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Amerigo Vespucci

(30,885 posts)
Wed May 30, 2012, 02:55 PM May 2012

Tony Perkins’ FRC tells Obama: ‘Wages of sin is death’ (TEH GAY is a sin, an abomination, harmful)

Tony Perkins’ FRC tells Obama: ‘Wages of sin is death’

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/30/tony-perkins-frc-tells-obama-wages-of-sin-is-death/



A Christian think tank is telling President Barack Obama that the “wages of sin is death” after he announced support for equal marriage rights for LGBT people.

Family Research Council (FRC) — a hate group, according the the Southern Poverty Law Center — has asked pastors around the country to sign a letter to Obama, complaining that he had used the “presidential ‘bully pulpit’ to promote a lifestyle choice that the Bible not only deems as sinful, but has also proven to be harmful.”

“You cited the Golden Rule when you made your announcement,” the letter notes. “We are offended that you would use the Bible’s Golden Rule as a rationale for supporting behavior that the Bible clearly calls sin and even an abomination.”

It continues: “We believe that ‘the wages of sin is death’ (Rom. 6:23). So how does the Golden Rule apply to those engaging in not only sinful, but also harmful behaviors? If a person truly lives by the Golden Rule, and treats people the way he/she wants to be treated, that person will not promote what is harmful-not only to those who participate in the behavior but also to those who are impacted by its embrace.”
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Tony Perkins’ FRC tells Obama: ‘Wages of sin is death’ (TEH GAY is a sin, an abomination, harmful) (Original Post) Amerigo Vespucci May 2012 OP
If there is a hell MinneapolisMatt May 2012 #1
Ah, twisting bible verse to suit one's own needs...... louis-t May 2012 #2
i have no respect whatsoever for mr perkins. he is persona non grata in my life. spanone May 2012 #3
Wages have been so stagnant that it is now just a bit of fatigue. Liberal Veteran May 2012 #4
One wonders what fake "Christian" Perkins stand is on intentional lying kevinbgoode1 May 2012 #5
I was gonna say gratuitous May 2012 #9
Anybody belonging to the FRC go to Red Lobster? Eat one, ever? sinkingfeeling May 2012 #6
Could we persuade this guy to take up snake-handling? LongTomH May 2012 #7
You Know What They say, Sir: 'The Wages Of Sin are Death, But the Hours Are Great!' The Magistrate May 2012 #8
Liberal Christianity and Conservative Christianity seem like completely different religions to me. ZombieHorde May 2012 #10
Is that the only sin bmbmd May 2012 #11
I see your sidelocks are shorn, Tony Dumbass. hifiguy May 2012 #12
Matthew 5:44-48 GarroHorus May 2012 #13
What a vile hate filled religion. DearAbby May 2012 #14

Liberal Veteran

(22,239 posts)
4. Wages have been so stagnant that it is now just a bit of fatigue.
Wed May 30, 2012, 03:07 PM
May 2012

And nobody can afford a cigarette afterwards.

kevinbgoode1

(153 posts)
5. One wonders what fake "Christian" Perkins stand is on intentional lying
Wed May 30, 2012, 03:14 PM
May 2012

Since he and his organization have a long history of doing just that. . .what are the wages of engaging in such deception, Mr. Perkins? Let alone, impersonating a "Christian" think tank?

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
9. I was gonna say
Wed May 30, 2012, 03:25 PM
May 2012

My recollection is that lying is against one of the big ten that Perkins and his ilk want to inscribe on every wall and every rock that isn't moving on public land. As for Perkins and his exegesis of scripture, I disagree with his interpretation; I further disagree that those verses he and his pals are so fond of citing have anything to do with our modern understanding of human sexuality, and as such are wholly inapposite to the situation at hand. That being said, do Perkins and his buddies have anything else to base their bigotry on?

sinkingfeeling

(51,457 posts)
6. Anybody belonging to the FRC go to Red Lobster? Eat one, ever?
Wed May 30, 2012, 03:20 PM
May 2012

The Bible calls that a sin and an abomination in the eyes of the lord.

The Magistrate

(95,247 posts)
8. You Know What They say, Sir: 'The Wages Of Sin are Death, But the Hours Are Great!'
Wed May 30, 2012, 03:25 PM
May 2012

"Jesus is coming! Look busy!"

ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)
10. Liberal Christianity and Conservative Christianity seem like completely different religions to me.
Wed May 30, 2012, 03:33 PM
May 2012

How odd both use the same exact source material, but come to opposite conclusions on many, major issues.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
12. I see your sidelocks are shorn, Tony Dumbass.
Wed May 30, 2012, 03:34 PM
May 2012

Do you eat shellfish? Wear two different fabrics together? Same shit, different pile.

 

GarroHorus

(1,055 posts)
13. Matthew 5:44-48
Wed May 30, 2012, 03:43 PM
May 2012

44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

DearAbby

(12,461 posts)
14. What a vile hate filled religion.
Wed May 30, 2012, 03:49 PM
May 2012

An eternity with you in heaven? PRAISE GOD for small blessings.

Rev Tony, try reading about the Church of Ephesus in the book of Revelation, they were all hot on rules and doctrine...short on the message.

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