William,
Had not heard that quote from Mahatma Gandhi, I like it.
Jim
"William F. O'Neill" <wfoneill_at_mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:hM35b.16273$EW1.2331_at_newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> Have you noticed how eclectic these homophobic folks are? They pick and
> choose verses from the Old Testament to bolster their case, when they have
> no idea what the scripture scholars say about these verses. They(the
> scripture scholars) are not homophobic, since they will tell you that
these
> OT verses have nothing to do with homosexuality as we speak of it today.
> Again, these same folks who condemn gay people simply gloss over
completely
> the essential message of the New Testament, which is love. No wonder
> Mahatma Gandhi said: "I like your Christ, but not his Christians." All of
> which is one reason why I have nothing to do with organized religion
today,
> eg. gross hypocrasy.
> "Curious" <JOHNG_at_nospam.mm.com> wrote in message
> news:i4h9lvcom2u7ns5qc1thee26om3tnmqag5_at_4ax.com...
> > Galen Boyer <galenboyer_at_hotpop.com> wrote:
> >
> > >On Mon, 01 Sep 2003, member31797_at_dbforums.com wrote:
> > >>
> > >> The Bible is quite clear that all Christians should hate fags:
> > >
> > >The Bible is also quite clear that the man should run the
> > >household, so I guess my household is an abomination cause my
> > >wife is the boss. But, then again, every house I've ever seen is
> > >completely and utterly run by the wife. Maybe we should drop a
> > >bomb on all middle-class neighborhoods cause they all
> > >abominations.
> >
> > There are lots of Biblical injunctions/instructions that supposedly
devout
> Christians ignore:
> > Do not shave..
> > If your Brother dies, marry his widow..
> > many many more...
> > More importantly,The New Testament ( which is what is supposed to guide
> Christians) fails to even mention Gays or
> > Homosexuality....
> >
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Tue Sep 02 2003 - 20:23:09 CDT
