If it wasn't your point...why did you feel the need to comment that the "preacher was right" in his interpretation of the biblical scripture.
You post that....and then complain that people take you to task for posting it.
I agree with you on the second point, however, think you are dead wrong in your first statement.
I posted it because it was part of the larger argument - WHY WAS THEH PREACHER ARRESTED?
Was he arrested because he broke the law?
Or was he arrested because he spoke a Biblical truth and the arresting officer used a law as probably cause to arrest him - a law that had NOTHING to do with the charge laid against him?
That is the basis of my argument. Yet the moment I quoted Scripture to show that the preacher was correct in his view - that homosexuality (as well as being effiminate) is a sin according to God - suddenly the issue is no longer whether or not the Preacher had a right to speak or whether he broke the law towhich he has been accused of violating. Now, suddenly folks have pounced on whether or not I believe as the Preacher believes.
Well, fact of the matter is I do. But I don't go around calling out gays and lesbians or telling them they're going to hell because I don't know that. But I do know that homosexuality and being effiminate is a sin in the eyes of God. And so, if asked I will stand by that. But that's no different than being asked if drunkeness is a sin. Yes, it is according to Scripture, but I'd no more tell a drunk person he or she is going to hell just because they consumed too much alcohol. But even with the issue of drunkeness people misenterpret it to mean, "Oh, now I can't have a drink?" Yes, you can. Just know that getting intoxicated usually leads itself to other problems and anyone who's been drunk (or reminded of their actions while drunk once they come out of their drunken fog) will likely tell you they did something really stupid that night! You're lucky if you can just laugh about it the next day. Still, I'm not trying to pass my believes on anyone. I'm just trying to explain my point of view and how things tend to get turned around the moment God, religion or one's religious believes suddenly enter the conversation.
Since my post #51, most everyone has jumped on the religious angle, specifically where I quoted directly from the Bible to show that the preacher was correct in what he said concerning homosexuality. But no one has argued whether or not the preacher was wrongfully arrested based on a law that had nothing to do with the charges brought against him, and that is the basis of my argument. But you were quick to stop at the religious point that strikes down homosexuality and jump me for showing where the preacher was correct from a Biblical point of view. And not once have I attempted to push my religious believe on the matter on anyone else.
If the basis of my argument was whether or not the preacher's interpretation of Scripture was wrong I'd defend my position wholeheartedly. But since that's not what I was arguing, I'll save that for another thread.