Any congregation that thinks this is comparable to homosexuality is a pack of drooling idiots, completely undeserving of respect, IMO.
By that standard, a great number of the world’s religions preach hatred of everybody, since most promise the ultimate rewards of the hereafter only to that faith’s adherents.
Poor Esprix 
Sorry I helped hijack the thread!! I’ll stop if everyone else will (it’s not like we’ll come to a consensus on this tangent anyway) and stick to the OP.
Again, homosexuality has as much relation to child molestation as heterosexuality does. Kindly stop confusing the issue.
Your reference to Red-book-carrying Chinese communists. Mao’s quotations are sold in flea markets nowadays (I bought mine in Xi’an.) China is definitely authoritarian, but the doctrinaire Communism of the Cultural Revolution died with Mao Zedong. Hu Jintao’s China is as capitalist as McDonald’s, which has an assload of outlets in the PRC.
And I believe that a library card can free you from the sin of ignorance. Praise Melville Dewey!
BTW, Dewey, am I still supposed to believe Snoopyfan is merely a disinterested supporter of First Amendment rights?
One of my best friends killed himself because Jesus wouldn’t “set him free” from homosexuality. You can’t just pray it away, you know. It’s not like it hasn’t been tried. Christianity never turned anybody straight.
(and it’s kind of offensive to suggest that homosexuality is something that people need to be “freed” from.)
And with that, we part company.
The position you endorse is a tacit endorsement of bigotry. Equating homosexuality with adultery, theft, and other sins is inconsistent with the Christian message.
gobear was wrong to not have given you the benefit of the doubt. I am saddened to see that, having extended that courtesy to you, my charitable view of your posts was misplaced.
Equating homosexuality with pedophilia. Truly the mark of a great, respectable Christian person. Generous of spirit, charitable in your heart, you really do embody the love of Jesus Christ when you go around doing crap like that.
Your scare tactics are about as dated as your understanding of modern Asian politics. Can’t you come up with any new bogeymen to wave at the congregation?
No. But neither are you supposed to jump to conclusions without giving the accused the chance to explain him or herself.
Re: the church getting kicked out of the organization. Are religious groups no longer allowed to set standards for their leaders and churches in their organization and remove said leaders/churches when they do not live up to said standards?
BTW, Dewey, am I still supposed to believe Snoopyfan is merely a disinterested supporter of First Amendment rights?
Oh I get it. Christians only support freedom of speech for other Christians. I forgot!
That isn’t what he’s saying. He’s saying that in addition to your admirable first amendment views, you also hold some fairly noxious views on homosexuality vis-a-vis Christianity.
Actually, this isn’t true. Very few of the world’s religions teach that. Most religions say that being a good person is all that is required. The doctrine that only “we” can go to heaven is pretty much a Christian thing, and not even all Christians believe it.
Well, the last time the gay youth support group got invited to speak to a couple of classes at a local junior high school, the Christians certainly seemed to put aside their concerns about freedom of speech posthaste.
Inconsistent with the Christian message? How so?
Dewey, thing is, you’re doing the same thing gobear is doing. Sure, gobear prejudged me and flipped out right away while you maintained a cooler head. But the second I say something that you do disagree with, I’m suddenly an untouchable. How is that expressing the “tolerance” you expect me to display?
I wasn’t jumping to conclusions. I read exactly where she was coming from. I know an antigay tone when I see one.
And, no, Snoopyfan, I did not “flip out.” I defended myself from your hateful rhetoric.
He’s saying that in addition to your admirable first amendment views, you also hold some fairly noxious views on homosexuality vis-a-vis Christianity.
Simply saying something is a sin is “noxious?”
I defended myself from your hateful rhetoric.
Explain how I was hateful.
I don’t give a shit if you have super-sensitive bigotry radar built into your eyeballs. You should always give somone the benefit of the doubt and provide them with an opportunity to explain themselves before you start casting serious aspersions on their character.
A. You equated homosexulaity with pedophilia.
B. You called my life and my relationship “sinful.” Who made you a judge? More to the point, why should your superstition have any effect on how I live?
Don’t you love when fundies pull this injured and confused act?
In this case, yes.