tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448523589708475063.post3582184445312877057..comments2009-11-23T17:59:28.469-05:00Comments on Suspension of Disbelief: ReligiosityNGC4594http://www.blogger.com/profile/08911575578787612940noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448523589708475063.post-14956136837549400462009-08-18T12:34:13.281-04:002009-08-18T12:34:13.281-04:00Ok so I just found your blog and haven't had a...Ok so I just found your blog and haven't had a chance to read all of it (I will later)<br />But I must say I have the same problem with my religion (Christian) and being gay <br /><br />I don't have any reason to give up my faith though (too much has happened for me to do that) but I do know that I need to find a affiliation that accepts gays when I get olderAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448523589708475063.post-24969047558989633302009-08-17T22:26:21.533-04:002009-08-17T22:26:21.533-04:00I think the Bible is pretty clear on the point tha...I think the Bible is pretty clear on the point that homosexual activity is sinful. Never mind the Old Testament business about putting people to death, which we don't do in any of the cases mentioned. The epistles of St. Paul are clear enough for me, although I know some people think they have good reasons for not taking what he says at face value. But I also think you are absolutely right to ask what makes homosexuality so different from other sins and so unforgivable.<br /><br />I think that homosexual activity is every bit as forgivable as any other sin. I think that God loves everybody unconditionally, homosexuals included.<br /><br />1 John 5:16 says that there is sin which is "unto death," or "deadly," or "mortal," and there is sin which is not deadly. I believe that we go to hell only if we die with unrepented deadly sin in our lives. (I also believe that a sin is deadly only if it is serious, if we know it is serious, and if we choose it freely, so if we don't know it's seriously wrong, or if we're under some exterior or interior compulsion which diminishes our freedom, the sin may not be deadly even though it is objectively serious. This is the standard Catholic view, I believe.) So homosexual sin can surely be forgiven as much as any other sin can be forgiven when we repent.naturgesetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15268507379933286863noreply@blogger.com