[bomp] The Knights of the New Crusade

["Murray Abisch" <abisch_murray@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for writing.  I'm not sure I'm qualified to answer such a weighty 
question.  Anything that doesn't seem clear is going to be my fault, not the 
Bible's, of course.
For a laugh, I sent them an email asking what they think about gay people. 
Here's their reply:

"Well, different theologians have interpreted the Bible and specifically 
Jesus's teachings differently, even when theologians from the same 
branches.  I think it's clear (though I'm open to changing my mind if 
there's something I've overlooked) that just as humans are not saved by 
their good works, they are not damned by any of their other works, whether 
you personally want to call them bad or indifferent works. What makes the 
difference in whether you go to Heaven or Hell is whether you choose to 
accept Christ as your salvation into Heaven and whether you hold to that 
decision to your dying moment.
I know that it's a tough idea, to think that even someone like Adolf Hitler 
could at the last minute repent of his sins and accept Christ and go to 
Heaven while good people who never had a chance to hear the Gospel can't, 
but there's a lot about God that passes human understanding.

More important than what I think is what Jesus actually said.  Remember, 
Jesus never condemned homosexuality specifically.  That's in the Old 
Testament and in Paul's epistles.  He condemned lustfulness. 

Remember, Jesus does love you.  I urge you to read the Gospels with an open 
mind.  Please write back any time.

God bless."

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