Comments for God Made Me This Way: How Is It Sin? at http://www.biblearchive.com/mambo4_5 , comment 1 to 4 out of 4 comments http://www.biblearchive.com/mambo4_5 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:23:50 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.biblearchive.com/mambo4_5/index.php/Study-of-Sin/How-Is-It-Sin.html#comment-377 For a totally different viewpoint on this subject - check out www.centenaryunited.com . - Jake Douglas Sat, 19 May 2007 05:45:40 +0100 http://www.biblearchive.com/mambo4_5/index.php/Study-of-Sin/How-Is-It-Sin.html#comment-326 I can see both points, but I will hold fast on my belief that sin is in who we are before what we do. But truly, I don't need to debate that point at the moment. 8) - Doug McHone Sat, 31 Mar 2007 14:44:59 +0100 http://www.biblearchive.com/mambo4_5/index.php/Study-of-Sin/How-Is-It-Sin.html#comment-322 Definitely agreed, Biblically speaking the person would see that the fault is in themselves and I think that’s the problem with a lot of these TV shows and what not. In a desire to paint the person in a positive light they make him a victim of circumstance, fate, the gods—whatever; it’s a Greek Tragedy all over again. But the Greek Tragedies dealt with gods who were just super-powerful, nigh-immortal human-like beings with all of our weaknesses and whims playing in their cosmic minds. Those sort of beings it made sense for humans to become the victims of the circumstances of the gods—but that doesn’t translate Biblically. God, unlike a man, won’t lie. God, unlike a man, is eternal (and so forth). So the Biblical God operates on a level where for man to understand He must reveal what He’s doing. Which makes the young man’s question all the more confusing since apparently he was a devout extremist Christian; if anyone should know that there are even multiple Biblical reasons (we’re sinners, God is building His church, we’re waiting for the day of renewal, etc) it would be him. As for Jesus’ words: What if you look at your wife with “lustful intent”? What if you get angry at your brother (which Jesus says equates to murder) yet you sin not (which Paul exhorts as possible)? I’m just pointing out that Jesus simple message had vastly deep ramifications for if we take the Bible as authoritative, we would see Jesus still speaking in the words of Paul. Be that as it may, it’s a huge subject and Jeremy has some excellent thoughts on this over [url=http://parablemania.ektopos.com/archives/2006/09/confusing_expla.html]here[/url]. - Rey Sat, 31 Mar 2007 12:59:05 +0100 http://www.biblearchive.com/mambo4_5/index.php/Study-of-Sin/How-Is-It-Sin.html#comment-317 The already and not yet can give us many reasons to humble ourselves before God, can't it? The argument that God made someone homosexual doesn't hold water though. Not from a Biblical standpoint. If the action is the sin and the yearning is neutral then wouldn't this be the same thing as saying that God is tempting a person to sin? My Bible says that God does not tempt anyone to sin. And I will go a bit farther to say that the yearning is every bit as sinful as the action. How do I justify such a statement? Matthew 5:28 (NASB, just for Rey) But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. We sin because we are sinners, not because God tempted us to sin. Thanks for the post! - Doug McHone Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:04:00 +0100