Burnishing Bigotry - 3rd edition

Lucy #287: And if you are suddenly so down on ―all sin‖, Lucy, why have you still not
posted about straight-couple adultery (Leviticus 20:10-12), or straight couples fantasizing about
someone other than their spouse (Matthew 5:27-28), or about straight couples having sex during
the woman‘s menstruation (Leviticus 20:18), or about straight men coveting their neighbors‘
wives (Exodus 20:17)? It wouldn‘t solve the hypocrisy of your pot calling others‘ kettles black,
of course, and yet doing so would at least begin to diminish the bigotry with which you are still
blasting homosexuals … Yes, it is true that Jesus told Nicodemus that we all must become ―born
anew‖ in order to enter his Kingdom (see John 3:3 + Luke 17:20-21), AND once again you seem to
have fully ignored the simple Truth that the word ―repent‖ in the Bible was actually the Greek
word metanoeo – a word that meant not merely professing or thinking differently, but rather
changing one‘s entire outlook; altering one‘s entire life; completely refocusing the way one deals
with others (in your case, homosexuals). You seem to have once again fully forgotten that, for
Jesus at least; ―repentance‖ was a verb, and that ―repentance‖ was nothing unless it was founded
in non-judgmental acts of Love & Kindness. My dear Friend, this is the only way to truly
―become baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the repentance of sins‖ (Acts 2:38)
… Indeed, this is the only way to walk The Way!
In closing then, it is not I who
has been distorting the Word of
God, Lucy. Indeed, just the
opposite is true – I have been
striving mightily in this thread to
clarify it; to present the Word of
God in its most divine Light – a
Light that cannot shine its true
brilliance until all man-made, hateinspired,
intolerance-riddled &
fear-filled dogma has been polished
from the raw Glory that is still
living safe & sound within the
Scriptures, even to this very day …
I have been radically living The Way of Jesus Christ for the past decade+ of my life, my
Friend, and The Way of Jesus Christ is what I have been sharing with you and yours in this
thread. Does this make me ―born again‖ according to Paul? No, it does not … And yet it most
certainly does make be Born Again (& again & again & again & again) according to Jesus Christ –
according to his teachings, and according to his Life, and according to his Truth, and according
to his Way … I realize that this fact is not very important to you & yours and the way you have
all chosen to read the Bible, and I accept your opposing beliefs fully & humbly … That having
been said, I have faith you will forgive me for siding with Jesus on these matters instead of those
who have clearly taught you differently …
As always, much Peace & Love I send to you, my Friend.
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