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Burnishing Bigotry - 3rd edition

… a multi-voiced, in-depth conversation about what the Bible ACTUALLY says regarding homosexuality and gay marriage

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Lucy #371: Penultimately, you state that, ―I will not bow down and accept what God<br />

said is sin, so just accept that … without continuing to ‗put up a good fight‘ for those sinners.‖<br />

My dear Lucy, first of all, as I have pointed out before (and as I will continue to point out<br />

again & again & again until you one day finally understand), homosexuality itself IS --<br />

NOT -- A -- SIN! … Secondly, and in this case far more importantly, IT IS NOT<br />

YOUR JOB TO PLAY GOD with others‘ sins anyway!<br />

In short, no one is asking you to approve of homosexuality, Lucy. Jesus simply wants<br />

you to abide in what he says by keeping your judgmental (and in this case, somewhat ignorant)<br />

beliefs to yourself … Peace.<br />

―Do not judge, so that you may not be judged … Why do you see the speck in your<br />

neighbor‘s eye, but do not notice the log in your own? ... You hypocrite! First take the log out of<br />

your own eye, and then you will see clearly enough to remove the speck from your neighbor‘s ...<br />

You hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup [of others], but inside are full of greed and<br />

self-indulgence ... First clean the inside of your own cup, so that the outside may also then<br />

become truly clean … Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you<br />

will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Whoever becomes humble like this young child is the<br />

greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven … Let [she] who is without sin cast the first stone.‖<br />

~ Jesus Christ (Matthew 7:1-2 + Matthew 23:25-26 + Matthew18:3-4 + John 8:7)<br />

―So the last will be first, and the first will be last;<br />

for all indeed are called, and yet few choose to answer.‖<br />

~ Jesus Christ (Matthew 20:16)<br />

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