Leviticus 20:13 – “If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.” (NIV) Romans 1:26-27 – “Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.” (NIV)

When you confront Christians on their mamsy-pamsy, pick-and-choose, cafeteria-style approach to Christianity and why they REFUSE to stone disobedient children, homosexuals or adulterers, non-Christians or Sabbath-brekers to death; or why they use the politically-correct term “Hansen’s Disease” instead of the GODLY term “leprosy” and why they refuse to banish lepers and men who have sex with their menstruating wives, they always turn around and say, “But that doesn’t apply to TODAY” when Jesus says it most certainly DOES apply to today, e.g., “Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.” (Matthew 5:20).

MY righteousness DOES exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees, and I’m demanding that Christians start up their standards to MY -— and GOD’S standards!

GOD’S LAW IS CLEAR -— THE PENALTY SEVERE!!!

Come visit us at Baptists Invoking God’s Old Testament Standards!

God is also clear on the matter of homosexuality – and other sexual sins like adultery and lust (even in your mind) – placing them all on the same level (I do think the church focuses too much on homosexual practices and not other heart/lust issues) but a sin is a sin in that regard. Any Christian who denies this is not reading their Bible in an honest manner, or may be picking & choosing what to believe and what not to believe which is a bit foolish.
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Regarding the arguments that the Bible is written was made up by a bunch of dudes looking to rule the world – I mean this with love – you should really research this because you are repeating lies told you by fellow un-educated persons on this topic. The people who wrote the new testament scriptures were persecuted without mercy and murdered for the most part. On earth, they gained no power and lost everything. There is no book more studied and taken to task for authenticity than the Bible. There are tens of thousands of secular archeological findings that prove its accuracy – and never ONE that has proven it false. True secular scholars (not dudes like Dan Brown, actual scholars) while they may not believe the message, do confirm that the Bible is an authentic manuscript and the gold standard for historical documentation of facts and events. The conspiracy theories don’t hold up to an honest factual review and thinking about the motivations of the authors and subjects of the book.

@ReligionFreaks – you don’t want to go to Hell dude. Hell is the absence of the presence of God. God is the source of love, kindness, humor, laughter, beauty and peace. Living in a place like that would be terrible for 5 minutes, nevermind eternity. Don’t let people influence your eternal destiny, you are a loved creation.