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qb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:30 PM Original message |
I need biblical references/resources to help a gay fundamentalist who thinks he's going to hell. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Tell him to put down the Bible. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. ding ding this is the correct answer |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. There is no hell and the Bible is full of shit. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. He needs to switch to a different church that says he's NOT going to Hell. |
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Irishonly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Second you advise |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'd try to help him see that the Bible was written in a certain time and place... |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:35 PM Original message |
There is no condemnation of homosexuality by Jesus anywhere |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'd stick with the sermon on the mount |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. ...and ignore the rest of the NT. |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. fine, add the Apostles' Creed |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. not really. leviticus states its an abomination. if you want to live by that admonition |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Leviticus is the dictates of the priests |
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Creideiki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 05:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
27. If he's tied up in Leviticus |
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Veruca Salt (846 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 09:48 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Some good ones here: |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. Gently remind him that neither god nor Jesus ever condemned homosexuals |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Well, you might get away with that, and it might be a good idea... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. You're talking to an atheist who meditates |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. As you say, it wasn't important. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
8. Check out soulforce.org |
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SacredCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
29. Seconded. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
9. FWIW |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
11. I found this book to be very helpful. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
14. Well, the first problem is the "fundamentalist" part. But that aside... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
16. If he's a biblical literalist, tell him he's going to the same place us |
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antigone382 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
17. Here's a good one |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
19. Have him read ALL of Leviticus and ALL of Corinthians |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
20. While I don't have the Biblical quotes, here's a guy who does. Bishop John Shelby Spong. |
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qb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
21. Thank you all. He's young & lives with his fundy mother so it will be tough until he moves out. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. And when he does, the 'damn'- pun intended- will break |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
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Veruca Salt (846 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
28. The problem is that the bible was written by men. |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
31. Here's one of the best |
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