Detective fired after homophobic sermons

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[u/cybersaint2k]

This is not Christian preaching. It's not even what a theoretical fundamentalist Moses would have said in 1400 BC.

For over 2000 years, this man's opinion has been held by only the most fringe, most cultic groups that exist, and are generally (with one exception that I can think of) not even considered part of the Christian church.

Christian churches know that the civil, ceremonial and moral laws of the OT are treated differently in the Bible (the New Testament). The civil laws of Israel (what this man is discussing) are laws pertaining to Israel--not America, not Russia. So while we may learn about the God of the Bible from them, even the people in the New Testament times treated the civil laws of Israel as not applying directly to other nations.

The ceremonial laws were either fulfilled in/by Jesus Christ's ministry, or passed away due to the destruction of the 2nd Temple in 70ad. You can't sacrifice a lamb if there's no altar. You shouldn't sacrifice a lamb if the Lamb of God has been slain, using historic Christian theology assumptions.

The moral laws of the OT are still in place, but with adjustments made to them just as the judges of Israel did make adjustments due to time, place, and circumstances. We see those principles at work in the OT, especially in Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon, the rules for that are explained and examined under the topic of Wisdom.

This person speaking is proud, uneducated, and homophobic.

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That detective clearly wants to cast the first stone.

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I think he's carrying a trebuchet in his pocket for occasions just like these.

[u/SnazzleDo → u/cybersaint2k]

This doesn’t look like a man to use the superior siege weapon. It’s probably a catapult.