Replies to '06/06 "I'm Gay, OK?"'

Well I am very happy you see yourself as a followr of Christ and not a follower of Paul and that you read the entire bible. SO DO I. So we have that in common. The only point I was trying to make was that  a TRUE Christian follows Christ as God's Word not the writings of Paul as God's Word.  

God only has ONE TRUE WORD and it is Jesus. To say that anything else is God's true word is idolatry.  

Furthermore, we do not obey Paul on MANY things he suggested in his letters. He believed slaves should obey their masters in ALL things inTitus 2:9-10 and Ephesians 6:5. Today we Christians know slavery is WRONG and those who are enslaved have EVERY RIGHT to rebel and seek freedom and compensation. Paul believed a man is the head of a woman and women should never seek authority over a man. 1Corinthians 14:34-35 and 1 Timothy 2:11-15. Today we know women can be just as competent leaders, teachers, judges as any man. Peter often disagreed with Paul’s approach and writings, calling them “Difficult to understand” and contain things which the “unlearned and unstable” preoccupy themselves with. See 2 Peter 3:16 

This is why it is so important not to fall victom to bible fundamentalism. Just keep focused  JESUS Christ never changes because only HE IS THE WORD.  

As for your NIV transaltion. It is not a prefered translation of serious bible scholars and is used mainly by certain sects who like the way it is worded but often it has serious mistranslations. The translation you use is very important because many contain errors. The bible was afterall, copied, translated, compiled and edited by men. Men make mistakes all the time or misunderstand things. So get a version that is as close to the original Hebrew and Greek as possible and also invest in a Hebrew and Greek concordance to get the correct meanings of words when you are not 100% sure.  

God bless!