California's War on Christianity

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  1. tkolter

    tkolter Well-Known Member

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    A proper reading of Romans 1: 26 and 27 doesn't say having homosexual feelings or desires is bad, acting on them is, so one can abstain from sex with another member of the same gender and resist these unnatural deviant desires and be fine. Even in Leviticus its the act of laying with another man that's an abomination not having the desires for another man.
     
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    DennisTate Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I supposed that you could say that 75% is a majority!

    https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/25-americans-believe-reincarnation/

    25% of Americans believe in reincarnation

    https://www.americamagazine.org/fai...ans-believe-reincarnation-whats-wrong-picture

    25 percent of US Christians believe in reincarnation. What’s wrong with this picture?

     
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    Let me get this right. You are upset that you are denied the right to deny rights of others?
     
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    DennisTate Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    a world survey found about 50% believe in a supreme being and 7% in reincarnation which still doesn't verify anything...if you're going to have faith then just do it because there is no way to confirm any of it as true...
     
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    DennisTate Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I read both of Helen Wambach Ph. D's books back during the '90's. Combined with a number of scriptures in the Jewish and Christian Bibles........ I began to rethink the whole subject.

    This is a good summary of her first book:

    http://www.carolmoore.net/articles/helenwambach.html


     
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    Homosexuality is not a choice.
     
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    DennisTate Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Dr. Eben Alexander could debate that idea quite effectively if you are interested?

    http://ebenalexander.com/books/proof-of-heaven/
     
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    near death experiences have about as much scientific validity as virgin births!
    Nope sorry, personal opinion does not constitute effective debate. And medical miracles are just happinings on the limits of statistical probability.
     
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    DennisTate Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Until we have our own brush with death.........
    and experience our own medical miracle...... in which case it is good to know that when we do find ourselves conscious outside of our physical bodies........ know that the first people that we meet or hear........
    may not be the people who we should listen to or follow.

    https://www.near-death.com/experiences/notable/howard-storm.html
     
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    What about this one?

    https://yournewswire.com/california-brown-ban-bibles/
    California Gov. Jerry Brown To Ban Sales Of The Bible
     
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    As usual Christians will play the discrimination card but say what they are doing is NOT discrimination onna counta its God doin' it and not them. No Bibles are being banned and never will be, however CPC (Christian Persecution Complex) will again redefine reality as required.
     
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    I believe that your answer is at least ten percent..... if not thirty percent correct!

    Yes........ we Christians do tend to have something of a persecution complex and yes...... we do tend to have something of an us vs the world complex..................

    And yes...... to a significant degree we are NOT on the same page at all as Messiah Yeshua - Jesus when it comes to the LGBTQ community............ (assuming that Messiah Yeshua was..... or was in agreement with the being of light who spoke to near death experiencer Christian Andreason who asked specifically about that question)!

    .......

    https://www.near-death.com/experiences/notable/christian-andreason.html#a11

    But... in this particular case ... as well as what is happening up here in Canada.... this is not entirely paranoia and fear...... .rather than love on the part of us Christians.............
    To a significant degree..... we Christians are disliked......
    (and yes... .to a degree we earned it).....
    but....... what is being done both by Governor Brown.... as well as by P. M. Justin Trudeau.... is over the line.....
    in a democracy.

    (Ok,,, I admit it... you actually could be onto about sixty to eighty percent of the problem here)?!
     
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