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We condemn nothing, you're already condemned because of sin. We are here to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ, fellowship with one another, and serve others, and serve God.

I don't know you, but God certainly does. He loves you, regardless of your sin. That is why He sent His only son to die for your sins, to take away your sins. You only have to accept His son as your personal Savior and Lord of your life. First, though, you must acknowledge you're a sinner, repent, and then ask Him into your heart when you feel called by Him.

Go get a bag of concrete, there is your evidence. He made it, just like He made this world and everything in it. Why do you hold faith in philosophies that haven't been around very long, but you won't even consider God, whom has been around forever?

And in reply to your last post, you condemn yourself to Hell. So, I guess, you gotta ask yourself why you would be friends with yourself. wink

God is a Just God. You break the law, you must be punished for the crime. There can be no remission of sin except by the shedding of blood; and again, that is why Christ died on the cross, so that man would have a chance of eternal life with the Father in heaven. He rose three days later as proof that God's grace is sufficient.

Passage I: The Sodom Account (Genesis 19:1-9)

The story of Sodom is an appropriate text to begin with, as it has taken a central role in the study of homosexuality. We must understand the context of this account. God, according to this account, sent two angels to warn Abraham’s nephew, Lot, about the approaching destruction of Sodom. If we stop here for a moment we will see that even before sending the angels, God intended to destroy Sodom. Whatever the reason for the city’s destruction it had to do with the sin of Sodom before this event.

So, the angels came to the city of Sodom and Lot welcomed them to his home and prepared a meal for them. Then a grouping of men surrounded the house and asked where the angels who had come to the house were. They basically shouted, “Where are those men who came to your house? We want to have sex with them!” Lot refused but offered his daughters instead, giving the reason: “Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do what you like with them. Don’t do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof” (19: cool . The crowd of men insisted on what they wanted and tried to break through the door. The angels ended up pulling Lot into the house and blinding the crowd.

First of all, in interpreting this event we must take into account the entire situation. Whatever is happening here it is a form of rape. The crowd of men wished to sexually assault or “gangbang” the angels. The situation is also sewn through with appalling violence. Many assert that Lot’s offer of his daughters instead of the male angels implies that homosexual sex would have been worse than heterosexual sex, but Lot himself gives his reason for his action: “Don’t do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.” In our time, this does not make sense at all, but in Lot’s day, hospitality was a nearly sacred concept, and it is that distinction that Lot expresses: the visitors are his guests.

Nonetheless, if we were to accept that the distinction is gender-based, we could only conclude homosexual rape of angels is worse than heterosexual rape. To use this story to condemn loving and committed homosexual couples is unfounded and truly stretching this story outside of its historical framework, but that is exactly what has happened. As Jeffrey S. Silker, in reference to such distortion of this text, wrote in his article in Theology Today, “David’s sin of adultery with Bathsheba does not make all heterosexual expressions sinful!”

*no offense by this post*

Why would i want to be friends with someone who condemns me to hell???