Re: What the Bible says about Homosexuality
Date: 6 Jan 93 23:24:39 GMT
Organization: Univ. of Cincinnati

In article <6JAN199316195558@zeus.tamu.edu>, rlc1028@zeus.tamu.edu writes:
> In article <1993Jan5.185445.2371@ucbeh.san.uc.edu>, cho@ucbeh.san.uc.edu writes...
> |Greetings!
> |Here are some bible verses that I found that speak out against homosexuality.
> |This is from Romans 1:18 to 2:1...(Revised Standard Version)
> | 
> |  26 For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions.  Their women
> |exchanged natural relations for unnatural, 27 and the men likewise gave up
> |natural relationos with women and were consumed with passion for one another,
> |men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in their own persons the
> |due penalty for their error.
> 
> 	So, Jesus turned them into homosexuals because they wouldn't
> worship him?  Amen.  Heh, heh heh heh, heh hahahahahahah!

No, I don't think so.  I know that some people feel that homosexuality
is genetic, if that's what you mean.  I just feel that like in the times of the
Pharoah in Egypt, after about 10 plagues, from fairly harmless ones, to very
severe ones, that God finally turned his back on those people because of their
refusal to even try to listen or understand.  I still feel that God loves us,
even though all of us 'foul up' consistently.  But maybe God gave up on those
people since they completely had closed their minds to him.  Just my opinion.

> 
>       Talk amongst y'selves.  I'll give you a topic.  I have a little

What do you mean by 'amongst y'selves'?  If you don't want to talk, it's your
choice.  Actually, I'm grateful someone finally answered my post...it's the
fifth one I written and I guess it takes a quote from the Bible to get someone
to reply! :-)

> Bible quote too.  It's from the New Improved Bible.
> 	 _____________________________________________________________
> 	|                THE 23rd PSALM, REVISITED                    |
> 	|-------------------------------------------------------------|
> 	|                 The Lord is my shepherd,                    | 
> 	|                I shall not want anything                    |
> 	|                  (for I am but a sheep,                     |
> 	|               and, sheep are not too bright).               |
> 	|             He leadeth me beside the shearers,              |
> 	|           and maketh me lie down beside the axe             |
> 	|              where he cutteth off my head                   |
> 	|            to selleth my body along the market              |
> 	|                    for a hefty sum.                         |
> 	|              Sheep trust their Shepherds.                   |
> 	|          "Slaves, obey your Masters." - St. Paul            |
> 	|_____________________________________________________________|


Is that how you see people who worship God?  Dumb sheep being led off to the
slaughter?  I worship God, but I don't feel like I'm dumb or being led off a
cliff to my doom or anything.  It doesn't mean you are a robot or anything. 
It's a matter of trying to live a 'right' life, whatever that may mean.  And no
one says that's easy, either.  I'm trying to find the answers for myself.

I think the role of a Christian has to be compassion...and when there is such a
debate such as whether homosexuality is moral or immoral, legal or illegal, you
have to drawn the line somewhere for yourself.  It does NOT mean you should
'hate all gays' or that bullshit.  Just because my old college pals are now gay
doesn't mean I now despise them for their choice...I am disappointed, and I
don't go along with their choice...and yes, that also makes me feel sad.  But
they still are my friends.  Being friends with people IMHO doesn't necessarily
mean you believe in everything they do.

It's strange, but before I read all these posts on homosexuality, I was
actually more 'accepting' about it...but now, I feel that 'acceptance' of
homosexuality (the act, not the person) is crossing the line.  Am I the only
one who feels this way?  Can someone talk to me without the sarcasm?
Regards,
Pamela Cho
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