A Dawg's eye view

I cannot forgive you, DDawg. The reason is that you have done nothing against or to me that requires my forgiveness. What you do outside of my sphere of consciousness is not a personal offense to me, my read of the Bible notwithstanding.

That said, I forgive the group of eight that was ahead of me on the golf course yesterday. I decided to leap ahead, bypassing the 7th hole. In true karma fashion, I sliced my drive on the eighth...

God will forgive those who judge us as well. i'm tired of having the "clobber passages" regurgitated to me. Jesus says nothing about same sex behavior. Jewish prophets are silent about homosexuality. Six or seven of the Bible's one million verses refer to same sex behavior in any way and none of them refer to homosexual orientation as it is understood today. these verses are used over and over to promote hate against us yet other verses are simply forgotten:

if it is discovered that a bride is not a virgin, the Bible demands that she be executed by stoning immediately.

divorce is strictly forbidden in both Testaments, as is remarriage of anyone who has been divorced.

i could go on ad nauseum, however, my point is that the Bible is a book of God's love for the world and not a handbook about sex.

Have a great day DDawg!! =0)

Randy, the Bible is silent about remarriage. Moses had some things to say about divorce, but other than that, it is an argument from silence. By the way, you are a critical care nurse. Where do you work ? My wife is manager/coordinator at her hospital. It can be a very trying job at times. Also very rewarding. Also very sad when she loses a patient. It takes a special person to be a nurse. I'm glad I don't have to go through that.