Burnishing Bigotry - 3rd edition

Lucy #114: Next, you state that, ―Sin is the violation of God‘s law‖, one that ―requires a
price to be paid‖, primarily because Paul told us that ―the wages of sin is death.‖
Well, aside from the over-arching & inescapable Paul-problem with which you & yours
have shackled yourselves (see pages 202-203 previously), this particular argument raises another
very particular problem for every conservative Christian like yourself. And that problem is the
fact that judging others for their sins is not your job; indeed, to judge another person by their
misdeeds – even their ―mortal‖ ones – is absolute hypocrisy unless you have thoroughly
cleansed yourself of your own, something you correctly admit that you cannot ever do …
Please consider the following points of interest:
*First – Jesus couldn‘t have been more clear about the need for all Christians to shut
their mouths in regards to the sins of others when he said, ―Do not judge, so that you may not be
judged. For with the judgment you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the
measure you get. Why do you call out the speck in your neighbor‘s eye, but do not notice the log in your
own? … You hypocrite! First take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove
the speck out of your neighbor‘s.‖ ~ Jesus Christ (Matthew 7:1-5)
*Second – Just as important to all Christians is the following passage, also from Jesus:
―Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of the commandments, and teaches others to do the same, will
be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven … For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the
scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven.‖ (Matthew 5:19-20) … And why is
this passage so important for all of you daring to openly profess that homosexuals are damned to
Hell? Well, because one of violations of the ―least commandments‖ that Jesus means here is
your flagrant lack of humility! Consider again the words of Jesus: ―Truly I tell you, unless you
change and become like children, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Whoever becomes
humble like this young child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.‖ (Matthew 18:3-4)
*Third – Finally, it is very important for all Christians to remember that there are two
Commandments that are greater than all others; and this, according to the words of Jesus Christ
himself when he said, ―You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,
and with all your mind, and with all your strength … [and] ‗You shall love your neighbor as yourself.‘
There is no other commandment greater than these … And on these two commandments hand all the law
and the prophets.‖ (Mark 12:30-31 + Matthew 22:37-40)
And why is this passage so
important for all of you daring to
openly tell gays that they are ―less
than‖, and thereby doomed to eternal
torment by the God you openly
worship & adore? Well, because
Jesus only defined ―neighbor‖ only
one time in the entire Bible (in the
Parable of the Good Samaritan, Luke
10:29-37) and he did so by defining
one‘s ―neighbor‖ as one‘s ―cultural
enemy‖ – in the case at hand (at least
for you & yours), homosexuals!!!
Think about it …
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