Another testimony of Hell!

[MikeW]

I had promised myself I wasn't going to post on this thread again, because I know this is a sensitive subject and I don't want to look like a Jesus freak or a zealot.

BUT

You guys raised some really interesting points here and I can't help myself (even though I'm no scholar or theologian).

I couldn't disagree more with MikeW.

When it comes to sin, the number of biblical references is irrelevant. One would have been enough. And the existing references are perfectly clear, especially Leviticus.

Moreover you seem to imply that some sins are less serious than others. According to our laws, some criminal offenses are indeed more serious than others (e.g. murder is worse than theft) but we're talking about divine justice here, not human justice. In God's eyes, all sin is equally detestable. This may seem strange at first but it gives all sinners an equal chance to repent and be saved.

Quotation #2 is pure moral relativism. Pope Francis and Pope Benedict have spoken vehemently against it and rightly so because that's what got us, humans, in trouble to begin with. The Garden of Eden is all about relativism: humans eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil and wanting to determine what's right or wrong. It's not for us to decide, we need outside rules to guide us and keep us in order.

The problem with what you're saying is, you ASSUME that Catholic (and other established) exegesis of Scripture are ACCURATE. Are they?

Since you reaffirm Leviticus, I strongly suggest you watch the Matthew Vine video I posted above.

The nature of "sin" is a whole other issue. Understand what Vines is saying. The tree of Christianity is bearing bad fruit. Why? Because it has misinterpreted and misunderstood the words written in a book. There is no where in the Scripture that says it is "sinful" for one man to love another. Quite the contrary.