'Duck Dynasty' star makes anti-gay comments; GLAAD slams

[PRB]

Thanks for owning that. At least PRB was upfront about his self-righteousness. You took a little coaxing to admit your pride.

I agree with jmdrake, I don't think the distinction between sin and sinner are more than semantic. I think people who say "hate the crime and sin, not the criminal and sinner" are just being overly polite to avoid offending the person they're judging. A person is what he does, if he wasn't, he'd be schizophrenic or not in control of his person/body/behavior, in which case, responsibility is pointless. You must assume a person has autonomy, choice, and free will to assign guilt, blame and credit.

 

[jmdrake]

My point is, I might have my own non-biblical reasons to believe some sins are worse than others, even if I can't compare every single one to every single one, but I'm not afraid to say I am better than murderers and rapists, even if I'm a liar or cheater on my spouse.

Are you glad I do because you believe some sins and some sinners are worse than others, even if the Bible might not say so?

Again, what does that have to do with my point that nobody has articulated a legitimate reason why bestiality is worse than homosexuality?

Edit: Rape involves violating the will of another person. Pedophilia involves violating the (possible) innocence of a child. I think most people would agree that animals don't actually have rights. If you don't have a right to object to being killed and eaten then you don't really have a right to object to anything else. As far as being "glad" about what you believe, believe what you want. The Bible clearly put some sins in different categories, James 2:10 notwithstanding.

Matthew 18:6 NLT New Living Translation

But if you cause one of these little ones who trusts in me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to have a large millstone tied around your neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea.

I don't know how anyone can read ^that and think all sin is the same in the eyes of Jesus.

But again, what does that have to do with the point I was making? You can believe that all sin is the same and believe that homosexuality and bestiality are on the same level. You can believe that different sins are of different weight and still believe that homosexuality and bestiality are on the same level. Or you can believe that different sins are of different weight and that homosexuality and bestiality are on different levels. The question I've raised repeatedly, and haven't gotten a straight answer yet, is why anyone things homosexuality and bestiality are or should be on different levels? From a personal standpoint, I'm not interested in either but don't judge anyone who engages in either. From a biblical standpoint, both seem to be condemned at least in the Old Testament. From a legal/liberty standpoint, I wouldn't want anyone put in prison for either.