Devante+Taggart


 * Topic** : I chose to discuss how many people are mislead by the Sacred Text of their religion.

1 ( Today’s society in America is very "tolerant" and pluralistic. There are many faiths, creeds, beliefs, "sexual preferences," races, ethnic groups, cultures, etc., etc.. It is becoming more and more unacceptable to claim a single right way or answer for anything—that would lead to "intolerance" and "intolerance" is heresy in America today. Many people believe that all people are right "in their own way," that we should "live and let live." Well... Jesus, the Founder of the Christian faith, begs to differ. Jesus said He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. The Bible says that there is no other Name under heaven given among men by which we are saved. Paul writes that if any other creature gives another gospel from that given in the Bible that he is accursed. Jesus also says that no man goes to the Father except through Him. He commanded His followers to go out and "teach all nations" about the Way. This doesn’t sound so very tolerant. You see then that Christians are in a socially awkward position; their Leader tells them to actually go out and tell people they’re on a path to Destruction unless they follow Him only. (The audacity!) He tells them that all other attempts to find the Meaning to Life are off the mark. (How un-American!)

It shows how people misunderstand a lot of religions. Most Christians know that there are other religions but here it says that in the Bible Jesus says that his religion is the only way. Therefore they are contradicting their religion by believing in other religions even though their religion tells them not to.

2 (Maybe they are commanded to, but not by Jesus. Jesus doesn’t say "For God so loved the world (except for them hell-bound homosexuals) that He gave His only begotten Son"? The command of Jesus to His followers in this situation is the same response for any group which is diametrically opposed to God’s will: Hate the sin, show the sinner the Truth in love. The Bible makes it abundantly clear that homosexuality is wrong; that it draws the person away from God rather than towards Him. But trying to get a lost soul back to God and thus healed is not accomplished by name-calling. Jesus ate and drank with sinners; so ought Christians who want to be like Him. In His manner, believers may win some to Christ.)

I want to show that homosexuality was not preached against by Jesus but instead looked down upon by whoever wrote the bible.


 * Works Cited :**

1 ( Sword and Spirit Ministries, . "25 Myths About Christianity." // 25 Myths About Christianity //. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Nov 2011. . )