General Discussions

[Thryleon]

The “let he who is without sin cast the first stone” philosophy is a New Testament thing, no? The Old Testament Christians don’t abide by it quite so much. Their God is a vengeful God who isn’t so much into forgiveness. Wiping out the entire populations of multiple cities was part of his modus operandi.

Why don’t Christians apply the “let he who is without sin cast the first stone” philosophy to how they react to gay people? Surely, they aren’t without sin themselves, so they shouldn’t be casting stones. If they think gays are sinners, leave it to God to deal with them on Judgment Day. Why usurp God’s role?

Maybe they should love the sinner but hate the sin. That would mean Christians should be happy to love the gay community and join in signalling acceptance of it even if they regard homosexuality as a sin. Am I missing something?

In my experience, most of them do.

You keep generalising and tarring everyone with the same brush.  I went to Christening of my friend and her wife's children in an Anglican church myself.

I still don't want to wear the rainbow.