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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]the Bible is the inerrant word of God...
homosexually in a committed relationship is not a sin...
non-believers will not go to hell...

I've been a Christian my whole adult life and I struggle with these issues. If I don't believe in the first and third am I not really a Christian? If non-believer won't go to hell then why did we need Jesus to die and "save" us? If I don't believe this my life will crumble (home, work, family all are Christian). The fall-out will be huge and painful. Just venting... I don't have anyone safe in my life to say these things to. [/quote]

I'm one. I tend to focus on the New Testament rather than the Old, and this strongly influences my beliefs on the three items you mention. For example, Jesus said it's not necessary to follow dietary rules from the Old Testament, instead what matters is what you think and say (what comes out of your mouth not what you put in it), et cetera. WRT homosexuality, Jesus never said anything about it one way or another. The Apostle Paul did weigh in on homosexuality, but Paul isn't Jesus and I don't regard what he says as having the same status. I'm not GLBT myself but I take the lack of recorded pronouncements from Jesus as an opening to tolerance. WRT nonbelievers going to hell, I like what C.S. Lewis said on the subject (and on other subjects) although, like Lewis, I don't think we can know what happens in the afterlife until we get there.

So for the first two on your list, check me off as following Jesus rather than the Old Testament, and this basically means you can check me off for the first two items. Put me down as still ignorant on the third. I'm currently attending an Episcopal church, which ordains gay priests, although I have attended liberal Presbyterian churches (one that blessed gay marriages) in the past. [/quote]

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