[PeterPrinciple]

".....For example, in the mid-1980s, I once expressed my exasperation to an employer that some people thought that AIDS was God's punishment for homosexuality. He looked at me sharply and said, "Ron, how do you know that it's not?" Indeed, I don't know the mind of the Deity, but if He wants me to believe that He punishing gays with AIDS, He'll have to tell me so Himself....."

"How do you know it is not?" is a good response. There are consequences to behaviors and homersexuality is a behavior!

[RegulatorCountry]

"homersexuality"

D'oh!

[BipolarBob]

"How do you know it is not?" is a good response."

But it was not the response he wanted to hear. And he took it as judgmental. I do not judge the person I judge the sin. I myself am a sinner and I should do what I can to avoid sin and alert others to one that has such a direct connection to death.

[Brujo]

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Boy, there's a mental image I didn't need!

[brownsfan]

" "How do you know it is not?" is a good response. There are consequences to behaviors and homersexuality is a behavior!"

Exactly. Recently I've contemplated our attempt to turn God into a warm, fuzzy, teddy bear. A God who loves all, regardless of what they do, and accepts all behavoir.

Did He destroy Sodom and Gomorrah? Didn't He destroy all but Noah and his tribe when the world was too filled with evil? Look at the world, the natural world. It is a harsh existence for most animals. There are lessons in this.

I don't believe God is a super Santa Claus waiting to make us happy. I think God is more of a strict loving teacher, hoping for, and trying to help us learn lessons.

[Clock King]

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