That does not answer my claim that our churches focus on judging others when Jesus told us not to judge and Jesus told us not to cast the first stone.
Widge,
Focus? Jesus didn't tell us not to judge. He told us HOW to judge. Taking two words, (judge not) out of the context of what Jesus taught shows that you do not rightly handle the Word of truth. The Bible in its whole counsel is clear that we are to judge sin where it is found within the church. That is not sin specific per se. The modern church is very lax on discipline. The reason homosexuality is such an issue is because of how aggressive the pro-gay movement is in forcing people to face this issue where it affects them. The average church or believer does not have an agenda regarding homosexuality. Most of us are forced to have to deal with it. For example, last I checked there weren't any pro-adultery parades being held. No people trying to get children's books into school systems that advocate adulterous lifestyles. Yet, these are realities of the homosexual movement.
Arguing that God "made" someone gay is preposterous. That is the equivalent of saying God made some child molestors, or alcoholics, or wife beaters, or lazy, or stupid, deformed, or retarded. The reality of a sinful world is that the effects of sin have corrupted the creation. Defect and disease are a reality. There is simply no proof as to genetic disposition to same sex attraction. But, if they are born with the propensity to like the same sex, it is not because God "made" them that way. As I already addressed in an earlier post and you completely ignored. Either you will follow your logic through to its necessary ends or you will ignore.
You said the church focuses on this. Can you give me some specific examples, because I am not following what you are saying?
Speaking to Gay friends and Gay colleagues at work all of them say that when they were young they were attracted to men therefore God made them Gay.
I have known a number of gay people. In fact I new identical twins, one was gay the other not. The guy that cuts my hair is gay, and he has confided several things to me, that his behavior is the result of sexual abuse when he was a child. He doens't believe he was 'born' that way. Another of my very good friends in highschool was homosexual. He was abused and abandoned by his father. I found a stash of gay porn he had hidden. Was he feeding a good desire? Let me ask you. Do you feed every desire you ever have? Have you given in to every desire you were "born" with? If you haven't then you are not living what you are preacing.
Now, all that said. Believers should NOT make it a point to single out homosexual behavior above other sins. But neither should believers try to negate that homosexual behavior is a sin.
1 “Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. 3 And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye? 5 Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
-“The Bible treated allegorically becomes putty in the hands of the exegete.” John Walvoord
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