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          The Real Doctor  wrote:

> Sorry. I put my point badly. If murder, gay sex, blasphemy, sunday
> shopping and belief in evolution are irrelevant to salvation, why
> bother about them?

I think you are missing an important point. While it is true that a 
person who is saved might, by accident as it were[1], do any of those 
things, he will not *habitually* do them - and if he does do them, he 
will repent[2] for having done them and do his best not to do them any 
more.

The present arguement about homosexuality is precisely because those 
who advocate it declare that it is right and proper to have homosexual 
sex and that there is no need for repentance.

God bless,
Kendall K. Down


Note 1: The classic example is David who didn't start out to be a 
murderer but found himself forced by the circumstances that resulted 
from his initial sin into doing worse and worse actions. His 
repentance, when finally confronted with the truth, was genuine.

Note 2: The presence of Sunday shopping and belief in evolution in 
your list complicates things rather, because neither is a sin, though 
are both things frowned upon by many Christians.

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