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"In revisiting these passages from the New Testament, I noticed that not one of these statements is qualified with "except for gay people."
"Judge not, that ye be not judged." Matthew, vii, 1; Luke, vi, 37
"Freely ye have received, freely give." Matthew, x, 8.
"What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder." Matthew, xix, 6.
"Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." Matthew, xix, 19.
"But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first." Matthew, xix, 30.
"Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." Matthew, xxv, 40.
"With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you." Mark, iv. 24
"He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." John, viii, 7.
"Other sheep I have, which are not of this fold." John, x, 16.
"In my Father's house are many mansions." John, xiv, 2.
"Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another..." Paul to the Romans, xii, 10.
"Love is the fulfilling of the law." Paul to the Romans, xiii, 10.
"It is better to marry than to burn." Paul in First Corinthians, vii, 9.
"We are members one of another." Paul to the Ephesians, iv, 25.
"Let brotherly love continue.
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unaware." Paul to the Hebrews, xiii, 1.
"Charity shall cover the multitude of sins." First Peter, iii, 8.
"There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear." First John, iv, 18.
"A great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues." Revelations, vii, 9.
John Lovas, A Writing Teacher's Blog, February 28th 2004
http://faculty.deanza.edu/jocalo/ Read the full entry here!!!
THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!!! THANK YOU!!! That's all I can say. An open-minded, educated opinion such as this is why I am proud that you are my instructor.
Posted by Nicole Haralambidis on 2/28/04; 11:10:07 PM
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