BIB501-2 wk 6 DQ#4. What is God's judgment on those who deny His creatorship? What should the believer's response be to the homosexual?

In my feeble attempt to be a Christian apologist, I was playing in the eBay Christian bashing Soapbox chat room this morning. One discussion thread just kept on giving. The thread was about the “Proposed Kansas Law Would Force Churches to Host Gay Weddings.” First was an attack on the Roman Catholic Church about their treatment of Protestant Huguenots so that will apply to DQ#6 and legalism. Next the question whether homosexuality is a sexual preference or as one poster wrote, “It's not about an intellectual or emotional choice or preference!!!! It's BIOLOGY. “Well, the door was wide open so I charged in and posted the following. The Christian apologist I quoted below is Dr. Missler.

According to one Christian apologist you may be able to blame God as “the result of denying their Creator was abandonment to a depraved lifestyle." He quotes Romans 1:26-27, “For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.”

As Christians we are to love the sinner but hate the sin. However much we may feel compassion for gays, “The sin of Sodom and Gomorrah was not homosexuality; it was the open, public condoning of homosexuality. And God dealt with it.” (Again, thanks to Dr. Missler) I concluded with the statement I want to be in the presence of Jesus someday, compassion yes but no condoning.

This eBay Soapbox thread has now evolved into the question of churches paying property taxes. Like I said, the thread just keeps on giving, that is, giving me a chance to witness a little in a chat room that has a wide readership. I can again compare the simplicity of Jesus’ message of salvation by grace with legalism and that He didn’t need a mega church to spread His message.

Before I jump back into the Soapbox and to digress a bit, how could anyone deny God the Creator? Last year I was returning from church on a particularly beautiful day and was reminded of Psalms 19:1, “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.” In my opinion, the Bible is written in the heavens and is there for all to read and be in awe of God’s creation.