To: 2ndDivisionVet
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?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Franklin Graham, the son of evangelist Billy Graham, says hes 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 hes right when he says hes not the judge, Graham said in an interview that aired Sunday on NBCs Meet the Press, adding: Hes 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")
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
32 posted on
12/30/2013 5:43:51 PM PST by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet; Mrs. Don-o
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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