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For you. Personal certainty does not establish universal truth. No one can argue you can't believe what you do. Neither can you argue that non-believers can reject your assertions as inapplicable to them.
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It doesn't matter what you continually state, I will still Believe in what I KNOW to be correct and True and believe in the One and Only True God - which Is and Will Be Forever and Ever.
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If you read the parts of the Old Testament that Christians pick and choose from to build their code of ethics, you'll note that the Bible says nothing about homosexuality. It was not understood then the way we understand it today. All the O.T. condemns is homosexual-like behavior. It presumes those committing such acts were heterosexual. The writers of the O.T. had no concept of homosexual orientation, and in their ignorance presumed acts such as men lying with men as with women were men that would otherwise be lying with women. It was beyond their understanding that some men might be disposed to lying with other men. Notice there's no similar prohibition against women lying with women as with a man. Probably because their society was very paternalistic and little concern was shown for what women did as long as they performed their wifely duties.
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You are simply tweaking what the Bible says here. The Bible specifically states that homosexuality is a sin. 1 Corinthians 6:9: "Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders." 1 Timothy 1:10: "for adulterers and perverts, for slave traders and liars and perjurers–and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine."
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Oh? And how do you know that the bible is true?
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Through Supernatural Acts, Faith, Belief, Truth, etc.
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Will - you have to stop arguing assuming that Christianity is true, regardless of what you think (or know, as you've been saying) because no one else accepts it. Therefore, arguing using it would be completely pointless.
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I know what you are talking about. Yet continually you are at a loss to see what is Absolute Truth. God works in amazing ways.