How does this happen? Chick-fil-A branded as anti-gay?

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Yawn. How boring. You don't even accept personal responsibility for your actions.

I accept personal reprehensibility for CHOOSING not to be associated with hypocrites like you.
You don't practice what JC preached. You practice hatred while trying to justify it with Church teachings.
Everyone that claims to be Christian and posts on websites become spokespeople for the church.
People listen to these spokespeople and decide whether the organization is worthy of their effort.
You turn people away screaming not wanting anything to do with people that post like you do.

I'm astounded that you can consider yourself a christian. No amount of scripture can make you anything but a small spirited hateful man, who by his own admission is looking forward to death.

[Ben Kenobi]

I accept personal reprehensibility for CHOOSING not to be associated with hypocrites like you.

So why are you blaming me? You made this decision long before I ever posted, and I've not even met you. Do you always change your opinions based on what people post here?

You don't practice what JC preached.

Have I claimed to be without sin? No. Quite the opposite. Yes, I'm a sinner in need of Jesus Christ in my life. Have I said - 'Live your life the way that I do?' Never. Live your life in accordance to Christ. And yes, that means turning away from homosexuality, etc.

You practice hatred while trying to justify it with Church teachings.

You define Romans 1 as 'hatred', ergo you equate Church teachings with hatred.

You turn people away screaming not wanting anything to do with people that post like you do.

So you're saying I should lie like you do about what Christ teaches in order to deceive people into becoming Christians on false pretences?

I'm astounded that you can consider yourself a christian.

Why? Because I believe that homosexuality is sinful?

who by his own admission is looking forward to death.

Yep - why should I fear it? Heaven will be a far nicer place than anything here.

[Ben Kenobi]

You mean like "Love your neighbor as yourself"?

Are you loving your neighbour by lying to them about what Christ teaches, Imran?

[Ben Kenobi]

I strongly suspect Jesus would be far more embarrassed of Saul of Tarsus. And you.

Laz - you're claiming you know Jesus better than Paul? Really? Wow.

I guess there's not much to discuss then. Everyone here believes that they are right and Christ is wrong.

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So why are you blaming me? You made this decision long before I ever posted, and I've not even met you. Do you always change your opinions based on what people post here?

There's a reason I said 'people like you'. There were many in my past and you're just the most recent reminder.

You define Romans 1 as 'hatred', ergo you equate Church teachings with hatred.

You're the one that brought up Romans 1. I could care less what it says. You preach hatred (in my opinion), and I equate you to the Church.

Why? Because I believe that homosexuality is sinful?

I don't care if you think it's sinful. That's your right, But when you base actions on that thought then I have a problem. Let God Judge. Let others live their own lives.
You equating your mother not being in position to be at your father's side at death with denying a gay a similar experience by restricting access long enough for the significant other to die is just plain COLD and hateful. Your empathy for something your that own mother found quite painful is laughable and shows just how much you're not a christian.

You're free to think whatever you want as long as it doesn't hurt others.

Yep - why should I fear it? Heaven will be a far nicer place than anything here.

This sums up your whole attitude sometimes. This place sucks to me so no one else should be happy either. Guess what, some people find joy in life. Gee, I think JC even preached that.

Hypocrite.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Are you loving your neighbour by lying to them about what Christ teaches, Imran?

Are you sure you are teaching what Jesus taught?

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Laz - you're claiming you know Jesus better than Paul? Really? Wow.

Well, neither of us met him.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Saul of Tarsus was great, wasn't he?

"OK, I'M NEW HERE. YOU'VE ALL GOT TO DO WHAT I SAY. I'M IN CHARGE NOW. SURE, I ONLY JOINED UP FIVE MINUTES AGO, BUT YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS ALL WRONG. YES, I KNOW I WAS PERSECUTING TO YOUR DEATHS UP UNTIL 10 MINUTES AGO, BUT I'M BETTER NOW. NOW SHUT UP AND FOLLOW MY INSTRUCTIONS."

We've all met people like that, haven't we?

[Ben Kenobi]

You're the one that brought up Romans 1. I could care less what it says. You preach hatred (in my opinion), and I equate you to the Church.

Well, you equate hatred with what the Church teaches, which corresponds to Romans 1. Teaching that homosexuality is sinful is a part of Christianity, whether you like it or not.

But when you base actions on that thought then I have a problem. Let God Judge. Let others live their own lives.

There's a difference between judging a person "you're going to hell because you're a sinner", and between saying, "homosexuality is a sin".

Part of my duty is to teach what Christ teaches, and that means, yes, saying that homosexuality is a sin. I can't point at someone and know their eternal fate - but I can warn people here that Christ teaches that certain actions are sinful.

You equating your mother not being in position to be at your father's side at death with denying a gay a similar experience by restricting access long enough for the significant other to die is just plain COLD and hateful.

I'm equating their partner dying before they could see them, with my father dying before I could see him.

This place sucks to me so no one else should be happy either.

So you are saying that I believe that engaging in sodomy makes people happy? No, rah, no I don't. I don't believe it makes people happy.

Guess what, some people find joy in life. Gee, I think JC even preached that

You'd be surprised. The split is 9x in favor of the Old Testament. As for what Jesus actually taught:

John 16:20-2

Very truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world. So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

So you are saying that I believe that engaging in sodomy makes people happy? No, rah, no I don't. I don't believe it makes people happy.

You've been doing it wrong.

[Ben Kenobi]

Are you sure you are teaching what Jesus taught?

Yes.

[Ben Kenobi]

"OK, I'M NEW HERE. YOU'VE ALL GOT TO DO WHAT I SAY. I'M IN CHARGE NOW. SURE, I ONLY JOINED UP FIVE MINUTES AGO, BUT YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS ALL WRONG. YES, I KNOW I WAS PERSECUTING TO YOUR DEATHS UP UNTIL 10 MINUTES AGO, BUT I'M BETTER NOW. NOW SHUT UP AND FOLLOW MY INSTRUCTIONS."

Which is why Paul himself says, "I am the least of the disciples and unworthy to be called one."

True, I came into this late myself. I will never get the time I spent away back. I owe my life to my friends who brought me to him and I try to return the favor by teaching others what I was taught.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Hence your veneration of Saul of Tarsus- the patron saint of overbearing and pushy newbs.

[Ben Kenobi]

Hence your veneration of Saul of Tarsus- the patron saint of overbearing and pushy newbs.

Actually, I prefer Ste Therese to him, and my patron is St. Hilary of Tours.

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I'm equating their partner dying before they could see them, with my father dying before I could see him.

Yeah, right. Your's was by a quirk of fate and the other was probably malicious intent. Great comparison. Again your empathy leaves much to be desired.