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True there, GOD loves the person committing the act of homosexuality, but hates the act. See in order to really love, you have to really hate sin, there just aint no way around it.
Sure there is. Non-theists don't have this problem. No God; no sin, no act to hate or God to love the person.
You are absolutely right. It is time for people to be unashamed of what side they stand on. The Lord's side, or the side of people who believe there is no Lord and no sin.
by the way, sky, can you please start a buddhism thread, I would like to join and ask some genuine questions about that faith.
Sure there is. Non-theists don't have this problem. No God; no sin, no act to hate or God to love the person.
its this kind of thought logic that gives countries like Russia, North Korea, China and others like'm the so-called right to KILL for any and all reasons???.
Apparently, short passages in the book of Acts are acceptable to you when they work to your advantage, but not when they advocate a political philosophy that you oppose.
Was the fate of David and Bathsheba's first child evidence of God's high regard for innocent life?
I'm pretty clearly on the side that says there is no Lord and the concept of sin is WHACK.
If you are referring to communal giving/living, I tend to disagree with those who interpret the 1/2 passages in Acts as setting a pattern for all Christians. After all, the dietary thing and the moral enforcement of the law were repeatedly established as patterns of behavior.
Second, note that these people gave freely of their own volition. Government was not involved. I give a fairly substantial portion of my income to others, including some to the church I go to. That's my choice. I don't want the government taking a sizable portion of my money to use as it will because it is incredibly inefficient and generally uses it for things which are outside of the government's responsibilities.
He got a quick trip to Heaven.
Before you respond with abortion, note that Jewish/Christian doctrine is quite clear that God can do what He wants to do. In a spiritual context, God can kill whom He wills.
Increasingly less so, particularly in the book of Acts, given the repeal of the Old Testament law regarding circumcision.
No hierarchical "government" is involved in a libertarian communist setting either, so this is more of a proscription against authoritarian socialism and communism than libertarian socialism and communism. It can be interpreted as support of the latter.
That's quite arbitrary. God could have very easily said "Thou shalt kill" rather than "Thou shalt not kill," or better yet, "Thou shalt kill infants."
Not sure where you are going with this. Please expound.
Show me a libertarian communist setting that actually works and I might be interested. My problems with communism are less with the ideologies (though I do disagree with some of the inherent principles) and more with their historical implementation.
He's God. He gets to make the rules. It's part of that whole 'I created stuff' thing.
New Testament proscriptions ought to be a more preferable guide for Christian morality than Old Testament ones, especially since the book of Acts recounts the history of the early church immediately after the Great Commission. Hence, Christian practices in the book of Acts cannot be as quickly rejected as Old Testament dietary laws.
The primary form of libertarian communism that has been implemented is that of the anarchist variety. Even so, anarcho-communism has not been as widely implemented as other forms of anarcho-socialism, yet clearly functioned in some instances. I would cite the Spanish Revolution, the Free Territory of Ukraine, the Paris Commune, and the current establishment of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation as pertinent examples of the implementation of libertarian socialism.
Also, I'd honestly venture to say that you're unfamiliar with some of the "inherent principles" of socialism and communism, given some of your statements in the past.
I'm simply trying to gauge whether or not you have ethical standards outside of God's commands. If God had declared that the Holocaust must be committed, I wonder if you would accept that as ethical.
I'm pretty clearly on the side that says there is no Lord and the concept of sin is WHACK.
