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...denomination have been performing commitment ceremonies for same-sex couples for years. We are a "creedless faith"; we don't have any texts that tell us what we have to believe, or how we should behave. We do not believe that you can "hate the sin but love the sinner," but that we should love and celebrate every part of each person. We do not believe in the inherent sinfulness of all people; we believe in the inherent dignity and worth of each person...
...that Christians should execute homosexuals--as the Book of Leviticus recommends--would be wrong. That homosexuals are to be treated with kindness, however, does not mean that homosexual acts are in any way condoned by the New Testament. The apostle Paul testifies to one example of this "love the sinner, hate the sin" concept can be seen in I Timothy 1:8-11, 15-16. It reads, "Now we know that the law is good, if any one uses it lawfully, understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient...
Homosexuality is an abominable crime to many Christians. It's also something scorned rather than celebrated throughout the history of Western civilization. Still, it's possible to hate the sin and love the sinner. Consider someone who harms himself through smoking or poor eating habits. One can criticize that person's lifestyle, suggest they modify that behavior and still extend them compassion and support...
...politics of exclusion, he has nonetheless attracted to his organization two veterans of Jesse Helms' race-baiting campaigns. When asked whether he was disturbed by the resumes of these two men, Forbes replied that one must hope for redemption, citing the aphorism "Every saint has a past and every sinner a future...
...alternately by the studio audience, the host and the ever present guest therapist--is relentless. "This is wrong to do this," Sally Jessy tells a cheating husband. "Feel bad?" Geraldo asks the girl who stole her best friend's boyfriend, "Any sense of remorse?" The expectation is that the sinner, so hectored, will see her way to reform. And indeed, a Sally Jessy update found "boy crazy," who'd been a guest only weeks ago, now dressed in schoolgirlish plaid and claiming her "attitude [had] changed"--thanks to the rough-and-ready therapy dispensed on the show...