It really boils down to common sense to understand how the concept sin means. If a Christian Evangelical preacher gives a sermon on God's love for us all and then turns around and gives a sermon damning homosexuals, lesbians and transgenders as the vilest of the vile who will surely go to hell, then he completely misses the point of the makeup of God and the message of Jesus Christ, "Do not judge, lest ye be judged." God cannot love everybody and then turn around and condemn or destroy them. And fo what? Sexual practices? I think God is certainly above pettiness.
Why do you think organized religious have different teachings, rules, and regulations (dogma) and that they vary so much? If you think it's because they are trying to keep their followers from "sinning" you see the tip of the iceberg. Dogma and doctrines is nothing more than cultural teaching and moral traditions that have been handed down through generations. Morality is geographical and cultural in nature. Tribes in the Amazon have no problem with women showing their breasts, while many other areas consider it to be a sin or morally degenerate. Certianly, there are the Biggie's of human behavior, such as murder and theft, that are condemned in almost every culture. From there on, however, cultural traditions can vary widely and so can their taboos. Organised traditions put these taboos in their religious writings such as the Bible, Korah, Torah etc., And in the specific dogmas or doctrines of their religions. It is interesting to note that no other area of human behavior has the attention of this doctrines more than sexual practices and human sexuality. It seems as if organized religious went out its way to make sure sex was its main point as it relates to moral practices.
In my opinion, they have their priorities all mixed up. place the emphasis on teaching people to be kind, loving , and considerate to their fellow human beings first and foremos. If human beings were schooled more in the Golden rule then you might find that sexual crimes, divorce and adulterous behavior would take a sharp do in their rates of occurence. To change the world's propensity for war and conflict to one of peace and Goodwill is not going to be done by monitoring sexual behavior. One must take a higher road to not only religious tolerance but racial and ethnic tolerance. The higher road entails showing respect for human life and easing the suffering of millions. In other words, religion should focus on teaching spirituality rather than concentrating on the morality issues of such mundane things as human sexuality.
Think about it for a moment. Put yourself in God's shoes. Would you really care if two humans had sex out of wedlock or were the same gender??
The seeking of earthly pleasure is only wrong if it is done with malicious intent to hurt someone else.
Happy Sunday nairalanders

Rules and Regulations are products of human perspective and reasoning of good or bad and their magnitude

Wonderz1:
It really boils down to common sense to understand how the concept sin means. If a Christian Evangelical preacher gives a sermon on God's love for us all and then turns around and gives a sermon damning homosexuals, lesbians and transgenders as the vilest of the vile who will surely go to hell, then he completely misses the point of the makeup of God and the message of Jesus Christ, "Do not judge, lest ye be judged."

We are already going to be Judged, so he definitely can judge.

So the issue is, he is going to get the type and kind of judgement he gave.

If he gave unjust judgement them he will get unjust judgement like that stupid servant whose debts was forgiven and yet he did not let his debtor rest.

Wonderz1:
..." God cannot love everybody and then turn around and condemn or destroy them. And fo what? Sexual practices? I think God is certainly above pettiness.

You do know God upholds His Law with No Variation or Waiver.

If The Lord utterly wiped out the people who defiled themselves shall He be biased today?

Nay, Never. The Lord is God of Equity as was done in the case of Ananias and Sapphira.

The Law shall run its course.

Leviticus 18 has Already Told you the sexual Abominations. He who hath an eye to read let him read What The Lord hath Commanded.

Amotolongbo:
Rules and Regulations are products of human perspective and reasoning of good or bad and their magnitude

Partly True but there is Also the Greater and Higher Rules and Regulation which men came to meet on earth. This part they do not teach in schools.

Dtruthspeaker:


Partly True but there is Also the Greater and Higher Rules and Regulation which men came to meet on earth. This part they do not teach in schools.

Which rules and regulations supersede man?

Amotolongbo:
Which rules and regulations supersede man?

Example: Thou Shalt eat herbs and meat" and not wood and iron.

Thou shalt live on land and not in the sea as a fish.

The Womb Man shall bear in her belly the child, not the male man.

"The doing of any evil and wickedness is prohibited whether done to self or mankind to mankind or mankind to land and animals or animals to mankind.

A court shall be established in every gathering of 2 or more people to dispense Rightness and Just Is.

The Life of man upon the earth shall be 120 years.

Nature is The Law Above all men!

AND NO MAN MADE ANY OF THESE LAWS.

Actually, man did not make Law, he is supposed to be Repeating and Resounding The Laws God had already made which he came to meet on ground already.

But these evil bastards also took the opportunity of Repeating The Law to Alter and Change it and even make it look like they are the ones who made The Law.

BUT THIS IS A LIE! MAN DID NOT MAKE THE LAW, IT IS GOD WHO DID.

AND MAN DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT AND JURISDICTION TO MAKE THE LAW OVER HIS FELLOW MAN. HE IS SUPPOSED TO RESTATE AND APPLY GOD'S LAW OR AT LEAST NATURAL LAW (FOR THOSE WHO MAY CLAIM NOT TO KNOW GOD'S LAWS) WHICH WAS WHAT HAPPENED IN THE BEGINNING.

See my thread https://www.nairaland.com/6539350/true-origin-law-hidden-truths

Dtruthspeaker:

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But these evil bastards also took the opportunity of Repeating The Law to Alter and Change it and even make it look like they are the ones who made The Law.

You claim to be a lawyer so you're among the evil bastards. LMFAO!

LordReed:


You claim to be a lawyer so you're among the evil bastards. LMFAO!

Satan, the Anti-Law has Come!

I am the Lawyer telling them that they have and had No Right and Jurisdiction to have taken it upon themselves to make laws in the first place, nor did they have a Right to Alter and Amend Original Natural Laws, in the first place.

So off you go SatanReed!

Dtruthspeaker:


Satan, the Anti-Law has Come!

I am the Lawyer telling them that they have and had No Right and Jurisdiction to have taken it upon themselves to make laws in the first place, nor did they have a Right to Alter and Amend Original Natural Laws, in the first place.

So off you go SatanReed!

So you studied to become an evil bastard so you can tell them not to be evil bastards. So when you go to court what do you quote to the evil bastard judge, "natural law" or the evil bastard law? LMFAO!