King Phenomenon
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I think one reason why Christianity is in decline in the U.S.A. is because it condemns homosexuality. I think the church really needs to address that during sermon.
As far as JC saying homosexuality is bad, well I think he made a mistake ha ha. I mean his life was cut short. Who knows what he would've said down the road. I guess if anybody would've seen they were wrong it would've been him. It is a possibility. Who knows maybe Jesus was in the closet and was struggling like many are today. Surely we can cut JC a little slack on that notion alone. I'm not saying JC laid with a man but maybe he had desires and repressed them. Who's to say? Anyway, I doubt a priest giving a sermon would say that. He'd probably get fired. So I'm not exactly sure how the church would wiggle out of that one and I'm not even sure if they would want to unfortunately. No skin off my back I don't even go to church.
Another reason I think is because some people may have a hard time excepting Jesus Christ as our savior. What helped me get closer to him was to ponder who he is and why he came here. I got creative with my thinking about him and broadened my understanding of him outside of religious texts. It took me a very long time. I didn't have to think about him all the time, maybe here and there but I always kept him in my pocket at least. Most importantly for me now is to stay humble when I speak of how he works in my life. I had to have fun with religion to make it work and realize that my understanding was the most important, not even ol' JC's.
I think there's some great things to be learned from the Bible and it would've been foolish for me to dismiss it for these two reasons.
As far as JC saying homosexuality is bad, well I think he made a mistake ha ha. I mean his life was cut short. Who knows what he would've said down the road. I guess if anybody would've seen they were wrong it would've been him. It is a possibility. Who knows maybe Jesus was in the closet and was struggling like many are today. Surely we can cut JC a little slack on that notion alone. I'm not saying JC laid with a man but maybe he had desires and repressed them. Who's to say? Anyway, I doubt a priest giving a sermon would say that. He'd probably get fired. So I'm not exactly sure how the church would wiggle out of that one and I'm not even sure if they would want to unfortunately. No skin off my back I don't even go to church.
Another reason I think is because some people may have a hard time excepting Jesus Christ as our savior. What helped me get closer to him was to ponder who he is and why he came here. I got creative with my thinking about him and broadened my understanding of him outside of religious texts. It took me a very long time. I didn't have to think about him all the time, maybe here and there but I always kept him in my pocket at least. Most importantly for me now is to stay humble when I speak of how he works in my life. I had to have fun with religion to make it work and realize that my understanding was the most important, not even ol' JC's.
I think there's some great things to be learned from the Bible and it would've been foolish for me to dismiss it for these two reasons.
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