Comments on: AFA radio host: Legal sanctions for homosexual behavior are biblical

By: logston

logston — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 23:16:08 +0000

is it not that god only judge’s, and punishes

is it not that Mr. Fischer is god

is it not that their will be false gods

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:43:24 +0000

Actually, Elisha is quite correct. The Biblical punishment is indeed death.

According to REAL Christians, however, Jesus already took that punishment.

By: Athanasian

Athanasian — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:08:09 +0000

Martin Luther, initiator of the Protestant Reformation, teached to distinguish the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of the world. One of the deepest mistakes of the church at his time was, in his opinion, to mix the two powers (or “swords”, as he says) confusingly. Spiritual actualities, he says, never can be pushed through by violence or law and order. The Bible must be understood according to its center, Jesus Christ, who said: “My kingdom is not of this world” (John 18, 36) and who forgave the adulteress instead of stoning her (John 8). According to the protestant (end evangelical) origins the words of Bryan Fisher (and of Elisha as well) simply demonstrates an alarming absence of theological education and insight. Christians could be victims of persecution, but never persecuers! Metanoeite! –

By: Michael Bussee

Michael Bussee — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:36:02 +0000

I disagree with all of the above. Maybe that means I’m a “faux Chrisian” after all. That’s OK. I think I prefer “faux Christianity” to the type many “real Christians” advocate. Faux Christianity seems more, well, Christ-like.

By: Elisha

Elisha — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:49:15 +0000

What a shame that Throckmorton and the commenters here have chosen to reject the Biblical standard of morality and law.

Throckmorton asks:

“I wonder what punishments Mr. Fischer would impose on the “unholy and profane?” How about liars? And the quite broad category of folks: Sinners?”

You wouldn’t have to wonder if you would read your Bible. If there is a Biblically prescribed punishment such as death or banishment, then that is the punishment that should be meted out. It is not your place to challenge God’s assessment of the proper penalty. If there is a sin for which there is no prescribed punishment, then we should do our prayerful best to impose a penalty based on an analogous sin for which there is a prescribed penalty.

The New Testament’s statements about love and forgiveness are not an escape hatch for sinners. Forgiveness follows – and is not a substitute for – repentance and punishment. We can certainly forgive homosexuals who repent of their abominable sin, but only after they are executed.

Look for many if not most sins, the Biblical punishment is death. To put it bluntly, the Bible is a book that advocates the execution of many, many people. That is the reality that Throckmorton and the other faux Christians on this site cannot accept. You deny it or dance around it or try to rewrite it withtry to argue that the New Testament lets you off the hook. But you can’t deny the words on the page.