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The Popes endorsement of the Homosexual agenda

10/16/2014

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For those of you who have not heard yet, on Monday 10/13/14 the Pope, with a group of 200 Bishops, made a statement that “homosexuals had gifts and qualities to offer" and asked if Catholicism could accept gays and recognize positive aspects of same-sex couples. “VATICAN CITY (Reuters). The article also stated that “the Church should challenge itself to find "a fraternal space" for homosexuals without compromising Catholic doctrine on family and matrimony.”

The document called "Relatio" said that “Often they wish to encounter a Church that offers them a welcoming home,"

"Are our communities capable of proving that, accepting and valuing their sexual orientation, without compromising Catholic doctrine on the family and matrimony?" 

All I can respond with is that this is bunch of theological double speak. 

Since then, there has apparently been a partial retraction after a blowback from conservative Catholic groups.

What I would like to know is this: Was the Pope speaking ex-cathedra or was he making an encyclical statement? The Catholic Church says that the Pope speaks with all authority of the Lord in regards to doctrine. So does this mean the Lord changes His mind when it comes to Biblical doctrine?

The definition of ex-cathedra:

  1. ex ca·the·dra
    1. with the full authority of office (especially of the pope's infallibility as defined in Roman Catholic doctrine).
"for an encyclical to be infallible the pope must speak ex cathedra"

Yet the Scripture says…

Lev 18:22  'You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination. 

It seems pretty clear to me in the English that the Lord forbids this behavior. But just to make it clear let’s see what it says in the Hebrew.

שׁכב

shâkab shaw-kab' Lie.

A primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose): -  X at all, cast down, ([over-]) lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still, with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.

תּעבה    תּועבה

tô‛êbah  tô‛êbah to-ay-baw', to-ay-baw' abomination.

Feminine active participle of H8581; properly something disgusting (morally), that is, (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol: - abominable (custom, thing), abomination.

So if I understand it properly, it could not be just sleeping that he is talking about because I just don’t see anywhere else in the Scripture that sleeping is an abomination. So it must be that this verse is referencing sexual behavior.

If we look into the Brit Hadasha (New Covenant Scriptures), it says about this behavior:

Rom 1:24  Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them.

Rom 1:25  For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

Rom 1:26  For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural,

Rom 1:27  and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error.

Rom 1:28  And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper, 

Again it is pretty clear that this is speaking about immoral sexual acts committed by men and women in the area of unnatural sexual perversion, in other words homosexual behavior. 

I just don’t get it. With all of their talk about family values, how in the world could the Pope even entertain this idea? I am sorry to announce that this is just another example of the “Catholic Church” taking authority that has not been given to them. In doing so they feel the right to change the Word of the Lord with a lot of religious double speak. Make no mistake – they will be judged for their blasphemy. Their audacity is amazing and anyone who supports this will be judged by the Lord with them.

I would like to pose one more question for your consideration. With the priest sex abuse scandal that has ripped through the “Catholic Church” in our modern times, is this just another cover up to excuse that behavior? Hmmmm, I wonder. Remember this is not a new phenomenon. This behavior has been part of “Catholic” culture for centuries.

You may say that what I am espousing is hate speech. But to not tell them the truth is worse. I do not hate homosexuals. I just hate what they espouse. Even worse than that, I hate that they try and find a way to make it seem like the Lord endorses their sinful behavior. Last but not least they are the best evangelists for their sinful lifestyle. This recent attempt by the “Catholic Church” to legitimize this behavior is just another attempt by the Gay lobby to infiltrate every area of society. Use wisdom and don’t be fooled by Satan’s hand in this to destroy mankind and bring the Lord’s judgment on this wicked world.

6 Comments
Diane Dupuis
10/29/2014 01:41:05 pm

This is a very serious subject, I know. However, with all that is going on in the middle east,Israel, ISIS, anti-semitism growing in our universities,the Muslim Brotherhood right here in our country pushing their agenda, a beheading right here in our own country, I just feel as if the Catholic Church is not of much importance. I don't think anyone takes them too seriously, especially since the whole pedophile priest thing. I do feel that the muslim threat in this country
is so severe, we are all going to have to stick together to fight it. If you had told me even six months ago I would be saying this, I wouldn't have believed you, but I am saying it now. Our country is in
deep trouble and all of us free thinking people, Protestants,Catholics, Jews, atheists, any religion or non religion, we have to stick together to rid ourselves of this muslim threat. They are real and they are serious. Sharia law is what they want. Look at what is going on in Europe. We are just one step behind them. Look at Egypt. It was an established civilized society for 4000 years and Islam has taken it down to it's knees. What do you think they can do to a country that has been here for only a few hundred years? Not only that, they are working their jihad from within, using our own laws to further their agenda. To me, homosexuality and what the catholic church feels about it, is minor compared to what is going on right here under our noses.

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Rabbi Henry
11/29/2014 07:46:36 am

Hi Diane you might want to read my June and July blogs. I deal with some of these very topics in detail.There are issues that are destructive from within and without. Islam is a very dangerous external threat. What the Pope endorses is a very insidious internal threat, Both threats are equally as dangerous. The blindness and influence of the Catholic church eats away at the very core of moral society while Islam just wants our heads. Either way we can't ignore one for the other.

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Archaeotravel link
11/6/2014 03:43:43 pm

I agree to your statement related to double language but I also believe we should think, as Diane said above, homosexuality is by far something private. Our problem as a society is poverty. We also have greed and so on. Interesting is that we deal with a challange to think beyond religion and this might be the first step. We shall see. Atitude matters so the article is a good thing.

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Rabbi Henry
11/29/2014 07:58:21 am

Dear Archaeotravel, hope I was not too informal. The problem with homosexuals is that they are evangelists for their cause. Their goal is not to remain private with their sin but to convince the world that this lifestyle is normal and acceptable. This has a far reaching effect on society. When the family structure is destroyed then the county is also destroyed. The family is the Lord's plan for humanity. When society rejects this plan then the very fabric of what makes us who we are as people created in the Lord's image is compromised. Scripture is pretty clear on this.

Gen 1:27 God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Gen 2:18 Then the LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him."
Gen 2:19 Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name.
Gen 2:20 The man gave names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the sky, and to every beast of the field, but for Adam there was not found a helper suitable for him.
Gen 2:21 So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place.
Gen 2:22 The LORD God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.
Gen 2:23 The man said, "This is now bone of my bones, And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man."
Gen 2:24 For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.
Gen 2:25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.

Man and Woman together were made in the image of the Lord, not man alone. any other combination is an abomination to the Lord and denies His plan to make mankind in His image.

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Archaeology travel link
12/26/2014 11:42:42 pm

Thank you so much for the answer and for the quotes! I have read the Book and you are right, so the problem is how do we solve this will of God like homosexuality which is something that exists, we cannot deny it?! Where is the missing link in this equation? That is the question. What's the purpose for this kind of lifestyle? Ancient Greeks or ancient Romans had no problem with that, there is something a missing link. I also agree that any other combination than man and woman might be wrong from Lord's plan but their are part of Lord's plan because they exist. Or they are part of other powers. Only faith can give us the answer. So, thank you very much for your answer!

Tom
11/10/2014 06:34:43 pm

Thank you for telling the truth.


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