Where in the Bible does Jesus say to be oppressive?
Most Christians will agree that the Old Testament is a history which leads to the Messiah, which is why Christians can eat shellfish and wear cotton/poly shirts and disobey other laws of Leviticus... Jesus came to make a new covenant between man and God. He spread is message of Love, which is now world-wide.
So why, whenever there is a question about homosexuality, do many Christian answerers post OT verses to condemn and oppress? Jesus never even spoke of the issue.
In our past, the Bible was used similarly to keep women from having equal rights, and to keep slavery as an American institution . I bet we all agree that letting blacks and women become productive members of society has benefitted society as a whole.
Why must we go through the same motions to keep homosexuals down? Why the hatred from those who claim to follow a message of love? I wonder who will be the target in the next century once homosexual respect and equal rights are commonplace and taken for granted
Todd, I couldn't agree with you more. Even if that verse in Corinthians were grounds to condemn homosexuals (which I don't think it is), do these people honestly think Jesus would scorn someone because of their sexual pratices, or deny them his love? I just can't stand it when people pick and choose which verses in the bible to follow. Who are we to judge what is right and wrong? And since when is loving another person wrong?
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