Burnishing Bigotry - 3rd edition

Daniel #074: Then you say, ―I would like to part from this thread in a positive way.‖
Dan, whenever the time comes for this thread to end, I too am more than ready to depart
from it, and you can rest assured that I will indeed leave it positively when that time arrives –
both grateful for your involvement herein, as well as grateful for the thread itself.
―May the Lord show you kindness and faithfulness‖ ~ 2 Samuel 2:6
―Be kind to one another; tenderhearted; forgiving one another – just as God in Christ has
forgiven you.‖ ~ Ephesians 4:32
―For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the Love which you have shown
toward His name‖ ~ Hebrews 6:10
Daniel #075: And you then follow by saying, ―Jesus is my blessed redeemer and I am
willing to share him with all that accept him as their Lord and Savior.‖
Why limit yourself to those of like mind, my Friend? Jesus certainly didn‘t! He
associated respectfully & humbly with everyone (except hypocrites, of course) – he touched lepers
(see Matthew 8:3), he ate with sinners (see Matthew 11:19), he was kind to adulterers (see John 8:1-
11), he gave honor to tax collectors (see Luke 19:1-10), and he even socialized with the ―heathen‖
rulers of man (see Matthew 27) … Jesus never discriminated against others and he was always
openly Kind to them – even to the homosexual centurion* who came asking to
have his same-sex partner healed (see Matthew 8:5-13 & Luke 7:1-10)!!!
―Not everyone who says to me, ‗Lord, Lord,‘ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but only the one
who DOES the will of my Father in Heaven.‖ ~ Jesus Christ (Matthew 7:21)
―For I have set you an example, that you also should do for others exactly as I have done to
you … If you understand these things, blessed are you while you DO them … A new commandment I
give to you: that you Love one another. Just as I have Loved, so you also are to Love one another. By
this all people will know that you are my disciples: when you show Love for one another.‖
~ Jesus Christ (John 13:15-17 + 34-35)
*NOTE: It is very important to realize that the Greek
word Pais (Strong‘s #3816) used by the centurion in these
particular passages was a term commonly used to describe a
younger same-sex partner in Jesus‘ day. Indeed, the
―servant‖ in question must have been more than a mere
attendant, otherwise the far more prevalent Greek terms for
that status (Diakoneo, Diakonos or Doulos – Strong‘s #1401 …
see Matthew 8:9) would have been used to describe him.
And indeed, this interpretation is quite reasonable, as
the Roman Emperor Augustus had instituted a ban on
heterosexual marriage for his serving Roman soldiers during
those days – a ban which lasted all the way to 197 A.D. – a
ban which probably allowed many same-sex relationships to
openly blossom forth within those ranks.
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