[CS-FSLUG] PD: Rick Warren: Opposed to gay marriage, not gay partnerships

[Robert Wohlfarth]

On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 4:52 AM, Jon Glass <jonglass at usa.net>More...(drag
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> On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 4:18 AM, Warren Sanders
> <warren at sandersonline.org> wrote:
> >  I will also like to bring to attention in hopes that we all look at
> divorce
> > and re-marriage in the same light.  IMO this sin is a bigger atrocity
> than
> > we give credit to in comparison to homosexual sin.
>
<snip>

> symptom of other sins. The failure of the family is the greatest sin,
> IMO, and is the primary sin responsible for homosexual sin in society.
> There will always be homosexuals, but when this sun runs rampant and
> open, _this_ is the result of the failure of the family at the macro
> level. As such, I totally agree with Warren, as well as at the basic
>

Maybe "later sin" is a better description than "greater sin". The historical
cycles of sin occur in regular patterns. The openness of homosexuality comes
later in the pattern than openness of infidelity. The problem is not
openness - the problem is the sin itself.


> level of adultery and divorce, in and of themselves. So long as
> Christians wink at these sins (and sins of dishonesty and
> theft--taking place in churches daily), as well as the sins of pride
> and arrogance, we are undercutting our moral authority.
>

So, I guess, this is the long way of saying "I agree".

-- 
Robert Wohlfarth
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