Apparently sexual deviancy has the big bucks in the Northeast. Already three Northeastern States have passed into existence same-sex marriage laws. It should be noted though those laws were not decided by voters as much as they were enacted by State Legislators.
State Legislators have been receiving campaign donations from the sexual deviant crowd. This is coupled with the unfortunate reality of the lack of a presence of any well financed of Biblical Morality organizations. The organizations that are in place have depleted their financial coffers fighting other issues. The Roman Catholic Church is the biggest financially endowed Christian organization and that group has failed to step up to the plate to battle the immorality of same-sex marriage.
If you want to see the moral degradation of what Northeastern legislators are supporting you should view this link to the sexually prurient group that that does a morally degrading homosexual block party in New York. Be forewarned though, IT IS NOT A PRETTY SITE TO READ OR VIEW: http://www.folsomstreeteast.org/
The big bucks represented by these sick immoral hedonistic sexually explicit homosexuals are what New York State legislators are paying attention to. According to the New York Times (of all rags) New York’s duly elected State legislators are imminently preparing to enact a law legalizing same-sex marriage in the State of New York.
If you encounter a homosexual who vainly attempts to disabuse the Bible of Biblical Morality by informing you that God’s Word does not condemn homosexuality as immoral, then you can laugh at his tongue in cheek face.
After reading the Biblical texts that address homosexuality you might wonder how anyone could call themselves a Christian homosexual or why some mainline denominations now give approval to homosexual behavior. The Scriptures have not changed, so how, you might wonder, do they justify the sin of homosexuality in light of what the Scriptures say?
There are several approaches homosexuals use to explain why the Scriptures don’t mean what they say. First is to say that the reason Sodom and Gomorrah were judged is that the men of Sodom were not practicing hospitality. This is a desperate interpretation that disappears into vapor when one reads what Jude has to say about the reason God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. Jude, after explaining how God judged angels who did not keep their proper domain says in Jude 7, “just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.” Here Jude describes the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah as “indulging in gross immorality” and going after “strange flesh” or flesh of a different kind – the men of Sodom were homosexual and wanted to have homosexual relations with the angels.
A second way the Scriptures are twisted by homosexuals is by saying that the laws against homosexual activity in Lev. 18:22; 20:13 are only for the priests. It is argued that these texts appear in the holiness code for the priesthood (Lev. chs. 17–27) and therefore do not apply to those who are not priests.
The problem is that the holiness code also forbids other immoral acts such as incest, fornication, harlotry, adultery, and bestiality. You can quickly see the problem their argument creates. If homosexuality is acceptable because it is found in the holiness code that only applies to the priests then the other immoral acts mentioned only apply to the priests as well, which means incest, fornication, harlotry, adultery, and bestiality are acceptable, also.
A third way the Scriptures are twisted by those who argue that the Bible does not condemn homosexuality is by trying to argue that the Apostle Paul didn’t condemn all homosexual activity. He only condemned homosexual activity among those who were born to be heterosexual, for they would be contradicting their created nature. They argue that Paul assumed that some people would be born with a homosexual orientation and those people would be sinning if they had heterosexual relationships because they would be perverting the way God made them.
Of course the fallacy with this argument is that God doesn’t make anyone a homosexual. Homosexuality is not genetic, but a learned behavior, a sinful choice that people make. Granted, everyone is susceptible to some sins more than others, but a strong desire to commit a particular sin, doesn’t mean God made you to sin in that way. Some people like to lie, others like to steal, but this doesn’t mean God created them that way. It means they have a strong desire to sin in those areas but it does not exonerate their sinful behavior.
A fourth way the pro–homosexual advocates twist the Scriptures is by using the misogynist argument. The misogynist argument says that in biblical times women were treated cruelly and were oppressed. They say that men during that time felt it was important to show dominance over women in every area. They argue that the Apostle Paul was conforming to the cultural standard of the day so naturally he taught that heterosexual relationships were mandatory. Since we live in a different culture where women are not treated like cattle and oppressed, Paul’s teachings don’t apply.
The problem with this argument is that the Bible sets a very high standard for the respect and care of women and requires husbands to treat them as co–equals in salvation and equal in worth. There is no law, ancient or modern which honors women like the Bible. Husbands are commanded to love, cherish, nurture, honor, protect, provide for, love their wives as their own body, help their wives grow in the Lord and love their wives as Christ loved the church who gave himself up for her. Hardly a misogynist agenda, especially when you consider that the Apostle Paul, who was the most outspoken in condemning homosexuality, also was the most outspoken about how husbands are to love and honor their wives. Granted, men have sinned against God in every age by not loving and honoring their wives, but their wicked behavior towards their wives is not sanctioned in the Bible.
The reason homosexuals are so desperate to try and explain away the Bible’s universal condemnation of homosexual behavior is that men, in their selfish desire to satisfy their lusts, have always sought to justify their sin. God has placed within man an awareness that he exists, but men, wanting to sin with a clear conscience, either deny God, deny the Bible is the Word of God, or twist the Scriptures to conform to their own lusts. Yet, in doing this they open the door for every other sin. (You should read the article from start to finish – it is informative.)
The scientific community in its quest to validate a morally reprobate lifestyle such as homosexuality has been working feverishly to prove that homosexuality is biological-genetic as opposed to learned from the environment. The environment case would validate God’s Word and the genetic case would validate Secular humanism.
The irony of this scientific quest is that some homosexuals realized an emerging problem. That problem is that the discovery of a specific gay gene might prove to be a scientific way for normal parents to make sure that their child is genetically enhanced to wash away all inclinations toward homosexuality. Oops! The quest to genetically validate sexual deviancy might lead to genetically ending sexual deviancy.
Upon this realization the pro-homosexual scientists have attempted to connect genealogy to environment. This obscurant attempt to validate the homosexual gene stipulates that environment is the leading cause that activates that gene.
Thus it is not surprising that the American Psychology Association has publically acknowledged there is NO gay gene.
Still the well financed Homosexual agenda is succeeding in the Northeast in validating homosexuality via legalizing same-sex marriage. I wonder if there would be a greater outcry from normal heterosexuals if they and lawmakers were aware of the Homosexual agenda already implemented by many large businesses and corporations. Homosexual agenda influenced subservient businesses are actually persecuting Christians who take a stand not to participate in management mandated diversity seminars (i.e. code for forced homosexual acceptance).
Here are few examples:
Professor Janis Price of DePauw University, Indiana, placed issues of a magazine on a table in the back of her classroom. One of her students was offended by an article that was critical of how homosexuality was being handled in public schools and complained to the administration. Price was accused of providing her students with intolerant material. She was suspended and her salary cut by 25 percent.
Albert Buonanno, a Christian employee of AT&T Broadband, was fired in February 2004 for refusing to go along with a mandatory company policy demanding acceptance of the homosexual lifestyle.
Rolf Szabo lost his job at Eastman Kodak after he refused to go along with the company's "diversity" program, which required he give support to homosexuals in the work place who wanted to come out.
Motorola actively promotes a similar agenda through mandatory "homophobia" workshops and homosexual sex-ed courses. One employee told author David Limbaugh that "this push is causing a great deal of tension among employees and the 'quiet anger' of some who disapprove of the homosexual lifestyle because of their religious beliefs."
Episodes such as these are happening by the hundreds across America, every day of the week. According to medical, social science and especially legal experts, what is being called "diversity" is actually a dangerous new movement by a small group of activists to make the homosexual lifestyle appear as normal and healthy as the heterosexual lifestyle, even if that means deliberately hiding any information to the contrary.
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Fitzgibbons recently served as an expert witnesses in a case involving an Ann Arbor Michigan high school student whose Christian viewpoint was deliberately excluded from the schools "Diversity Week" celebration. Part of the week's festivities involved a panel of six clerics from different denominations who were assembled for a discussion about "Homosexuality and Religion." No one on the panel represented the Judeo-Christian view of homosexual relations.
Betsy Hanson, an 18-year-old Roman Catholic student, requested that a representative of the Catholic Church be part of the panel. Her request was denied by school officials who claimed her religious views would convey a negative message and would "water-down" the positive religious message that they wanted to convey.
Hanson and her mother decided to sue and Detroit Federal Judge Gerald Rosen ruled in their favor. "Isn't this cultural hegemony, where you're only going to present one view to the exclusion of others?" the judge demanded of the school's attorneys. "Don't you think that smacks of government and religious totalitarianism? Isn't that how we got to book-burning in Nazi Germany back in the 1930s?"
Fitzgibbons believes schools and school psychologists should be held liable when they actively promote the homosexual lifestyle while withholding vital information about mental and physical risks.
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Although doctors are obligated to provide informed consent to their patients, educators are not, he said.
However, in schools where a school psychologist is involved in these groups, then Fitzgibbons said they have the requirement to provide informed consent about the dangers of the lifestyle.
"If they don't, and a child experiences some of the medical illnesses that are so highly prevalent, particularly among men involved in same-sex relationships, that school psychologist is liable, the principal is liable and the school superintendent is liable. Just as when a doctor makes a mistake at a hospital, the hospital is also liable."
Phil Burress, president of Citizens for Community Values, has been sending out letters to 2,500 schools across the country who are relying on the "safe-school" programs devised by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network warning them of potential legal liabilities for the tort of negligence "if it is proven that homosexual activist organizations were granted access to students under the school's responsibility and that students suffered physical or mental harm. Under the right circumstances, state authorities could also bring criminal proceedings," he writes, citing Ohio Revised Code 2907.04, 2919.22 and 2919.24. (Excerpted from intro of the Catholic Education Resource Center 6 Part essay entitled, "Homosexuality: The Untold Story — The phantom gene”)
Yeah, I am willing to bet this Roman Catholic study receives very little attention from the Mainstream Media. I also doubt that Northeastern (and now New York State) legislators have viewed this alternative yet mainstream view of homosexuality.
That person spoke of those voters as if they are irrelevant to American society and American growth as a nation.
That person insinuated that guns and religion Americans need to be a part of a government motivated transformation in America.
That transformation includes transforming Biblical morality into Secular Humanist or relativist morality. Hate Crimes legislation that have been pushed the last seven years or so under a Republican President friendly to Christianity have been unsuccessful. Now Hate Crimes legislation under a voter elected Democratic Party Congress and President is on the verge of passing. If indeed the Hate Crimes legislation does pass and get signed this is the kind of transformation that will give Leftist activist Courts the power to criminalize Biblical Christian speech on such issues as homosexuality, abortion, Islamic culture and so forth are preached and/or written about.
This will place America on a difficult to change road of social transformation that places the backbone of American culture – Guns and religion – into the realm of criminality. This will place America into a transformation that vets as normal behavior (regardless of the Biblical ramifications) homosexuality, transsexuals, pornographers, child pornographers, pedophiles, bigamists (can you say multiple wives?) and many other vile behaviors which I choose not to do the mental exercise to find.
This person programming Americans about social transformation then will begin to program Americans about a socialist transformation.
This means the innovation that comes from capitalism will be transformed into a government controlled stagnation.
Now here is where I might differ a bit from Conservative purists. I believe in the 21st century that economics is so difficult for what might be called the working poor that strategies to secure a financial future or any kind of medical care is beyond the grasp of planning. The working poor often live from pay check to pay check capable of only planning for the next week rather after retirement. And I am aware this is not the case of all the working poor who may comprehend strategies to save for the future and merely need budget help to do so. I sense this awareness is the exception rather than the rule in the 21st century. In the 20th century it was probably the reverse in which a majority of the working poor were aware of savings and planning. However, Democratic Party and Republican Party both have utilized government dependence for the working poor so often I doubt there is anyone under the age of 70 that remembers strategy to pinch pennies to manage a modicum financial independence in retirement. I doubt there is any working poor that knows how to effectively gain medical benefits without some kind of outside aid of luck to work for a company that offers medical benefits to their low paid under skilled employees or to work the government for some kind of medical aid.
I hear the Conservative purists gasp and rail on what they would call Leftist thinking. Many might even proclaim that “I was a working poor and worked my way into the middle class.” Again I say the working poor still is in need of aid. If you were once the working poor and you have advanced to the middle class or better, then that is fantastic. You comprehended capitalistic strategies to move up the scale. I also do not believe that the upward mobile should bare the brunt of taxation for the working poor that do not have a clue. Yet should we punish the clueless working poor with abject retirement poverty or the lack of medical aid in the richest nation in the world?
In the 21st century a low income bracket should have a mandated tax (beyond Social Security) that simultaneously pays for a projected retirement and present time medical aid. Conservative purists can view that tax as investment. Perhaps the retirement fund can be moved to a more traditional capitalistic plan for the future as the working poor becomes the middle class. Also this retirement fund can be used as some kind of present time medical insurance (much as is available to Medicare patients today). If the working poor becomes upwardly mobile or acquires private insurance in traditional ways then this tax should be lowered according to an upward mobile income bracket.
This allows the working poor to not be trapped into poverty as an outright Welfare State would surely promote. This would also take away much of the socialistic burden of the middle class or better. Thus capitalism rolls on.
I received a WallBuilders e-newsletter on March 23, 2009. Here is the first paragraph of that e-newsletter:
The aggressive push to redefine marriage has now moved to the literary arena, and the newest ally in the gay marriage movement is Merriam-Webster's Dictionary.
Christian Americans are being duped into letting their children receive relativist morality while anything that is Judea/Christian is frowned upon or downright forbidden in public education.
The result is children growing up with two choices in life: the few hours of the example of their parents or the many hours of educational authority figures and indoctrinated peers.
The Supreme Court decided prayer in schools was a violation of the government First Amendment edict of not allowing Congress to establish religion and forgetting that Congress can make NO law prohibiting the free exercise of religion. Thus the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ex nihilo created an ingrained twentieth century concept – The separation of Church and State.
I challenge anyone to find the words “separation of Church and State” in the U.S. Constitution. You can believe me and save some time: There ain’t no such thing.
The First Amendment does not separate Christianity from government; the Amendment merely states the government cannot establish a particular religion as a State religion. And HELLO! The religion the Founding Fathers were talking about was not Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, various and numerous other religions nor the false religion Secular Humanism (which to the extreme is the religion of atheism in the sense of ideology). Nay good citizen, the religion spoken of was Christianity.
Even if a majority of the Founding Fathers were Deists, they were Christian Deists. The moral foundation of Christian principles was to be the rule of law in America. The government simply could not favor a Christian religious doctrine over another in endorsement.
Friends this is not separation of Church and State. (Incidentally the word “Church” implies Christianity as well.) The more the Left in the 20th and 21st century utilize the Judicial System to override American heritage, the more America fulfills the dreams of Secular Humanism and increases the viability to make Christianity slowly illegal. Why? The reason is the mere practice of Christianity will violate the rule of law which an otherwise free speech or free religion would be perceived to incite violence, discrimination or a civil offense against a religion other than Christianity, an atheist, ungodly homosexual practices or whatever Secular Humanism defines as normal relative to the age.
It is old news but it is the first time I have read it. The article I read it from is an online magazine called The Voice.
For some reason the article isn’t dated; however a quick perusal of the comments suggests The Voice published the story on or before September 24, 2008.
Boltz out himself publicly to a Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender rag called the Washington Blade.
Boltz says he turned to Christianity to try to overcome homosexual tendencies when he was a young teenager. He eventually married as a Christian heterosexual and produced four kids which are adults now.
Apparently he outed himself to his family which obviously has led to a divorce for Boltz claimed he was living a happy normal homosexual life.
Sadly and Certainly Boltz has provided more ammunition for homosexual activists to attack Biblical Morality which is definitely anti-homosexual lifestyle.
JRH 3/23/09 ***************************************** Christian Songwriter Ray Boltz Embraces Homosexuality
A contemporary Christian songwriter Ray Boltz has embraced the homosexual lifestyle during his coming out journey. His songs were inspiring, patriotic, and encouraged many. Boltz authored 16 albums and enjoyed a nearly 20-year recording career. However, in a lengthy interview with the Washington Blade - a gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender newspaper – Boltz exposed his true lifestyle.
Boltz is a household name for many evangelical Christians, particularly for hits like “Thank You,” “Watch the Lamb,” “The Anchor Holds,” and “I Pledge Allegiance to the Lamb.”
Boltz garnered a handful of Recording Industry Association of America Gold-certified albums, three Dove Awards from the Gospel Music Association and 12 number one hits on Christian radio. Boltz is regarded as one of the better-known singer/songwriters in contemporary Christian music. But after the release of his last album in 2002, and his last tour in 2004, he retired from the music industry and moved to Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
On December 26, 2004, Boltz disclosed to his wife of 33 years and his four adult children that he was gay. According to Boltz’s own words in The Washington Blade, “It’s hard to say I came out because I didn’t have all the answers. I just admitted what I was struggling with and what I was feeling. It’s hard to go, ‘This is the point where I accepted my sexuality and who I was,’ but I came out to them and shared with them what I’d been going through.”
Boltz’s marriage to his ex-wife was, as he says, largely a happy one. It produced four children — three daughters and a son who are now between 22 and 32 — but family life and going through the motions of being heterosexual wearied Boltz. He describes himself as entering a serious state of depression. He was in therapy for years, taking Prozac and other anti-depressants, and was oftentimes suicidal.
Boltz told The Blade, “I’d denied it ever since I was a kid. I became a Christian, I thought that was the way to deal with this and I prayed hard and tried for 30-some years and then at the end, I was just going, ‘I’m still gay. I know I am.’ And I just got to the place where I couldn’t take it anymore … when I was going through all this darkness, I thought, ‘Just end this.’”
This month the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) announced Boltz would be giving two concerts at MCC venues in Indianapolis and Washington, D.C., with proceeds to benefit the new direction of Boltz’s musical career. MCC sees its mission being social as well as spiritual by standing up for the rights of minorities, particularly those of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people (LGBT). Though he’s open to performing, Boltz says he doesn’t plan to let this issue take over his life.
“I don’t want to be a spokesperson, I don’t want to be a poster boy for gay Christians, I don’t want to be in a little box on TV with three other people in little boxes screaming about what the Bible says, I don’t want to be some kind of teacher or theologian — I’m just an artist and I’m just going to sing about what I feel and write about what I feel and see where it goes,” he told the Washington Blade.
Boltz declined to go into specifics about the first time he was with a man, but says he has been dating and lives “a normal gay life” now. He went on to tell the Washington Blade, “This is what it really comes down to: If this is the way God made me, then this is the way I’m going to live. It’s not like God made me this way and he’ll send me to hell if I am who he created me to be … I really feel closer to God because I no longer hate myself.” _______________________
The Official Brand and Website of The Voice®. The Voice® is a Christian magazine published by Jonas Clark Communications.
When the story first broke publicly, Haggard denied everything. As the smoking gun evidence emerged the resignations followed.
I am saying the evidence (the exposing light) exposed the darkness. The darkness was more than being a homosexual. The darkness was prevaricating to his Church, his fellow leaders of the National Association of Evangelicals and to Christian Brothers and Sisters globally that had honored Haggard’s Office as a Pastor and a supposed man of God preaching the Truth of Jesus Christ.
Haggard intended to LIE until light exposed the darkness.
Here it is 2009 and I have recently discovered not only he lied about homosexual debauchery with a male prostitute, but he had at least one other homosexual relationship with a member of his Church. I have to guess since Haggard even lied about another homosexual act, he could be covering other acts of Biblical perversions that he may be hoping the darkness will cover the light.
I know I must sound like I am being a little rough for a Christian Believer that believes in the Mercy and Grace of God through the Redeeming Blood of the Savior Jesus Christ.
Here is the thing. I have grown weary of trusted Christian leaders betraying their flocks and God-Seekers looking to be fed spiritually. It is apparent now that Haggard exploited his position of leadership to be a big dog preacher while simultaneously turning his back on his Lord Jesus Christ.
I have to honest I am blowing a little steam that I will probably have to ask forgiveness for. NOT only was Haggard a prevaricating hypocrite to Christians that believed he had an example of faithfulness, but Haggard was a prevaricating hypocrite to the poor souls that are trying to validate an alternate lifestyle that contradicts Biblical morality.
Haggard’s lying deceptive ways has to be perceived by practicing homosexuals as confirmation that Biblical morality is a mythical standard that does not apply to human being in the 21st century. I mean why would a homosexual listen to a Believer trying to explain the Good News of Jesus Christ (even under a Holy Spirit led anointing) sharing that humanity has been delivered from the darkness of this world system with Haggard as a reason to scoff at the Believer?
I read Haggard’s new story of prevarication knowing homosexuals are doomed to forsake the Risen Savior and that Believers may fall by choice under the delusion that Salvation is worthless under the power of the flesh life.
Come on Haggard! At least follow the example of once fallen Minister Jim Baker who fell morally and also according to the secular laws of the land. Baker did his time in prison and has brought everything to light pushing the darkness out of his life. Haggard, back on board of the light and the darkness will have no power over you and will put a huge dent in the dark example of your old man dominating your new man in Christ Jesus.
I am what homosexuals refer to as a “fundie”; i.e. a Christian Right (Bible Believing) fundamentalist. Since the Mainstream Media (MSM) has successfully demeaned Christian fundamentalists as the Christian version of Islamic terrorists, I tend to eschew that appellation.
I am extremely comfortable with being a member of the Christian Right that upholds Christian Biblical morality. I am extremely uncomfortable with the money that is behind a homosexual agenda to indoctrinate Americans that it is ok to practice this perversion.
Secular Humanism that is so pervasive in American society has watered down morality for heterosexuals so much that no one thinks twice about adultery, fornication and keeping a family together. This is such a standard procedure in America that divorce is flippant direction to do go because the morality of marriage has been diluted by the common usage of pre-marital sex. Indeed one can view this dilution on one of the largest propaganda tool America possesses – Left leaning Secular Humanist television entertainment.
Because of this I can understand the sense of hypocrisy homosexuals have against anti-homosexual heterosexuals, those of the Christian persuasion in particular. A pleased to say that divorce rates of 50% plus for Americans is staggering deception promulgated by the manipulation of statistics (check HERE and HERE). For example the common statistic you would find would be on a site like DivorceRate.com.
At DivorceRate.com you can read the oft skewed report of America’s Divorce which goes something like this:
The divorce rate in America for first marriage, vs second or third marriage 50% percent of first marriages, 67% of second and 74% of third marriages end in divorce, according to Jennifer Baker of the Forest Institute of Professional Psychology in Springfield, Missouri.”
The two links above DivorceRate.com demonstrate how the data is misconstrued.
I pray my brief justice does justice. From what I’ve read the statistics are unequal compared by year and by the total couples married. Given that criteria the divorce drops compared to the popular versions placed in the public as the absolute truth.
Here is small example of good debunking of Secular Humanist data:
A spokesperson for the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics told me that the rumor appears to have originated from a misreading of the facts. It was true, he said, if you looked at all the marriages and divorces within a single year, you'd find that there were twice as many marriages as divorces. In 1981, for example, there were 2.4 million marriages and 1.2 million divorces. At first glance, that would seem like a 50-percent divorce rate.
Virtually none of those divorces were among the people who had married during that year, however, and the statistic failed to take into account the 54 million marriages that already existed, the majority of which would not see divorce.
In the other link debunking the divorce myth in America it points out that 49% of those co-habiting (i.e. living in fornication) end up separating. This is sad for it is people willing and openly disregarding Biblical Morality. It is so common no one thinks about it.
I do hammer on homosexuality as wrong as many Biblically based Christians do; however to bring balance it is time to also harp on sins such as adultery and co-habiting fornication. What is worse: a practicing homosexual or overt non-marital co-habitation among heterosexuals?
I have to admit I have too been de-sensitized to acts of co-habitation or adultery. I have caught myself thinking “you fool” for the adulterers and telling myself “to look the other way” concerning co-habitation.
Really though the practices are all wrong: adultery, fornication and homosexuality. Because of the normalizing of adultery and fornication in America, heterosexual secularists that find homosexuality abhorrent and Biblical Christians that find homosexuality abhorrent, dump on the now very public and very open agenda of accepting homosexuality as a normal phenomenon.
This brings me to the Americans for Truth about Homosexuality(AFTAH) article I just finished reading. This AFTAH article is praising a hotel chain for finally pulling the plug of a homosexual event to be held in one of their hotels. The homosexual event was labeled, “Obama Inauguration Pig Sex Orgy.”
Apparently AFTAH had been hammering the hotel chain to cancel the homosexual event. Evidently there was initial resistance from the hotel to cancel the “Obama Inauguration Pig Sex Orgy.” Eventually the parent company of the hotel succumbed to the pressure of AFTAH (thank God) and issued a directive for the hotel to cancel the pig sex orgy.
I don’t EVEN want to dwell on what a homosexual pig sex orgy entails. The very thought is repugnant!
The thing that provoked a little more thought about homosexuals is a written comment sent in about a pig sex orgy. Here is the quote:
I have mixed feelings over this… I know what these pig sex orgies are and they need to be held on someone’s farm or ranch deep in the woods. I am a gay man and find them pretty disgusting! It seems this event was planned to shock the fundies [Christian fundamentalists] and add legitimacy to their hedonist cause. I don’t care what anyone does sexually but a little discretion would be called for.
Most people only get their news about gays from this type of reporting. Unfortunately, the reporting is true. It is time for all members of the gay community to take a look at themselves and how they portray themselves.
by: paulko @ Sat Jan 17, 2009 at 07:39:48 AM CST
You see there are heterosexuals that go to sex clubs, prostitutes and striptease joints. Those heterosexual practices are as hedonistic as the homosexual pig sex orgy.
Straight up friends: DO NOT retreat from repudiating the homosexual agenda; however let us get some gumption and repudiate heterosexual perversions as well.
I missed it but apparently the periodical Newsweek came out with an article that essentially validates the homosexual lifestyle. Now that is not surprising since most of Mainstream Media (MSM) is Leftist in nature and the Left tends to support Secular Humanism and Secular Humanism is in a same-sex marriage with the Homosexual Agenda.
I found an excellent rebuttal to the author of the Newsweek article – Lisa Miller – who uses journalism to suggest that Biblical Scripture does not condemn homosexuality because the Bible is a “living document.” “Living document” is Left-speak for Constitutional Law and Judeo-Christian Scripture should be interpreted relative the values of the present rather than the letter of the original meaning.
Conservatives have an acronym for Republicans that lean toward the Left. That word is RINO for Republicans in Name Only.
I just finished reading a story in WorldNetDaily about the Emergent Church movement. According to that story a principle figure in the loose Emergent Church movement supports the alternative lifestyle of homosexual and transgender as lifestyles that should be fully supported and embraced as normal by Christians.
Yes friends this is Counter-Biblical.
Since there are so many Churches that are considered Mainline Churches that have obviously abandoned the moral standard of the Bible, I thought it is time to have an acronym for these pseudo-Christians – Christians in Name Only or CINO.
Here is a list of Denominations that are fully or divisively CINOs in relation to alternative lifestyles contradicting Biblical Morality:
This is obviously not an exhaustive list AND there are conservative Congregations within many of these Dominations which reject homosexuality because the Bible pronounces the practice as sin.
The point though is this: Including the Emergent Church way too many Denominations that call themselves Christians reject the Good Book as a foundation for morality. This is a sad state of affairs for the Institutional Body of Christ.
As a clarification of my stand on homosexuality, I do not believe those individuals who practice this alternate lifestyle should be treated as pariahs to the point of expressing hatorade. That is not the Way of Christ.
The Way of Christ is to share the Good News of deliverance from the dark wiles of the adversary – The Devil or Satan. Christians should not slip into animosity because of the rejection of the message of deliverance. The Bible says not to be unified with sin; however it also says to pray for those despitefully use you and abuse. Ephesians is even more specific:
16 do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, 18 the eyes of your understanding[a] being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power 20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. 22 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, 23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. (Eph. 1: 16 – 23 NKJV)
Christians should reject loudly any acceptance of the practice of homosexuality; however it is incumbent for Christians not to render evil for evil by shouting demeaning comments back toward homosexuals even when goaded to do so. Understand that homosexuals are deceived by darkness and pray the Holy Spirit illuminates the souls of homosexuals and convinces them there is a better way.
Emergent Church leaders such as Tony Jones who wish to validate homosexuality need to get in tune with the Word of God and eschew the pressure human-centered moral relativity.
A Barack Hussein Obama victory will mean the political persecution of Biblical and traditional Christian morality. Secular Humanist and moral relativist progressive Leftist Christianity will eventually make it a crime to practice our faith in Christ.
Again scandal rocks the path of the Church that believes in the move of the Holy Spirit, Signs, Wonders and the miracles of God.
Todd Bentley has announced he and his wife are separating. The man has been the instrument of God for the current revival that many believed was the beginning of a new supernatural move of God in America.
Also there have been many critics of Bentley because of the strange oft violent ways the anointing flowed from God through Bentley to the healed. As usual with healing ministries the authenticity of healings and miracles was questioned. Then many critics who are believers in miracles questioned the origin of the signs and wonders because of the violence involved.
I myself have taken a wait and see path (see HERE and HERE). If the Lakeland Revival spread across the nation and more than one person began operating under the healing anointed, then that would confirm authenticity for me.
That did not happen.
There are still defenders of the Bentley phenomena. Their defense is very compelling. People were healed and people were raised from the dead. Regardless of doubters I believe in the authenticity the miracles occurred.
Should Christians believe for the healings to dissolve or for the risen to die because of moral failure?
I have indeed learned it was a Bentley moral failure that is causing the separation (and probably divorce) between Todd and Shonnah Bentley. Todd caved into temptation and wasted God’s anointing on an extramarital affair with one of his staff members.
We wish to acknowledge...that since our last statement from the Fresh Fire Board of Directors, we have discovered new information revealing that Todd Bentley has entered into an unhealthy relationship on an emotional level with a female member of his staff. In light of this new information and in consultation with his leaders and advisors, Todd Bentley has agreed to step down from his position on the Board of Directors and to refrain from all public ministry for a season to receive counsel in his personal life. (Emphasis: Supernatural Blog)
Below is a response from a believer in Miracles yet not necessarily in Todd:
Lakeland: So What Now?
Todd Bentley announced a separation from his wife this week. The blogoshere is full of "see I told you so’s" and "this proves that Lakeland was bogus" tirades including J. Lee Grady’s latest- Fire in My Bones.
So what does this mean? Are those folks that were healed now required to give back the blessing? Those who where raised from the dead around the world in response to prayer, are they now required to give up and die? All the folks that I know who received a blessing from the Lakeland Outpouring–are they now supposed to deny that it ever happened?
This is a personal tragedy for Todd and his family. What really bothers me is how gleeful and celebratory some ‘Christians’ are in response to a brother’s difficulty–no it actually make me rather sad and angry at the same time!
The old adage that "we shouldn’t throw the baby out with the bath water" really does apply here. Let’s change the bath water so to speak and let the Revival continue.
Is Todd’s whole ministry and anointing now to be questioned? I was reminded this morning of some of the Judges in the Old Testament that had some personal problems and yet were blessed of God tremendously—particularly Samson. We haven’t heard the last of Todd Bentley and I am sure his future will include something more than just bring down the Philistine temple. My prayers go with him and his family. (Dr. Michael G. Davis 8/14/08)
Here is the opinion of a person who did not believe in Miracles:
Patricia King on Todd Bentley Marriage & “Other Problems”
Thanks to ‘InlovewithJesus’ for pointing me to this new video released by Patricia King of Extreme Prophetic on the Todd Bentley situation here. Reading between the lines from what Patricia King says here, there are much worse Todd Bentley ”revelations” re: his personal life to come out over the coming days and weeks. Patricia King even warns us that such is the case: “[Todd Bentley's] … failure of the flesh - I am going to be honest - it is more than just a separation, there’s other things involved….. you’re going to be hearing some of the failure of Todd Bentley in this hour.” And what we already know for fact is bad enough.
It sounds like that at last what I saw many months ago, but could not speak of publically, will be out in the open. But it is distressing indeed - for everyone, but especially for the “innocent” concerned. There are no words really to convey the disgust and horror and upset of this situation - nor the damage it will do not just now but over the coming months and even years. And the disgust I feel for those people - leaders even - that allowed these things to be perpetuated right under their noses. But ‘touch not my anointed, right?’ Yeah, right!
Patricia King and others accuse the critics of crowing over this situation. I am not crowing, I am deeply distressed for the body of Christ being brought into such disrepute - even though Todd is evidently not part of the body, as he is a wicked man and preaches another gospel, the public will consider him as such and tarr the church with his public failures. It is no pleasure or reward to be proven right when one has seen the dreadful things for what they are before the time they are made public. What good neighbour crows when they are witnesses to a murder, and the murderer is caught and proven guilty? Most normal people only feel deep sadness afterwards. But it would be a twisted and crooked neighbour indeed who refused to speak out about the murderer, or identify him, because it would be “judgmental” and “divisive” “religious” and “unloving”.
On the video, Patricia King repeatedly refers to all the “division…. criticism… negative words…. a lot of judgment in the body of Christ” re Todd Bentley and Lakeland. She does not seem to understand the principle of the good neighbour refered to above, who speaks out for the sake of truth and righteousness as well as for the greater good. Nor does she even address WHY people have spoken out as they have - what Todd was doing that deserved the criticism he got - and more. If she can tolerate the vile acts that happened at Lakeland before the eyes of the world, and the vile acts as perpetuated by Todd under the cover of darkness, and … And there is more venom
If you follow Patricia King’s ministry you might be interested in this:
For those who thought Todd Bentley’s problems were just about separation from his wife, you were wrong. No one has been a bigger advocate of Bentley than Patricia King. Well, it seems she is a lot smarter than people give her credit for. She released a video addressing the Bentley situation. In the video she states,
I’m gonna be honest with you, it’s more than just a separation; there are other things that are involved too. There are other issues; there always is. When man fails there’s more than just one little thing, it’s usually a combination of different things..and I’m not going to say any more than that..Except to say that we are living in an hour where we cannot tolerate sin and we cannot tolerate unrighteousness; no matter how much we love an individual and no matter how much we love what God is doing.” (The On Going War Reason 8/16/08)
And here is a believer in miracles and yet way upset at Bentley:
Todd Bentley’s announcement that his marriage is ending has thrown our movement into a tailspin—and questions need to be answered.
It was not supposed to end like this.
Evangelist Todd Bentley had heralded the Lakeland revival as the greatest Pentecostal outpouring since Azusa Street. From his stage in a gigantic tent in Florida, Bentley preached to thousands, bringing many of them to the stage for prayer. Many claimed to be healed of deafness, blindness, heart problems, depression and dozens of other conditions in the Lakeland services, which ran for more than 100 consecutive nights. Bentley announced confidently that dozens of people had been raised from the dead during the revival.
But this week, a few days after the Canadian preacher announced the end of his visits to Lakeland, he told his staff that his marriage is ending. Without blaming the pace of the revival for Bentley’s personal problems, his board released a public statement saying that he and his wife, Shonnah, are separating. The news shocked Bentley’s adoring fans and saddened those who have questioned his credibility since the Lakeland movement erupted in early April.
“Among those who jumped on the Lakeland bandwagon, discernment was discouraged. They were expected to swallow and follow. The message was clear: ‘This is God. Don’t question.’ ”
I’m sad. I’m disappointed. And I’m angry. Here are few of my many, many questions about this fiasco:
Why did so many people flock to Lakeland from around the world to rally behind an evangelist who had serious credibility issues from the beginning?
To put it bluntly, we’re just plain gullible.
From the first week of the Lakeland revival, many discerning Christians raised questions about Bentley’s beliefs and practices. They felt uneasy when he said he talked to an angel in his hotel room. They sensed something amiss when he wore a T-shirt with a skeleton on it. They wondered why a man of God would cover himself with tattoos. They were horrified when they heard him describe how he tackled a man and knocked his tooth out during prayer.
But among those who jumped on the Lakeland bandwagon, discernment was discouraged. They were expected to swallow and follow. The message was clear: “This is God. Don’t question.” So before we could all say, “Sheeka Boomba” (as Bentley often prayed from his pulpit), many people went home, prayed for people and shoved them to the floor with reckless abandon, Bentley-style.
I blame this lack of discernment, partly, on raw zeal for God. We’re spiritually hungry—which can be a good thing. But sometimes, hungry people will eat anything.
Many of us would rather watch a noisy demonstration of miracles, signs and wonders than have a quiet Bible study. Yet we are faced today with the sad reality that our untempered zeal is a sign of immaturity. Our adolescent craving for … More J. Lee Grady anger
I have no idea who Peter M. Bradley of Britain is, but the singular minded anti-homosexual rights group known as the Americans for Truth about Homosexuality (AFTAH) seem to have raised the attention of Mr. Bradley. Come to think of it, it is probably a good thing I do not know who Mr. Bradley is.
Bradley recently sent an email showing his Gay Rights feelings on his shoulder and his Christophobic thinking in his writing.
You are very lucky that you live in the United States as we have laws in the United Kingdom about inciting hatred based on sexual orientation… here you would be imprisoned; and justly so. I have never seen such a diatribe of prejudiced rubbish in my entire life. Also the fact that your life’s work is dedicated (every day) to furthering your cause of hatred astounds me. Do you have nothing better to do with your time? I thought that Christians were meant to be out building wells in Africa where help is needed, not dressing up in smart suits waging campaigns against marginalised groups of people. I wonder what God thinks of you making decisions for him? Maybe if America had a more united culture like we do in the UK it may be more tolerant of all groups - we over here in Europe see you as a very disparate country made up of groups that know nothing about each other, and who have very little respect for diversity. You should take some lessons from the old world… it seems we have advanced much more than you have.
This is pretty much a summary I often get from angry homosexuals who vehemently dislike my stand that homosexuality equals immorality to the Christian faith. Homosexuals love to pour on the hatorade on Christians by calling them bigots or betrayers of the Christian love or Brotherhood. In other words rather than face up to the Biblical immorality of homosexuality, homosexual activists attempt to use the primary tools of Satan: deception and shame.
I don’t know how many times I have a homosexual apologist say Scripture does not mean what it says before the readers eyes. Often time followed by a warped interpretation of the New Testament or the brutality of the Old Testament (even in the O.T. sometimes I have read the claim Scripture does not mean what it says). Usually the criticism on Scriptural interpretation is closely followed by the tactic that homosexuals are just people like anyone else and the love of the Christian God would not stigmatize normal people like homosexuals. If homosexuals are not considered aberrant in their lifestyle then Biblical Christians are prejudiced bigots who be ashamed of some sort of racism.
PLEASE! That is just twisted thinking attempting to bully Biblical Christians into being quiet.
Interesting AFTAH has been responding to Mr. Bradley on the AFTAH blog. The two I found of interest was the response from Ron Loree and Laurie Higgins. YOU SHOULD READ THEM (or any other responses that may have come in since this post).
i say go ahead and show your pride people GAY PRIDE RULES AND NOTHING ANY BIGOT CAN SAY WILL STOP ME FROM SHOWING MY PRIDE
I am never in the mood for homosexuals to validate their lifestyle with displays of so-called “pride” and then have the audacity to proclaim the Biblical view of homosexuality as bigoted and thus by extension asserting that I am a bigot.
I merely write the Truth that the darkness of deaf ears and blind eyes cannot see due to the delusion of worshipping the creation more than the Creator. If anyone is bigoted here it is the homosexual who rejects Christ’s Grace or humanistically cherry picks Holy Scripture to validate deviancy as defined Biblically (not by the human AMA or its psychiatric twin).
The Epistle of Romans in the New Testament is the classic measuring stick of the sinfulness of the practice of homosexuality:
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19 because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. 20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, 21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.
24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, 25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
26 For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. 27 Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality,[c] wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, 30 backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving,[d] unmerciful; 32 who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them. [Romans 1: 18 – 32 NKJV. Emphasis Mine]
Here is where a homosexual will do one of two things (sometimes both):
1. They will find some deviant scholar that will say some hogwash that the Scripture is not talking about homosexuality; or
2. Notice the passage “deserving of death” and rant on that Western Culture has moved on from such medieval practices.
In addressing number one only a moron would interpret phrases like “women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature” or “Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful” as not addressing homosexuality.
In addressing number two the phrase “deserving of death” is for different than the Old Testament judgment of “death.”
“You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination” (Lev. 18: 22 NKJV).
“If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them.” (Lev. 20: 13 NKJV)
I am not Jewish thus I cannot attest to the modern interpretation of these Scriptures in Judaism; however in a Christian perspective these Scriptures are part of the Law. Christ came not to abolish the Law but to fulfill it (Matt. 5: 17 – 20) and in fulfilling it those who believe in the risen Lord are no longer under the penalty of the Law but are under Grace (Rom. 10: 4; Gal. 3: 23 – 29; Eph. 2: 11 - 22).
On the other hand Grace is not a license to sin (which includes more than just a homosexual lifestyle but all lifestyles contrary to the Word of God).
Romans 6: 12 – 23 nails it as far as homosexuality or any lifestyle that sets out to contradict a Christian Biblical lifestyle.
12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. 13 And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. 14 For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.
15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not! 16 Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? 17 But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. 18 And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. 19 I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness.
20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21 What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. 22 But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (NKJV)
Grace covers the penalty of death in this life but does not absolve the consequences of the Law if a sin lifestyle separates one from God thus reawakening the curse of the Law. The curse of the Law has “reaping and sowing” consequences either in this life or in the life after death at the Last Judgment.
In ending my response to “Gay Pride’s” Comment, homosexuals walk a dangerous line in this Life because Grace and Forgiveness is always available if one calls on the Name of Christ as Lord even to one’s last breath. As to bigotry, homosexuals and the supporters of a homosexual lifestyle are the true bigots because in flouting the Grace and Holiness of God they are in essence acting in prejudice against Christians.
Certain American government entities ranging from Federal, State and Local levels are and have been considering actions that effectively legislate or codify laws that are ANTI-CHRISTIAN morality. The effect is forcing the Secular Humanist morality of relativism on a public that in the majority are definitely against moral relativity.
I just read one example that the governing council of Montgomery County, Maryland is mulling the idea of making public rest rooms, locker rooms and other public facilities to be of the morally depraved nature in which both sexes share as one the facilities. Thus locker rooms of schools or dorms of Colleges have both sexes use the facilities for male and female.
Because the well funded pro-deviant lifestyle organization are demanding moral acceptance of their deviancy and forcing a public that would be otherwise abhorrent to accept moral deviancy as morally normal.
These alternate lifestyle activist organizations have become very effective as a lobby that most of the liberal Mainstream Media (MSM) and Hollywood style entertainment on the big screen and on television promote to counter Christian morality as normal and the proponents of Christian morality as evil bigots.
This is why the Christian Right came into existence as a political force. The narcissistic depraved values activist organizations are using Slanted Left Judges and Slanted Left lobbyists pressuring Congressmen to whole sale transform a nation of Christian foundations into the libertinism of anything goes.
The libertinism of homosexual and transgender lifestyles is a cancer in American culture that needs extreme countermeasures politically to remove the malignant tumors which will cause a cultural death. It is a fight that Judeo/Christian anti-bodies are needed to save America from a malignant cultural death.
Let me be clear, I am not advocating violence against moral deviancy. Violent acts to achieve cultural ends is not Christian Biblical morality; however it is time to ignore the propaganda of the separation of Church and State crowd’s interpretation of the First Amendment. Judeo/Christian moralists have just as much a First Amendment right to be heard and to engage politically as Secular Humanist deviant moralists do. My God, there are openly homosexual Congressmen on all levels of American government pushing their agenda. It is time for openly Judeo/Christian values Congressmen to eschew the lying demonization of the MSM and the propaganda of Hollywood and openly use their Office to defend Christian morality just as morally deviant Congressmen use their Office to promote the public acceptance of moral deviancy.
Christians get involved in the political process in America. At the very least vote values during elections. Christians are if you are a motivated person or persons, engage politically in your community. Try not to embroil the Pastor or Priest of your Church accept in an advisory position, the leftists have effectively stifled pulpits by threatening the life blood of a Church’s income. If the IRS perceives a Church or Pastor is endorsing or speaking politically from their pulpit, the IRS can choose to suspend a Church’s 501(3)c tax deduction status. Although I doubt the IRS goes after pseudo-Christians that have rejected the Bible as a moral authority when they support Alternate Lifestyle candidates or laws.
Do not be bullied by the deceivers that will tell you separation of Church and State prohibits Christian involvement in the political system. There is absolutely no mention of the phrase of “separation of Church and State” in the First Amendment or any other political document in America.
Take on Secular Humanism; it is your Constitutional Right.
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