Off-Topic: Elton John today

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Hey Zombie, I've been thinking about this for the past few days as well. I've realized finally what HejiraNYC was trying to get across.

My statements weren't helpful to the conversation. I don't think the original poster was looking for an outside opinion on what he stated. If he was he would've asked, or gone to a church with similiar beliefs to my own and asked someone there. It really wasn't my place to bring up my view on the matter, and for that I wanna apologize again.

Like I said before, I initially just wanted to post to clear up things said about the Bible that I thought were inaccurate, but I went too far.

If this was a topic called say, "The Bible and Homosexuality" it would've been okay, but I do regret what I said, cause I feel it was out of turn. I know in most threads we meander and end up on totally different subjects, but seeing as how Nikolaj was looking for support, and that this is such a serious matter, I think this is different. As the saying goes, "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." I really do feel regret for any hurt feelings I caused, and think I made a mistake.

If you want to continue just for discussion's sake, and I don't mean this as a challenge or anything, then I'd rather do it through PMs.

The only thing I will respond to here is this

Originally Posted by Zombie

Gay people, however, don't have that choice, according to this logic - they don't have the option of being able to have sex with someone they are actually attracted to without not passing go and heading straight to the Bad Place.

I don't believe a person goes to Hell because they've had homosexual intercourse. It's like... if I lie once, I'm a liar. But if I ask God to forgive that sin, I'm not guilty of it anymore. That's what I believe the verse in 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 is saying

"Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God?
Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor
effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor
covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners shall inherit the
kingdom of God."

because the very next verse says:

"And such were some of you; but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God."

I know this is bringing up the issue again, but that's a very important statement to me, as I don't believe people who are gay go to Hell for being gay. As I said before, I only believe that those who don't accept Jesus' sacrifice will go to Hell. And once again, it's just a belief of mine, and I don't want to push it on anyone here, it's a personal choice to believe it or not.