[Faith-talk] More about homosexuality.

[Stefan Slucki]

Dear list,

I believe what Alan has quoted about the phenomenon of homosexuality is 
correct and not extreme. We must proclaim the truth in a loving and gracious 
way; we must agitate for laws that reflect God's Laws and these kind of laws 
would be agreed to by Jews and Muslims as well who submit themselves to an 
objective, external authority.

There are a number of statements in Beth's response to Alan about God Loving 
everybody, about lesbians being as good if not better care-givers than 
heterosexual couples which I won't comment on:
what I believe we must do is have a unity on submitting/embracing what God's 
Word clearly teaches.

Rome declined because the drive of sex, in particular homosexual sex became 
overwhelming.

I certainly agree that we must examine our cultural understanding of what 
Scripture is thought to say e.g. about women wearing "man's clothing".

For instance, I believe it is most Scriptural to drink fermented wine and 
eat unleavened bread at the Lord's Table but the know-it-better churches 
(many of them) have decreed differently and so we eat wholemeal and cheap 
grape-juice!  My point is that the Christian (however counter-cultural we 
may appear) must be conscience-bound to the Scriptures and to have God's 
Will done on earth as in heaven and ain't no sodomite gonna make it to 
heaven -- unless they repent and forsake their filthy, degrading and 
Onan-like practices.

Stefan Slucki.