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In reply to the discussion: Franklin Graham calls on Pete Buttigieg to repent for the 'sin' of being gay [View all]True Dough
(27,263 posts)5. Same douchebag
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Trump is a choir boy, huh?
Good response from a columnist found below the last time Graham spouted this BS:
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Homosexuality is hardly mentioned in this enormous library of texts that we know as the Bible. Jesus never refers to the subject, the Old Testament doesnt mention lesbianism, and when St. Paul speaks of the matter he is if you read him in full and with learning describing pagan cults where same-sex intimacy was forced on people as a means of initiation and worship. He never condemns a loving, committed partnership between two people of the same gender. He has little to say about the contemporary conversation.
I try to live by biblical teachings but also know that scripture is a breathing document to be met with dialogue and questioning. It was never supposed to be anything other than that. Literalism and fundamentalism obscure the truth, promoting perversion of what was intended, and empowering people such as Franklin Graham to cause untold agony. The quintessence of the Gospels is love and forgiveness. I will try to love and forgive you sir thats not easy but, as a Christian, I have no choice.
I try to live by biblical teachings but also know that scripture is a breathing document to be met with dialogue and questioning. It was never supposed to be anything other than that. Literalism and fundamentalism obscure the truth, promoting perversion of what was intended, and empowering people such as Franklin Graham to cause untold agony. The quintessence of the Gospels is love and forgiveness. I will try to love and forgive you sir thats not easy but, as a Christian, I have no choice.
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2019/04/28/evangelist-franklin-graham-distorts-the-bibles-message-on-homosexuality.html?fbclid=IwAR3W7mR7YntsDcx9k_UG6ZMItyct3CqcKFqeLacHvj3DCr4n82tPBM-L9_E
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
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Franklin Graham calls on Pete Buttigieg to repent for the 'sin' of being gay [View all]
Floyd R. Turbo
Aug 2019
OP
I'm not religious so I normally ignore them too. In this case Graham is a well-known,
jalan48
Aug 2019
#16
Yet he supports Trump who has broken every single one of the ten commandments.
IrishEyes
Aug 2019
#9
Franklin Graham is a fucken moron straight from hell. Recall, the devil in disguise and all
RKP5637
Aug 2019
#12
When FG pops his head up..I always seem to want to hear from Frank Schaeffer
asiliveandbreathe
Aug 2019
#31