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1 posted on 12/29/2013 9:04:50 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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Franklin Graham seems confused by what the Pope said about gays. There's no difference between them at all on the issue — both believe to love the sinner and hate the sin. Pope Francis was speaking of not judging gays as individuals. We are all created in God's image and we have no right to assume someone has no chance at salvation because their sins are different than ours. But Pope Francis has never said we shouldn't judge the ACT of homosexual relationships. Promoting abominations like gay “marriage” is definitely a grave sin against God and should be publicly condemned as such with no mince words. Pope Francis said so himself on numerous occasions and I suggest Franklin Graham read the Pope's own words on those matters and not the cliff notes headline he hears from the mainstream media. I'm sure he wouldn't like it if the Pope judged all of his sermons and columns from a one sentence headline written by the liberal media.
2 posted on 12/29/2013 9:15:56 PM PST by BillyBoy (Liz Cheney's family supports gay marriage. Do you?)
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Franklin Graham, the son of evangelist Billy Graham, says he’s at odds on the issue of homosexuality with Pope Francis, who famously told reporters this summer, “If a person is gay and seeks God and has goodwill, who am I to judge them?” “I think he’s right when he says he’s not the judge,” Graham said in an interview that aired Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” adding: “He’s not the judge. God is the judge.”

Ping for later

3 posted on 12/29/2013 9:31:11 PM PST by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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Proclaiming that homosexual practices are sinful is not judging those whose sexual desires draw them toward those practices. Proclaiming those acts to be sinful is an act of love; and the failure to proclaim the acts sinful (or toleration of those acts) is at best an act of indifference and at worst an act of hate.
The Divine consequences of homosexual acts are known only to God.
16 posted on 12/30/2013 3:53:31 AM PST by quadrant (1o)
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Graham should be careful discussing his belief on homosexuals...he might not land that new show in A&E!!


17 posted on 12/30/2013 5:27:58 AM PST by ThePatriotsFlag (...and to the Republic for which it stood.)
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Once again the "unchanging" Church knuckles under, those awful Fundamentalist Protestants stay true.

The Church needs to replace its old motto of "always the same" with "always evolving."

19 posted on 12/30/2013 7:49:35 AM PST by Zionist Conspirator (The Left: speaking power to truth since Shevirat HaKelim.)
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Actually there is a difference.. Graham is willing to tell them they will die in their sin and go to hell .....The pope well who is he to judge ??


24 posted on 12/30/2013 9:19:48 AM PST by RnMomof7
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Son of a Preacher Man. Like Marjoe, who betrayed the trade!


31 posted on 12/30/2013 5:42:50 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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32 posted on 12/30/2013 5:43:51 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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Let me try to do this as delicately as I can.

I fervently wish that someone would ask the Pope, “Is it right and proper for a man to join his genital to the oral or anal cavity of another man? Is it right and proper for a woman to stimulate the genitals of another woman?”

Phil Robertson laid it on the line with his use of graphic language. He actually set up the Pope quite well. Now, if a reporter will just follow up, some clarity can be brought. This matter of the difference is orientation / temptation and conduct / behavior is widely ignored and must be brought forth forcefully, if graphically.


37 posted on 12/31/2013 5:47:30 AM PST by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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