Sorry for the day's delay, but I did want to make sure I got back to this.
I do. If you can find me video of Phil out there talking about how he is better than sinners, that would absolutely be the pride that Jesus excoriated. But that doesn't seem to be what the man says - instead he seems to emphasize that he is saved from his sin by Christ. Which is precisely what Christians are supposed to say.
:lol: you think it puffs you up to have people insanely accuse you of mindless hatred and bigotry because you believe in a traditional definition of marriage?
Nor am I (or Phil) telling you what is wrong. We are both of us pointing to what the one who created sexuality is wrong and right about it's expression.
Phil was asked his opinion, and he gave it, basing it on Christian teachings. Just because you don't like his answer or wish that he hadn't been willing to honestly discuss sin doesn't mean that he should have done so.
No. I am using pedophilia as a vehicle to demonstrate the foolishness of the "well if you haven't done it you can't condemn it" test that you set up.
But nice attempt at a strawman
That is incorrect - masterbation is not a homosexual act, unless you choose to fantasize about a member of the same sex. As for lusting in your heart, if you masterbate while fantasizing about someone other than your spouse, then, well, yes, you are lusting in your mind, and (Jesus says) therefore in your heart.
Not at all - I am also a sinner, and have absolutely struggled with lust. I'm no better than any hetero or homo or a or any other sexual out there.
And if you read that again you will see it said EXACTLY what I said. They had CRITICAL ACCLAIM, but not commercial success. Those 30.5 million CD sales are cumulative throughout their career from 1991 til current.
The New Testament was largely written in the first century, and some of it was dictated in the early second - which is where we have the oldest surviving documents from (part of the Gospel of John). So not so much he said she said as all that - although there are some discordant details as you would expect from multiple eyewitness accounts. Nor is that all we have to go on, although it is fairly authoritative.
What, you mean like when someone asks you a question (say, for example, in an interview), and your answer is based on the Bible?
Yeah... See: Chik-fil-A: Comments of CEO: Insane Hyperbolic Response To.
No there isn't. In fact, one of the best ways you can love your neighbor in this day and age is to be honest with him or her about the thou shalt not parts - few need reminding in this day and age that God calls on us to show love and decency to each other; it is the flip side of that coin that people forget.
Not really. In fact, it leaves one vulnerable because the immediate return question - which you yourself asked - is "so do you always do as you are supposed to according to the Bible?" and the honest answer for the Christian is "no". In order to speak on how we are supposed to live, one has to be willing to admit that one fails at it. That is sort of the opposite of self-serving.
No one said that homosexuality should be illegal, nor did anyone compare the effects of homosexuality with pedophilia. You are (again) creating a strawman. And clinging desperately to it, apparently, in at least the implicit realization that your standard of "you can't condemn something unless you have engaged in it" is remarkably short-sighted.
...no. Masturbation is not a homosexual act. It can be (it does not have to be) a Lust act, but it is not a homosexual one, especially given that it often takes place in a heterosexual context.
If you are having another guy whack you off, then yes. That is seeking sexual satisfaction from another member of the same gender.
Interesting idea. I have never spoken with President Obama, or, in fact, even seen him. Would you suggest that therefore I should retain a healthy skepticism as to whether or not he is the President? What about Abraham Lincoln - not only have I never talked to him, but he's long since dead. Should we agree that we don't know if he gave the Gettysburg Address?
That part was all Phil...but thats not the part that got people up in arms.
Yes he was Pat's homosexual wife for twenty years and now he has come out as anti-gay.
Agreed. Thats why it makes zero sense to me that people lose themselves over comments from an individual they dont watch and words they dont believe.
Sure, and as you said, people have a right to react to that and let the network know that, if they proceed, their business will be negatively affected even more.
