Inborn tendency is tougher to deal with because the ultimate
claim is - God created me this way.... so go with the flow. Well, I
am born with the tendency to be overweight, am diabetic, and
myopic. So do I ignore my condition (because God created me this
way) and continue to eat, drink and be merry? Unfortunately I
cannot do that, I need to deal with it. Has it been easy - nope, it
is actually very tough. Along the same line, is paedophile a
medical condition? I really don't know. Maybe it is - some groups
of the populations turns you on. I know that some types of women
turns me on, others (even the prettier ones) don't. So can I also
claim that perhaps it is natural?
However if u have a tendency to be fat, does anyone tell u it is
a sin to be fat ? Did anyone put out a public announcement tat all
people who r fat r sinners and being discriminated ? Even people of
other faith r affected as they r being discriminated by the
believer of christainity/catholic. Wat happen to the so called free
will ? If it is nature, then we shouldn't discriminate these
people. U r not born of the condition, tat is why it is easy for
people to say "deal with it".
This statement is only partly true. The true part is that humans
can and wil interprete anything to their convenience.
The part of something being written that "God stated that
everything in the scriptures are iron laws that cannot be changed"
is a little dubious. What cannot be changed is the content (think a
verse in Revelation supports this). There are very few so-called
"iron laws" in the Bible. There are probably ten in the OT (10
Commandments), and probably only two in the NT (Love God, Love
others as God has loved us). Things written by the Apostles in the
letters pertains to public and private conduct that may apply to
certain groups of people, many of these points are actually pretty
practical.
Tat is very funny, is homosexual part of the 10 commandments
from OT or the 2 iron laws in NT ? It is not either. U r refering
to the other laws from the OT and from the OT u can find out other
laws such as not eating prawns, stoning non-virgins or releasing
pigeons after a period. U r really pick and choose the kind of laws
u want isn't it ? If u find the OT laws r for Jews only, then Jesus
Christ is only for Jews and not for the other people since the
messiah is mention in the OT. Without OT, Jesus is a fraud with
nothing tat backs his claims.
Along the lines of homosexuality, why not broaden the scope to
include bigamy (which is condoned in the OT), bestiality and
paedophiles. So where do we draw the line?
Why not let POLITICIANS, who had undergo studies for the pros
and cons, look more indepth to the CURRENT science and knowledge
while balancing the moral aspect to decide instead of religious
leaders ?
OT books are meant for the Hebrews between 4000 to 300BC.... I
am not a Jew, I did not live in those times (although I would have
loved to).
SAYS who ?? The messiah is from the OT if wat u say r true, then
jesus is for jews only. If u say tat u do not live in the times of
4000-300 BC so u do nto have to follow OT, but u r not living in 0
BC to 300 BC as well. Why follow the 2000 year old book ?
