Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!ukma!seismo!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: tblake@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Thomas Blake) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Gay Ordination in the Presbyterian Church Message-ID: Date: 27 Mar 91 02:37:03 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: State University of New York at Binghamton Lines: 23 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu [Joe Buehler commented that homosexual thoughts can't be engaged in if you want to enter the kingdom on heaven. Cathy Fasano objected that considering the action is not in itself immoral. Unacted-out temptation is never considered sinful, as resisting temptation is a virtue. --clh] Matthew 5:27-30 "You have heard that it was said, `Do not commit adultery.' 28 But now I tell you: anyone who looks at a woman and wants to possess her is guilty of committing adultery with her in his heart. 29 So if your right eye causes you to sin, take it out and throw it away! It is much better for you to lose a part of your body than to have your whole body thrown into hell. 30 If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away! It is much better for you to lose one of your limbs than to have your whole body go off to hell. I do not believe that Jesus is advocating self-mutilation here, I believe he refers to parts of our spiritual makeup. (Ex. If your desire for a woman causes you to sin, purge yourself of that desire.) Tom Blake SUNY-Binghamton