A Pastor prching agnst Homosexuality not responsible for 1 beating up a hmosexl?
By suspenseful
@suspenseful (40192)
Canada
June 11, 2007 4:45pm CST
Sorry but I tried to condense this because it does not allow the proper word.
I will give you a fictional example of what might happen in Great Britain and possibly Canada.
The meaning is this. (Not this did not happen, but it could be in the future) A man goes to listen to a sermon, the preacher or pastor or reverend or minister is preaching on Romans 1 "their foolish hearts were darkened --,etc" as well as other scriptural references condemning homosexuality. This man who does not belong to the Church nor is a Christian goes to a 'gay' bar and pretends to hit on a homosexual, lures him out and beats the crap out of him. When the police arrest him, he says he was doing just what Pastor "So and So" said. On his word, the pastor is forbidden to preach against homosexuality once again, and charged as an accessory to the crime.
Now should the preacher be held responsible for the actions of that man who beat up that homosexual man seeing that the preacher was adhering to the word of God? He should not, because the preacher answers to a higher power God, and should not answer to the will of man. Comments anyone?
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@CoffeeAnyone (3210)
• Canada
25 Jun 07
Wow I find it hard to believe that someone went out to beat up a Homosexual just because he listened to a sermon. Is the guy retarded in some way? Certainly someone who thinks normally would not respond to a sermon in that way?
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@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
21 Jul 07
I don't think it would actually happen, but I was warned that if worse came to worse, there would be a crazy who would go to listen to sermons, wait until the pastor preached Romans 1 and that chapter in St. Paul's epistle "about abusers of themselves with mankind" and decide to beat up a homosexual just so he could get the pastor in trouble and possibly that church closed. I suppose there would be people just that evil.
@muppetsnap (229)
• Canada
13 Jun 07
Incitement to violence is already illegal in the UK, and I would imagine elsewhere. If they were preaching violence then they are guilty, otherwise they cannot be held accountable for the actions of another.
You do seem to hold a view on homosexuality, and I would simply repeat what many have said: that there are almost no serious thinkers in the church who consider a literal interpretation of the whole bible to be sensible. Yet there are many who think it fine to literally translate some small passages to defend their homophobia.
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@smacksman (6053)
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11 Jun 07
Ever heard of 'love thy neighbour'?
No, this is typical religious crap twisting the words of the Bible to suit fanatics.
Sorry, but such talk is as poisionous as the worst Islamic fundamentalists.
The world does not need people who voice such seditious sentiments.
@smacksman (6053)
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13 Jun 07
We seem to have gone off topic here. The discussion had nothing to do with STD's.
It was about a christian preaching and inciting violence. The defence of the person carrying out the violence used the sermon as an excuse for his actions.
Loads of Nazis used the similar excuse for atrocities - 'I was carrying out orders' or 'the wishes of my leaders'.
Religious zealots are the curse of humanity.
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@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
21 Jul 07
Actually Romans 1 and the other chapters do not advocate violence against homosexuality unless one is talking about the Old Testament and then they just ran them out of town. I was talking about a man coming into the church and listening to the pastor saying that homosexuality is wrong, giving biblical references and the man going out and beating one up. The pastor did not tell the man to beat up a homosexual. The man did it on his own. Read Romans 1 and read all of St. Paul's epistles.
