Governor Chris Christie says that homosexuality is genetic and that it is not a sin. See here. But he is simply wrong. It is not genetic. That myth has been thoroughly refuted. See here.
Today we are living in the most decadent, violent and faithless period
in the history of mankind. But many cannot see this because they have
succumbed to satanic pride. Satan fell in love with his own beauty and
wound up rebelling against God and leading other angels to do the same,
drawing them to Hell. Today, bishops, priests, religious and laity,
puffed up with satanic pride, have become enamored with themselves and
their "intellectual prowess." And like their master, the father of all
lies (John 8: 44), these too are now rebelling against God and His Holy
Church. These sons of Hell spend much of their waking hours
contradicting Sacred Scripture, denying dogma and popularizing
immorality. These pseudo-intellectuals arrogantly divinize man's
intellect while ridiculing the Word of God. Saint Paul spoke of these
disciples of Lucifer in 2 Timothy 4: 1-4: "I charge you to preach the
word, to stay with this task whether convenient or inconvenient -
correcting, reproving, appealing - constantly teaching and never losing
patience. For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound
doctrine, but, following their own desires, will surround themselves
with teachers who tickle their ears. They will stop listening to the
truth and will wander off to fables."
In Romans 1, Saint Paul emphasizes the fact that there is a connection
between a refusal to acknowledge and obey God and a subsequent
degeneration of morality. And yet, with all the sex abuse scandals
within the Church and all the sexual immorality and dissent, there has
been very little discussion about this truth. False worship and pride in one's own intellect
cause spiritual blindness and subject men to the destructive and
degrading drives of fallen nature - most especially in the area of sex.
Saint Paul tells us that people who fall into such spiritual blindness
begin to encourage others to do so. And so infidelity spreads like a
cancer.
There is an increasingly hostile attitude toward Sacred Scripture on the
part of many who believe that they can "correct" God's Word. Still
others, as you note, alter the scriptures because a particular verse
convicts them. Contrast this arrogance with the Church Fathers. When
confronted with such an arrogant approach to God's Word, they responded
in no uncertain terms:
"They have not feared to lay hands upon
the sacred Scriptures, saying that they have corrected them. Nor is it
likely that they themselves are ignorant of how very bold their offense
is. For either they do not believe that the sacred Scriptures were
spoken by the Holy Spirit, in which case they are unbelievers, or if
they regard themselves as being wiser than the Holy Spirit, what else
can they be but demoniacs." (St. Hippolytus of Rome, "Fragment" in
Eusebius, History of the Church, 5, ch. 28).
ReplyDeleteHe is one or the other. Either way, he doesn't have my vote.....EVER!
Governor Christie did not say that the homosexual INCLINATION is not sinful. This would have been in line with Catholic teaching. Rather, he said that homosexuality is not sinful, thereby impying that homosexual acts - the "lifestyle" - is not sinful.
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