Rev. Jim's "Best Answers" from Yahoo! Answers

[Rev. Jim Cunningham]

www.GayChristianSurvivors.com

Refuting the Church's Antigay Views with the Word of God [/glow][/center]

Yahoo! Answers is a site where anyone can ask a question about anything, and anyone can reply. The person who asked the question can vote for the person with the best response. The following Answers by Rev. Jim were voted BEST ANSWER, or were some of his favorite questions to which he replied.
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Q:
Is the U.S. a Constitutional Republic or a theocracy?
Do you think that we should protect America against religious fanatics who want to take away everyone's rights and make this country a theocracy based on their personal interpretation of the Bible, or should we let fundamentalist homophobic Nazi bigots like Pat Robertson and James Dobson and Jerry Falwell take over the government of America so they can usher in a new Spanish Inquisition to outlaw, imprison, torture and murder those who disagree with them?

A:
The United States in not a Democracy or a theocracy. It is a Constitutional Republic in which ALL citizens, regardless of religious belief, are EQUAL. Jesus said, "MY KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD!!!!" No religious person has any right to inflict their personal religious views on anyone else through laws. If gays want to get married, it is their human right to do so, irregardless of what anyone else thinks about it. I am a Christian who does not believe gay marriage is a sin because the Bible does NOT condemn homosexual identity no matter how much my fellow fuundamentalists scream that it does. They hate gays, not because of the Bible, but because of their own personal bigotry. It is NOT shoving it in anyone's face for gays to marry anymore than it is shoving it in anyone's face when straights marry. What someone else does in their life is their OWN business. If everyone would butt the heck out of everyone else's business, America will be the way the Founders wanted it to be.

-Rev. Jim Cunningham
King James Bible Ministries
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Response from question asker: Exactly

[Rev. Jim Cunningham]

Q:
Christians....this is from the part of the Bible which talks about Sodom & Gamorrah. What do you think?
"Before the guests went to bed, the men of Sodom surrounded the house. All of the men of the city, both young & old were there. [They called out to Lot and asked for the guests] Lot said[ I still have 2 daughters who are virgins. I'll bring them out to you, but don't do anything to these men in my house.] the brackets say I paraphrased. but you can look it up.

A:
Sodom and Gomorrah: by far the biggest scriptural weapon used by both the religious AND secular communities against homosexuals and homosexuality. Common thought is that God destroyed the cities because they were full of homosexuals. That assumption is made because the men of Sodom attempted to rape the angels sent to inspect and destroy the cities.

Let's put this into perspective. The Bible says that there were a total of five major kingdom cities - Admah, Sodom, Zeboiim, Bela (Zoar), and Gomorrah - which were to be destroyed that day. Now, it is highly unlikely (if not impossible) that five kingdoms were populated with nothing but homosexuals. Even in this day and age, where the world has about 6,000,000,000 people, the Religious Right denies that there are even the 10% of homosexuals in the world that has been promoted by the Kinsey Institute on Human Sexuality. San Francisco - the gay capitol of the world - counts less than 50% of its population as homosexual, and are we to believe the church's interpretation that five major cities were populated with nothing but homosexuals?

Furthermore, the church has taught that the entire population of the men of Sodom where gathered at Lot's door to rape the angels. But according to the biblical text, this is absolutely false. The text merely says that "men of the city" came to Lot. This could not be ALL the men of the city because AFTER the angels blinded the men at the door, they say to Lot,

"Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city bring them out of this place." - Genesis 19:12

It is obvious then that the entire population was not at Lot's door, but merely a group of lascivious men. Then, two verses later, Lot leaves his house, goes out into the city, finds his sons, his daughters and their husbands, and warns them to flee. But they didn't listen to him simply because they thought he was loony.

What's more, the doctrine held by the church is rather a backward theory. The angels did not destroy the city because of the actions of the men at Lot's door. That event was merely the "last straw", so to speak. Before the event even occurred, the angels had already come with the express intent of destroying the five cities.

Gay rights activists, and even some "gay churches", have said that the cities were destroyed because they violated the Laws pertaining to the treatment of strangers. I wouldn't count on that either. Why? First, we only have one example of this mistreatment, which only occurred in Sodom. What of the other four cities? Second, because God is EXTREMELY patient with the wicked (read the book of Jonah for example), and you'd have to do more than just treat strangers rudely to get Him to obliterate five whole cities off the face of the earth! It is God's will that NONE should perish, according to His Word (and I'll take His Word for it). Those cities must have done something REALLY evil for Him to say, "Because Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous, I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me." Abraham begged God to spare the cities if He found JUST 10 righteous people in it - but there wasn't even 10. NOT EVEN 10! THAT'S how bad they were.

Let's cut right to the bone and see what GOD actually said was the reason He destroyed those five cities:

"Behold, THIS was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom:
pride,
fulness of bread,
and abundance of idleness was in her,
neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy;
And they were haughty,
and committed abomination before Me.
Therefore I took them away as I saw good."
- Ezekiel 16:49-50

"Even as Sodom and Gomorrah,
and the cities about them in like manner,
giving themselves over to fornication,
and going after strange flesh,
are set forth as an example,
suffering the vengeance of eternal fire."
- Jude 1:7

Looks to me like they burned in their lust - and got burnt! We'll examine the Ezekiel verse first, since it clearly claims to list the very reasons for the destruction of those cities.

We do not see anything here that even remotely resembles the issue of homosexuality. We see that they committed "abomination", but it should be noted that there are over 100 abominations listed in the Bible - and I've no doubt they committed every single one of them. Two of their sins was haughtiness (arrogance) and pride, which were the very sins that caused Lucifer's downfall.

In the above verse from New Testament epistle of Jude, we see the term "going after strange flesh". This of course refers to the angels, which are not human, whom the Sodomites attempted to rape. They are spiritual beings - the opposite of human flesh. In the Old Testament, Aaron's sons were destroyed by God for offering STRANGE FIRE on God's altar. The word "strange" in both cases refers to something otherworldly, alien, foreign, not human nor of human design, opposite. (The strange fire that was offered by Aaron's sons was most likely demonically conjured up by sorcery learned in Egypt.)

It is also interesting to note that the Greek word for "strange" used in Jude's verse is "HETERO" (opposite), which is the total opposite of "homosexual" (same). In other words, the men of Sodom went after DIFFERENT flesh - not the same flesh. So regardless of any interpretations of this verse, it is still completely impossible to apply it expressly to homosexuals.

I'm sure we all agree that rape and fornication is completely ungodly and clearly forbidden in Scripture. No one's arguing there. None of us dispute that the men of Sodom who wished to do harm to the angels were wicked, for indeed they were. Still, some ministers, because of their presumption that the cities were destroyed for homosexuality, have implied that the "fornication" mentioned in this verse refers to homosexuals. That, of course, is their way of grasping at straws as a last resort to defend their biased position in regard to this verse. Fornication is fornication - straight or gay. The Bible does not make a distinction, here or elsewhere.

Most probably there were homosexuals living in those cities, for there are homosexuals in every land and in every walk of life; and it's almost certain that there were people there who violated the Laws mentioned in Leviticus 18 & 20 - heterosexuals who slept with other men. Yet even that is conjecture because the only true evidence we have for anything is from that which the Bible offers. But search high and low and you will find nothing in this story that refers directly or indirectly to homosexuals.

We are not told of the accounts of the angels' visits to the other four cities. Apparently Sodom was the last on the list, and most probably it received the most "coverage" in the Bible because it was were Lot, Abraham's nephew, was living. Those who would say that Sodom was destroyed for homosexuality neglect the fact that there were FOUR other cities who were destroyed with Sodom. Are these homophobic ministers telling us that God destroyed all five cities because of the sins of one city? We are told CLEARLY in the above verses exactly WHY all five cities were destroyed and they had nothing to do with homosexuality in particular.

The point is that these cities were completely wicked in every imaginable sense of the word - and if creation has become corrupt, hasn't the Creator the right to put an end to it?

-Rev. Jim Cunningham
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Response from question asker: Your answer is by far the best & most thoughtful. I waas really surprised at the amount of responses on this one.

[Rev. Jim Cunningham]

Q:
Why do people think that homosexuality is a choice?
That's like saying it was a choice to be a Jew during the Holocaust. Why would someone want to submit themselves to constant persecution and harassment? I apologize for ranting, but I honestly don't understand where these people are coming from. Is it just ignorance or is there some deep, spiritual reason behind this idiocy?


A:
Because people cannot accept the fact that other people in the world are not like them. Since everyone views their own way of thinking as the ONLY right way, they naturally think that anyone who differs must have something wrong with them. With over six billion people in the world, it is absurd for anyone to think that everyone will like the same thing. What you have between your legs does not determine with whom you wish to love. We all want someone who is compatible, who compliments who we are, and who provides the ballance of who we are not. Homosexual men find that ballance only with men, and heterosexual men find that ballance only with women.

A righthanded person can use his left hand all he wants, but he will never be lefthanded and writing with his left hand will always be unnatural. Likewise, a gay man can have sex with a million women and it will never make him straight, and a straight man can have sex with a million men and it will never make him gay. Being gay or straight - like being left or right handed - is who you are, not what you do.

-Rev. Jim Cunningham
King James Bible Ministry
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Response from question asker: Well said. Thank you for your input.

[Rev. Jim Cunningham]

Q:
What's the difference between gay, bisexual, and transgendered?
Just curious..


A:
Here is what I wrote about this subject on my website www.GayChristianSurvivors.com ...

HETEROSEXUAL ("straight"): a male or female who is mentally, emotionally, physically, genetically and sexually attracted, and feels internally connected, only to other human members of the opposite gender, and who can enter into a romantic and sexual relationship or union only with members of the opposite gender.

HOMOSEXUAL ("gay/lesbian"): a male or female who is mentally, emotionally, physically, genetically and sexually attracted, and feels internally connected, only to other human members of the same gender, and who can enter into a romantic and sexual relationship or union only with members of the same gender.

EX-GAY: There are two different types of ex-gays:

- a heterosexual who had previously left members of the opposite gender for members of the same gender, but has reverted to his or her natural heterosexual identity. This is not a true "ex-gay" because he/she was never gay to begin with.

- a homosexual who, through various brainwashing techniques, has been convinced that he or she is now a heterosexual, which usually ends disastrously, including suicide. This is not a true "ex-gay" person any more than a brown-eyed person with blue contact lenses is "ex-brown-eyed".

EX-EX-GAY: a homosexual who has recovered from subjection to brainwashing techniques that had convinced the person that he or she had become heterosexual.

BISEXUAL ("bi"): a male or female heterosexual or homosexual who dabbles in romantic/sexual relations with both genders in defiance of their natural identity, which is usually the effect of either promiscuity or self deception, which results in a psychological identity conflict.

BI CURIOUS: not to be confused with a true homosexual, heterosexual, or a bi-sexual, a Bi Curious person is one who feels multiple internal signals from both genders and is not sure to which sexual category he or she belongs, though generally such a person will lean toward homosexuality. There are countless psychological reasons for this condition, some benign and some serious.

TRANS SEXUAL: a heterosexual or homosexual male or female who has had, or wishes to have, genital reassignment through surgery to that of the opposite gender as a result of identity loss and a sense of low self-worth due to lack of gender edification. In ultra-rare cases, the cause is genetic malfunction in the womb, similar to that found with hermaphrodites who are born with both gender's genitals.

TRANSVESTITE: a heterosexual or homosexual male or female who finds pleasure in, or who prefers to wear, clothing and paraphernalia commonly associated with the opposite gender. The term "Drag Queen" generally refers to homosexual transvestites. The term "Female Impersonator" generally refers to anyone who dresses as the opposite gender for entertainment purposes, regardless of whether that person is a transvestite.

HOMOPHOBIA: a psychological disorder causing fear of same-gender intimacy, or of others of the same gender who are intimate, who hates and/or represses others who are not like them, either by threats, violence, or the passage of discriminatory laws.

PEDOPHILIA: a psychological disorder causing a heterosexual or homosexual to be sexually gratified with children.

BESTIALITY: a psychological disorder causing a heterosexual or homosexual to engage in sexual contact with species outside of the Image of God (mankind).

-Rev. Jim Cunningham
King James Bible Ministry

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Response from question asker: WOW, this was way more than what I expected!! thanks!

[Rev. Jim Cunningham]

Q:
How do you know if you've accepted Jesus as your savior?
I feel like I have, I think I have...but how do I know?

A:
Do you have alzheimer's? Did you or did you not accept Him as your savior? If you don't have alzheimer's, then you know perfectly well the answer to your question. The real question is, if you DID acept Him, are you living in rebellion against Him? Is every word, deed and thought that you make determined by yourself or by your Lord and Master. After all, you are no longer your own property. You were bought with a price - the blood of Jesus Himself. While nothing but FAITH in Jesus will give you salvation, what you say, do, and think will demonstrate that faith. You can't earn salavtion or be good enough for salvation. But once you have received salvation based on your faith, doing things your own way is no longer an option. Remember what fate it was that you are saved from, and then you'll understand how minor a trade off it is to surrender yourself to God - your pathetic life in exchange for eternity with the Almighty God. Such a deal!

-Rev. Jim Cunningham
King James Bible Minsitry

[Rev. Jim Cunningham]

Q:
Sometimes I wonder ...?
Being gay isn't normal, is it? It's not natural, it's not logical. So why am I this way? I mean, it's pretty obvious that no amount of therapy or religion is going to change me. (Basically all that would accomplish would be to put me off therapy and religion.) There really is no genetic reason for homosexuality to exist at all. So why does it?

A:
I know this is long, but please hear me out on this.

Left handed people felt the same way for thousands of years. But you need to know that being in the minority does not mean that you are unnatural or not normal, and that just because the majority mock you for not being like them doesn't mean that you are wrong and they are right. Whites condemned blacks in the same way for hundreds of years and made many of them feel that they were unnatural and not normal.

You say that there is no genetic reason for homosexuality to exist. My friend, you've let the straights contaminate your brain with their twisted logic. We are put here by God to love Him and to love one another, and we are given the ability to form a special romantic bond with another person so that we are not alone in the world, like God said, It is not good that the man should be alone. God never said, it is not good that the man does not have children or that it is not good that the man does not have a female. And when God brought Eve to Adam he never said, Oh look, a girl thingy and breasts; that makes her perfect as a spouse! What he said was, THIS IS NOW BONE OF MY BONES AND FLESH OF MY FLESH. Eve qualified as a mate to keep Adam from being alone in the world NOT because she was female but because she was HUMAN - from his body with the same genetic makeup. As so, all humans, male and female are flesh and bones of Adam's flesh and bones and are qualified to mate if for nothing else but than for the original cause - A SPECIAL COMPANION to keep us from being alone, someone to love and to hold and TO BE ONE WITH. If you and your mate have the genitals to procreate together, well then that is an added bonus - for God never required all of mankind to marry and reproduce, He merely gave the blessing on Mankind for the ABILITY to reproduce - else all people would have to marry, but the Apostle Paul and several others in the Bible were NOT married and had no children, and Paul even encouraged people to remain SINGLE if they could. And if the purpose for sex is only to reproduce (as heretics teach) then no one could join with their mate in love and unity - the very purpose of their union - unless their intent was procreation - and that is NOT what God gave us a mate for. Loneliness. Being alone. THAT is the one and only thing that God said was not good in His perfectly created world at the beginning. Genetics be damned! For what genetic purpose is beauty, singing, laughing, happiness and joy? Had they a GENETIC purpose, every creature would have need of it. We are not creatures of instinct, like dumb animals, but the image of God and beings of reason and love and desire and hope and faith.

Now, if you are a heterosexual who is violating his nature to be with other men, that is a whole other kettle of fish. A homosexual is not a perverted heterosexual. But a heterosexual man can pervert his nature by lying with men and a homosexual man can pervert his nature by laying with women. Be sure you know exactly who you are before you condemn yourself, and then think whether love is an issue of logic and genetics or of the heart and of God's will.

-Rev. Jim Cunningham
King James Bible Ministry

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response from question asker:
Thanks for the great answer. Sometimes I'm OK with being gay, sometimes I'm not. I dunno, just a confusing time.

[Rev. Jim Cunningham]

Q:
Why do some gays/lesbians and drag queens especially, act so stuck up?
I dunno..they act like they're too good to be spending their precious time talking to you or something.

A:
Unfortunately, it isn't your imagination. A huge part of the gay population (and I've seen everything from California to Florida) are very stuck up. There are two reasons for this. Some gays have one or the other problem, some have both. First, it is a defense mechanism caused by severe and continual rejection throughout their lives. Second, they are whores, always on the look out for their next piece of meat, and if you aren't it then they have no time or interest because they think they'll give you the impression that they are interested in you if they are friendly to you. These are THEIR problems - not yours. You keep being a good person no matter what and ignore them, because eventually their problem will eat them up, and they're the ones who will end up old and lonely or sick. When they snub you, it isn't because you aren't good enough, it's because THEY aren't good enough. Take it as a compliment when they snub you!

-Rev. Jim Cunningham
King James Bible Ministry

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Response from question asker:
A very informed and observational answer.

[Rev. Jim Cunningham]

Q:
Does "gay" only refer to men?
I always assumed "gay" meant homosexual, but it's always written as "gay and lesbian." So lesbians aren't considered gay? I don't get it.

A:
Yes and no. The word "gay" is sometimes used to refer generically to all homosexuals, such as the "gay community". But when referring to an individual, "gay" is a male homosexual and "lesbian" is a female homosexual. Some women like to use the term "gay" for themselves (to each their own), though I've never seen a gay man refer to himself as lesbian (except for this one guy I used to work with at a Waldenbooks store ages ago - he was offended that there was a "gay section" but no "lesbian section" because, he said, "You know I'm a lesbian!"

BTW... in response to the lesbian poster here who replied that she doesn't like the word "lesbian" because she doesn't like the "z" sound in the "LEZ" part of it: Lesbian is pronounced "LESS-bee-an" not "LEZ-bee-an". In English and in the Greek language from which it is taken (from the island of Lesbos - pronounced LESS-bawss).

-Rev. Jim Cunningham
King James Bible Ministry

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Response from question asker:
A little surprised to have a Reverend give the best answer. But thank you, you explained it quite well.

[Rev. Jim Cunningham]

Q:
If you're gay/lesbian, when and how did you find out?
I know it would have been gradual, but how did you start to find out?

A:
I knew when I was as young as four that I was exclusively interested in the boys. I was a good kid when I was little, and I always heard people saying that gay people are sick and evil, so I didn't associate myself with the word "gay" until I was in my teens and realized that those people were just stupid and ignorant about something they knew nothing about. Having sex doesn't make you gay or straight - you are gay or straight whether you ever have sex at all. people thinkt that being gay simply means that you have sex with the same gender. But being gay means that you are only able to be attracted to, fall in love with, marry and make love to, some one of the the same gender with no interest or desire in the opposite gender. At 38 years old, I still have never once felt the slightest interest in females beyond friendship, and I still have yet to grasp an understanding of what heterosexual men are attracted to in women. I can identify a physically beautiful woman, but only in the same way that you would identify a pretty piece of art. I believe that women are a precious and special part of the creation of humanity, but I will never be interested in kissing a woman, romantic touching with a woman, or inserting my genitals into that of a female's. In short, I could never love a woman the way I can love a man or the way a straight man loves women. The concept is utterly foreign to my brain and it doesn't "compute", I guess is the best way to put it.

-Rev. Jim Cunningham
King James Bible Ministries
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Response from question asker:
wow. thanks for telling me

[Rev. Jim Cunningham]

Q:
What unites the gay & lesbian community? What divides us? Do you feel supported by your gay community?

A:
What unites us is our universal goal to put down discimination.

What divides us is the wedge between gays and lesbians in our own community. We've segragated ourselves from each other with our own separate clubs and communities. We belittle each other's differences. And we are mean to each other, we trash each other. We need to pull together and remember that we are about PEOPLE, not penises and vaginas. We need to remember what that rainbow stands for.

-Rev. Jim Cunningham
King James Bible Ministries

[Rev. Jim Cunningham]

Q:
Should 'gay conversion' Jesus Camp organisers be charged by police with intent to cause mental anguish?
...kidnapping, physical abuse, public mischief...

A:
As a conservative Christian minister, I am appalled by these ex-gay camps, which are destructive and abusive. I believe that the operators of these camps and the parents who employ them should face criminal prosecution for their physical and mental abuse of children. These camps are ungodly and inhuman, and they must be stopped. And I think that if a majority of Christians knew what goes on in these camps, they would rise up against it.

Rev. Jim Cunningham
King James Bible Ministry

[Rev. Jim Cunningham]

Q:
How do I tell him that I'm not interested?
I have been talking with this guy from work for a few weeks now. He finally asked me out and we went on a date this past Saturday. The date was alright, but he is not what I want to be dating. He already called me on Sunday, How do I tell him that I’m not interested and still talk to him at work.

A:
What's wrong with him? Is he a real freak or are you just being too picky. Don't turn down what could possibly be a wonderful life when there are people in the Far East who can't even get a date.

But the best way to tell him no is just to tell him that he's a nice guy and that you don't mean to hurt his feelings but that you don't think it will work out. But then the most important thing is to act like nothing ever happened! Be just as friendly as before - or demonstrate a little more friendliness - so that he won't feel too embarrassed and it will reopen the avenue of co-worker/friendship status. And start this immediately on the first day. Don't over-do it but say hi, smile, and chat. Throw in some silly banter. Some people will say that it's not your responsibility to worry about how he will feel. Bull. You're a human being and so is he, and there is nothing in this world more important or more precious than people. Doing this will help bring a sense of ease between you two. Good luck,

Rev. Jim Cunningham
King James Bible Ministries
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Response from question asker:
Thanks for the good advice.

[Rev. Jim Cunningham]

Q:
If the Bible says this statement for one is it wrong for Christians to share thier Beliefs without Condemn?
This is the covenant I will make with them after that time, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds. Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you. God was specific as to what He wants man and woman to do to multiply His kingdom.

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. - Genesis 2:24

This one flesh that God has ordained is to be understood and accepted with the magnitude that God intended.

Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh." But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with him in spirit. Flee from sexual immorality. - 1st Corinthians 6:15-20

A:
I'm sorry but you have edited out the first part of the Genesis verse, making your point invalid; and the verse you quote from Corinthians says nothing negative about homosexuals.

Eve did not qualify as a mate for Adam because she was a female. The part you left out says, "THIS IS NOW BONE OF MY BONES AND FLESH OF MY FLESH". Eve qualified because she was HUMAN. Why do people always ignore that? You also ignore the verses before it, which says, that after God said that it was not good for the man to be alone (which is the ONLY reason given for why mankind needs a mate) God then paraded all of the animals before Adam to see which he would select for a mate ("...but for Adam there was not a help meet found for him"). NONE of the animals were suitable for him. Only that which was of his flesh and bones qualified. ALL humans are flesh and bone of Adam's flesh and bone and are therefore qualified to mate - "For God hath made, OF ONE BLOOD, all men for to dwell upon the earth".

By the way, I'm not trying to mock you or make fun of you, but what crazy Bible version are you using because what you quoted is not in the Bible. Are you using one of those new age Bible versions? The Scriptures say flee FORNICATION - not flee sexual immorality. "What's the difference?" you may ask. God was specifically talking about sex out of marriage (fornication), but by altering God's words to say "sexual immorality", anyone can make up and insert into this verse any subjective view as immoral. You have an untrustworthy Bible and therefore your theology is faulty. I have no interest in debating "Christians" who think they are so holy by using God's Word to condemn when they won't even stand up to defend the Word of God itself, using these filthy and satanic bible versions. There is only one accurate Bible in the English language - the King James Version. Oh, and by the way, it just happens to be the only pro-gay Bible too (because it's the RIGHT one).

-Rev. Jim Cunningham
King James Bible Version
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Resonse from question asker:
Thank you for a thought provoking post.

[Rev. Jim Cunningham]

Q:
Is it fair that men must concern themselves with "size" when women don't have this problem? To all you women who think your breasts are too small: Breast size does not hamper sex whereas thingy size can and often does.

A:
Bro, you've got it all wrong. God created a huge variety of size and style and appearance of people, whether it is their looks, their body, or their genitals, so that there is something for everyone. There are men and women out there who prefer small or large penises, and there are men and women out there who prefer small or large breasts. No one should ever worry about what size packages they were blessed with because there will always be someone out there who wants exactly what you've got - and if two people are in love it's not gonna matter anyway. I've seen girls with very small breast and I know people who are very attracted to that, and I know guys with very large penises who are often told "sorry, more than a mouthful is a waste". I'm not a whore, so I don't sleep around; but when I get married to the guy I love, whatever he's got between his legs will be perfect for me. I'll find out on our wedding night, and I'll be happy.

-Rev. Jim Cunningham
King James Bible Ministry
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Response from the question asker:
You have a great outlook on the issue of vanity. I'm sure you'll make someone very happy someday.

[Rev. Jim Cunningham]

[We included this one because we thought it was one of Rev. Jim's best light-hearted moments. It includes the lyrics to several old Coke commercial songs and made us laugh.]

Q:
COKE OR PEPSI?

A:
The most refreshing way to make the most of everyday, and where ever you go and whatever you do there's something big waiting for me and you. Coke is it! The most refreshing taste around. Coke is it! The one that never lets you down! Diet Coke, it's one of a kind, you can look but you'll never find a taste, the taste, like Diet Coke, the taste that leaves the rest behind. Where ever there's a pool there's always a flirt, whenever there is school there'll always be homework, whenever there is fun it's always Coca-cola! Holidays are coming, tis the season, watch out, look around, something's coming, coming to your town, always Coca-cola. I'd like to buy the world a Coke and keep it company.

-Rev. Jim Cunningham
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response from question ansker:
Well, Pepsi is still the cola, but your answer was very interesting, lol.

[Rev. Jim Cunningham]

[The question asker claims to be the actor who played "Rerun" on the old TV series "What's Happening?"]

Q:
Attention my gay african brothas and sistas..............?
I wanted the producers of whats happening to portray my character as the gay black man that I really was. They told me that the audience would not accept it and I had to play a straight character.

Would you have accepted me?
Would this be considered racist or homophobic?
What would have changed in this world had I been able to play the queer part? would it have been different?

A:
I don't know if you really are whom you claim to be, but whoever you are, here's a newsflash. If you and your family were born in America, you are Americans - not Africans. Whites come from Europe and Yellows come from Asia, but you never hear American whites call themselves European brothas or American Yellows call themselves Asian brothas. You segragate yourself by using that term and you betray your American home and all those who fought so hard and sacrificed for you to call yourself American.

And yes we would have accepted you as a gay character. We thought you were gay anyway, BROTHA.

-Rev. Jim Cunningham
King James Bible Ministries

[Rev. Jim Cunningham]

Q:
Is it possiable to have a same sex crush and not know it? when i said crush i mean when u have a crush on some one like feelings. i will ask the question this way: is it possibale for some one to have a crush on some one of the same sex and not know it? is it possibale for a girl to have a crush on a girl and not know that she has a crush on a girl.

A:
Yes, it is VERY possible. Straight guys actually develope crushes on other guys all the time. The reason it is not talked about is because "crushes" are misconstrued in society to mean "love/romance". That is not what a crush is. A crush is a deep feeling for another person, usually someone you look up to and admire, which makes you feel as though you always need to be around them and their opinion of you is very important. It has a feeling of romantic love but it is not. You feel excited to be around them, you may blush or put your foot in your mouth when you talk to them. You go out of your way to try to please them. This is because there is something about them that makes you feel good and special. This is NOT an indication of homosexuality or heterosexuality. It is simply a unique emotional tie to another human being. It usually doesn't last too long.

-Rev. Jim Cunningham
King James Bible Ministry

[Rev. Jim Cunningham]

[Another light-hearted response from Rev. Jim]

Q:
Im going to a club for my 1st time ever and its a gay/lesbian club..what do i wear?!?
i've seen what people wear to clubs in the movies but its usually only waist up. soo what should i wear for the bottoms or shoes? do people wear heels? but they'll be dancing so no heels? i have no idea..please help me out on this one... and would the attire be different for a gay/lesbian club? im not even a lesbian but it seems like it would be a lot of fun. what should i expect?

A:
Dress in whatever way makes you look and feel as fabulous as you are inside, and the ones who don't like it are the ones not worthy of your attention. Have a good time!
-Rev. Jim Cunningham
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Response from question asker:
I loved this answer!

[Rev. Jim Cunningham]

Q:
Is it really love in a gay relationship or just sexual satisfaction?
It seems like love in the gay community is [all about going] to the clubs and to the fashion and never to one another.Will I ever find love? Maybe I'm batting for the wrong team. But then again I don't like the other team. I'm thinking that I should just forget about love and stick to sex.

A:
Bro, being gay is who you are, not what you do. Being straight/gay and being a slu t are two different things. If you are under the impression that you have to have sex first before falling in love, you've got it backwards. Sex is meant to be an expression of ALREADY EXISTING love between two people. Trying to find a gay guy who isn't a slu t (in other words, a guy who is looking for love first and sex second) is like looking for a needle in a hay stack - BUT they are out there. There's nothing wrong with going to the clubs, but if you're looking for love there, forget it! Try other places where gay people socialize, like a gay/lesbian community center or an MCC (Metropolitan Community Church which serves the gay community). Joining a social group of gay people helps create social relationships in non-sexual settings. For example, here in South Florida where I live there is a group called VENTURE OUT with hundreds of gay/lesbian members, and every weekend we get together to have a BBQ or go to an amusement park, have movie night, potluck dinners, beach parties, etc. Social groups like this create an environment of friendship with other gays/lesbians that are not sexually intensive, but casual and fun.

In the end, only you can decide what to do. Wanting to "Bat for the other team" just because you haven't found love yet is as nonsense as a right handed person cutting off his left hand after saying "well, I guess I just can't write with my left hand."

Remember these two things:

1) No one has A RIGHT to love. What I mean is, no one ever guaranteed anyone else when they were born that someone would fall in love with them. So don't assume that Mr. Right is suddenly going to fall out of the sky into your lap just because you want someone RIGHT NOW.

2) 50% of what you get is caused or induced by YOU. If you want to fall in love and you don't want life to be all about slu t sex, then YOU have to take the first step and start living that type of life. You hear some people say, "You won't find love if you don't actively look for it" and others will say, "Love only happens when you're not looking for it." They are both wrong. The real issue is that you do not want to go to the extreme sides of either of those things. It's true that you will not find love if you lock yourself in a room, but it is also true that you won't find love when you're desparately seeking it over land and sea. Your search for love must be ballanced like any other desire in your life, such as a career: your search for it should be done cool, calm and collectedly, with patience, faith, and dilligence - not with obsession, impatience, and depression.

Rev. Jim Cunningham
GayChristianSurvivors.com
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Response from question asker:
That actually makes me feel better. I guess all I have to do now is reconcile being gay and christian.

[Rev. Jim Cunningham]

Q:
Im so freakin tired of people saying that if your gay, you go to hell...anyone else?
just cause someone is gay doesnt mean anything...its not something we can change...trust me i tried for half my life before it finally struck me that he is the ALL forgiving god...or did everyone forget that or is it a lie... and did we also forget that the bible was not written by god but by homophobic men themselves...who claim that they were led by god...i myself am very much christian and i am very tired of ignorance like this...all because some stupid homophobes decided that being different than them was a sin...if i remember also it use to be a sin to be black so....i think stupid ignorant people like them should stop worrying about gays and learn to be a little more open minded and for all you people who are straight and christian and do realize this. THANK YOU and god be with you for you are not a dim witted close minded FOOL....AMEN TO THAT.

A:
Presuming that the people who say you're going to hell for being gay is even Christian in the first place, they are forgetting something basic to the foundation of the Biblical faith (whether they are Christian or Jewish), and that is, that salvation from damnation is not based on any merit or deeds that we do. We cannot earn heaven ("for all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags... all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God."). According to Scriptures, salvation is obtained only through faith in the God of the Scriptures. So, if salvation cannot be earned by DOING something, it cannot be obtained by CEASING something, because that is also a deed with the goal being the earning of salvation. Converting to heterosexualism will not save anyone, and heterosexuals will not receive salvation merely based on their heterosexuality. The Bible says that "if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, YOU SHALL BE SAVED." Doesn't say anything about having to be heterosexual to go to heaven. So, no matter what anyone says, don't judge God or the Scriptures by the human biases of others who bring false accusations against God by saying that you're going to hell for being gay. God never said that you were going to hell for being gay, and anyone who says that He did is putting false words in God's mouth.

-Rev. Jim Cunningham
GayChristianSurvivors.com

[Rev. Jim Cunningham]

Q:
Should I be at all sad that Jerry Falwell is dead?
Of course it is a shame when any person dies suddenly and I am sure his family and friends are sad. But I feel just a little bit of glee.

Is that bad?

A:

MY THOUGHTS ON THE PASSING OF REV. JERRY FALWELL
by Rev. Jim Cunningham, GayChristianSurvivors.com

WHAT REV. JERRY FALWELL ALLEGEDLY DID:

- Attempted to overthrow the Constitutional Republic of the United States to establish an absolute theocracy by forcing specific religious views on all political parties.

- Waged relentless war against the civil rights of sovereign American homosexual citizens.

- Hijacked the PTL Club and Herritage USA Christian amusement park in order to gain control of Jim and Tammy Bakker's TV satellite, and then promptly abandoned the Club and Park leaving them to rot in ruins and letting go to waste the tens of millions of donated dollars from Christians who wanted the park and footed the bill.

WHAT I DID TODAY:

- Over-ate to the point of gluttony.

- Harbored bitterness and resentment against someone who ought to have received respect.

- Shouted at a bank teller.

- Told someone a lie as to why they had not yet receive a reply to a phone message.

Which of us is worthy of the kingdom of heaven? Neither of us. We have both fallen short of the glory of God. But we have this promise, that though we were yet sinners, Christ died for us, and by faith in His name we have received the gifts of forgiveness and eternal life. Let the words of Jesus Christ our Lord and God be brought to remembrance on this day to all gay Christian believers: Let he who is without sin, cast the first stone; for if you will not forgive them that trespass against thee, neither will thy trespassess be forgiven of your Father in heaven.

Reverend Falwell, I forgive you for your trespass against me and for any future consequences of your actions, and I set you free from your accountability to it and set you loose into God's mercy. For, as it is written, what we have loosed on earth is loosed in heaven. May you rest in the peace of God until the Resurrection, my brother in Christ.

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Response from question asker:
Thank you for putting it in prospective for me.

[Rev. Jim Cunningham]

Q:
Is it really possible for homosexuals to become heterophobes?
First of all I live in a rather conservative town in Canada. Okay, maybe it's just me, but I have a feeling that ever since I came out to a friend at work and tried to keep this matter really private, it seems that somehow word got around, and I know my friends did not say anything to start this chain of rumors. Some eavesdropper might have heard me telling this and started the rumor. I knew that people had been suspecting me of being gay even though I tried not to let it be so obvious to them. Now, the rumor seems to have definitely convinced them of me being gay and I am definitely getting attitudes of indifference thrown at me. However, my point in the question is that if a homosexual individual suffers so much homophobic abuse in any form, will the affect result in him or her becoming heterophobic? Because these days I certainly am starting to feel this way about the people at work.

A:
Eric, with the abuse that has been constantly dumped on us by the heterosexual community, I speak from experience when I say that heterophobia is very real. There was a time when I started to hate heterosexuals so much that I didn't even want to talk to my family! Fortunately, my faith is what helped me get passed it. There are still times when I get frustrated and angry with straight people, even times when I am afraid of their heterosexuality as though it were a dark cloud trying to smother me. Sometimes when I am in a crowded place that I know is predominantly straight I have a panick attack. But the only real way that we can fight homophobia is with courage and strength, and without giving into the same hate and loathing towards them that many of them have toward us. Their attitude is not your problem.

-Rev. Jim Cunningham
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Response from question asker:
Apologies to the others, but I think this was the most appropriate answer to my question. Thank you all.

[Rev. Jim Cunningham]

Q:
What is a symbol or sign for enlightenment?

A:
"Behold, the Lord shall give you A SIGN: a virgin shall conceive and bear a son and He shall be called Immanuel, meaning God With Us..... And Jesus said, I am the LIGHT of the world, he that dwells in Me shall never walk in darkness."

Jesus, therefore is the only sign for enlightment.

[Rev. Jim Cunningham]

Q:
Since the Catholic Church had authority to deem scripture Inspired, isn't that proof of their authority?
As in, we read the NT that was but together by the Catholic Church. They voted which books were inspired and which were not.So if they had the authority, from God I suppose, to tell us which books were inspired, why wouldn't they have it today?

A:
As a former Catholic seminarian, please allow me to shed a little bit of the truth spotlight on this issue. The Roman Catholic Church, first being called the Holy Roman Empire, did not come into existence until the 3rd century. That is, before Emperor Constantine, no one had even heard of Roman Catholicism and neither is there any record of its pre-Constantine existence.

Emperor Constantine determined to save crumbling Rome by discontinuing persecution against Christians (which had grown in great number the more they were persecuted) and by attempting to gather all people under one politico-religious banner, and thus combined all of the Roman temples and gods, and set the high priest of Janus as Supreme Pontiff who then claimed to have his authority from Peter (though most think he was referring to the APOSTLE Peter, he was in fact referring to the high priest of Babylon, whose title in Babylonian is "Peter", who on the high holy day of the fish gods Dagon and Atargotis would cut off the head of a large fish and set it on his head with the mouth opened so as to allow spiritual knowledge to enter his brain via the mouth of the gods. Yes, I'm afraid that's what that hat on the pope's head represents).

Constantine, declaring himself the Visible Head of the Body of Christ (while still worshipping Mithras the sun god), then laid false claim and authority to the Holy Scriptures which HAD ALREADY BEEN compiled by Jews and Christians (and which later became the underlining texts of the King James Version Bible). After doing so, he then had 50 different conflicting NEW Bibles transcribed (which later became the underlining texts of the NIV, NASB, NKJV, etc) so as to meet the conflicting theological needs and desires of this new mixed bag of united religions; and then adopted the ceremony of the priests of the Egyptian sun god - the turning of small sun shaped unleavened bits of bread into the body of Ra/Horus the sungod by the priests, which they called "Eucharist", and which was then used to enslave the people by being fed only to obedient followers with a promise of the bestowal of eternal life (but which was deprived from followers who defied the priests with threats of the loss of eternal life). Constantine then, under the Egyptian pagan cross of the gods called the Ankh, declared himself to be "Christian", to the total shock and horror of true Christians. Christians never had anything to do with this - and it is impossible for the Apostle Peter to have been the head of the church upon which this Roman blasphemy may claim lineage, because even though Christ called his faith a rock upon which He would build His church, nevertheless Jesus also strictly stated that none of the apostles would be higher than the others, that none would be in control or command and that Christ Jesus Himself is, and can only be, the head of the church, AND, that his kingdom is not of this world.

Constantine's popes had no more authority over the Scriptures than Buddha. The manuscripts of the Bible were gathered and established LONG before the grubby hands of Rome touched them in the Vatican (from the Latin word "Vaticanus", meaning House of Divinations, which was build on the literal ruins of the temple of the Roman god Janus, upon whom Constantine invented ROMAN Catholicism.) Catholic means "universal" or "world wide". Hence "Roman Catholicism" speaks literally of a globalization of Rome (not Christianity). And the Bible speaks of only one global religion that will ever occur on this earth before the Lord's return - and that is the global religion of the Antichrist, the Wh ore of Babylon, an independent city-state seated on the seven hills of Rome. We call it "The Vatican".

-Rev. Jim Cunningham
King James Bible Ministries


Source(s):
Encyclopedia Britainnica
The Catholic Catacism
50 Years In The Church of Rome
The Vatican Billions
The Two Babylons
The God Fathers
Letters of Ignatius deLoyola
Double Crossed
Far From Rome Near To God: The Story of Converted Priests
Night John
National Sunday Law
Our Sunday Visitor Catholic Press

[Rev. Jim Cunningham]

Q:
What do you think God thinks of modern Western popular culture?

A:
As opposed to the modern Eastern cultures of Communist China and North Korea, and the murderous dictatorship of Burma (Myanmar), and the torturous Muslim lands of Java and Indonesia and the Moldives and Madagascar and Sri Lanka and Malaysia and Borneo and Iraq and Iran and Pakistan and Afganistan and Uzbekistan and Egypt and Morocco and Ethiopia and Jordan and Saudi Arabia and Lebanon and Turkey and Georgia and Bangladesh and Kazakhstan and Kerjizstan and Tajikistan and Turkmenistan and most of Africa, and the soul destroying Caste system of Hindu India and Nepal and Bhutan?

Hmmm, I'm not sure what God thinks about the imperfect West which gives and gives and gives and gives and gives to all their enemy Eastern nations and brings them food and money and clothing and medicine and schools and clean water and health education and protection and comes running to their aid to help the East's people after every single natural and manmade disaster to such a degree that the West deprives its own people, etc etc etc.

Bad West! BAD! Why can't the West be more murderous and cut throat and poverty stricken and disease infested and idol worshiping and terroristic like the wonderful East?!

Please spare me your socialistic ignorance.

-Rev. Jim Cunningham

[Rev. Jim Cunningham]

Q:
Difference between Catholic and Protestant and other Christian religions? And how many different Christian "religions" are there? (Yes, like Catholic, etc.), I'm just curious. I've always wondered what's the huge difference. So yes, main questions: How many different types of Christian religions? and What's the main difference between all of them? Please explain. Thanks. =]

A:
The term "Protestant" is not a religion or denomination.
It means "one who protests" [a PROTEST-ant], and is applied to Bible believing Christians who "protest" the anti-biblical doctrines of Romanism. The term began at the time of Martin Luther when he literally nailed his "90 Thesis [protests]" against the doctrines of Rome to the doors of a cathedral.

Also, terms like "fundamentalist, conservative, and evangelical" are not the names of denominations. They denote Bible believing Christians who take God's Word at face value (i.e. "God says what He means and means what He says"), as opposed to liberal Christians who claim Christianity as their faith but do not abide much by it and do not accept the Scriptures as God's literal Word to us (in other words, those who are "Christian" in name only, and not in conviction).

There are many denominations of BIBLICAL Christianity (Lutheran, Baptist, Pentacostal, Methodist, Messianic, Anabaptist, Quaker, Wymouth, Amish, Full Gospel, etc), which vary on minor doctrines (such as topics concerning God's laws and the functions of the church) but all stand together on the same solid foundation that salvation is only by faith in Jesus Himself, and that the Bible is the final authority on all matters of faith, and that Jesus alone is the only head of the 'church' (i.e. all believers everywhere). They accept one another as 'brothers and sisters' and part of the Body of Christ even if they are not part of their denomination.

And there are several NON-biblical denominations (i.e denominations that do not place the Bible as the one and only final authority on matters of faith and that believe that their leaders have authority to change or add to the Scriptures with other decrees, books, etc) who lay sole claim to the title of "Christian" (Mormon, Jehovah's Witness, Roman Catholic, etc). These claim to be the one and only true "church" and their leaders as the one and only mouth piece of God on earth, and they reject all others outside their denomination as their equal brothers and sisters in faith. Based on the terms of the Bible which (alone) defines the JudeaoChristian faith, neither Jesus or the Apostles would recognize these religions as "Christian". And in fact the Apostles have much to say in their warnings against them.

And then there are those (such as Islam, Bahai, Church of Christ Scientist, Religious Science, Scientology, Unitarian Universalist, Armstrongism, New Agism, Moonies, etc) who renounce JudeaoChristianity all together, yet they cherry-pick and use the Bible and the Words of Jesus in their teachings to create a witch's brew of doctrines.

Rev. Jim Cunningham
King James Bible Ministries

[Rev. Jim Cunningham]

Q:
How do you take the Lord's name in vain?
Probably a dumb question but I was just wondering.


A:
"Take" means "carry" or "use". "Vain" means "vanity".
Do not use the Lord's name for your own vanity, for your selfish motives, for example, do not kill your enemies in God's name, ministers should not use their place as a representative of God's name to seduce someone, or to arogantly parade God's name in order to gain somthing deceitfully, etc. Contrary to what many of my fellow Jews believe, it does NOT mean "never ever say God's name". What God is saying is that He expects His name to be treated with utmost respect and things done in His name to be of utmost dignity and holiness. Nothing should be done in His name that would bring disgrace on His good name. Here's an example. If you are a believer in God and yet you wilfully choose to do something disgraceful, you had better not implicate God in your sinful deed. I once heard a woman scream and yell at someone and then she said, "You're a horrible person! But I'm a Christian and God says I have to forgive you for being so evil to me!" NO NO NO NO! Don't you dare suddenly try to bolster your own vanity and selfrighteousness by bringing God's name into this after you just treated the other person in the exact way that God told you NOT to, making it seem like God condones what you've just done! God will snap you back so fast, as He said, "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain, FOR THE LORD SHALL NOT HOLD HIM GUILTLESS THAT TAKETH HIS NAME IN VAIN!"

[Rev. Jim Cunningham]

Q:
Are homosexuals going to leave california and florida?
and move to states that welcome them and their lifestyle since California clearly has told them that the people there dont approve of them. They arent free in those states now. The will of the people has basically FLIPED THEM OFF. A state full of religious bigots. Why dont they move to NY or NJ and take thir tax dollars with them. Califonria has said it can do without.

A:
Don't worry. All of the states with anti-gay laws will eventually be overturned. The Declaration of Independence makes it abundantly clear that no one has power to grant and deny human rights - and it was this very accusation by the founding fathers against King George that caused our seperation from England in the first place. One's personal or religious views on the marriage of other sovereign citizens is irrelivant to the Law. Those who believe they have power to control the rights of others would do better to move to a monarchy or theocracy.

As a Christian minister I am always amazed that so many people protest the marriage of gays "because it is against God", yet none of them protest the marriage of Atheists, and none of them protest divorce which the Scriptures say is forbidden except for the cause of adultery. This to me demonstrates PERSONAL BIAS, not a zeal for the Lord.


All people are born with unalienable rights which cannot be dictated by personal beliefs. That is why we no longer have slavery. That is why women's equal rights are now protected.

To all the "anti-gay marriage" heterosexuals out there, my vote is that you tend to the sins of your own household.

Rev. Jim Cunningham
King James Bible Ministries

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RESPONSE FROM QUESTION ASKER:
Um yes they can deny rights. Germany did it and this seems little different than the Nuremberg laws in the Reichstag. Remember, those laws started with denying marriage rights too and it snowballed into a horror.

REV. JIM'S REBUTTAL:
My point was that they are denied the power to grant or refuse rights to sovereign citizens - that doesn't mean they can't usurp the power by force. When people in our nation denied the rights of blacks and women and gays, they broke the law by doing so, taking on themselves an authority they did not possess. To presume the power to dictate the lives of other human beings is a heinous crime. And I assure you they will answer to the Lord God for it - whether they believe in Him or not.

[Rev. Jim Cunningham]

Q:
Does the bible have something against circumcision?
i don't have the verses with me i but everytime i read the bible, it seems like the people who wrote it had a problem with circumcision. they said those issues were only considered an external matter and it has nothing to do with serving God. so is it a sin to get circumcised or is it just not neccessary?

A:
The circumcision performed for the covenant in the Old Testament bears no resemblance to the circumcision performed today.

When a male is born, the foreskin is literally attached as one piece with the glans penis (the penis head) with a small portion hanging passed it. The circumcision in the Old Testament consisted only of cutting off the very tip of the foreskin (which hung past the penis) - which spiritually was meant to be SYMBOLIC of exposing the tender heart to God (as it is written "circumcise the flesh of your heart"). God never told Abraham to mutilate and obliterate the fully functioning organ of the foreskin. And such a procedure that ABRAHAM followed would have served a second function: it would have prevented phimosis (foreskin stricture) without damaging the enormous amount of sensation nerves in the foreskin and would leave the entire shaft covered to protect the glans penis from exposure and dryness (cutting off the foreskin does to the glans what cutting off the eye lids would do to the eyeball).

Before the time of Christ, during the Greek Olympic games, male athletes were required to perform in the nude. The naked body was not considered vulgar, but the exposing of the glans penis was considered very rude and vulgar, and therefore Jews were banned from the games because the removal of the end of their foreskins exposed the glans. So jewish athletes began stretching the foreskin (yes, it does work) to cover the glans. The rabbis went berzerk when they discovered this was occurring and from that time onward they ordered the total destruction of the foreskin so that it could not be stretched, because they stupidly believed that stretching the skin was equal to being uncircumcized, proving they totally missed the point of the Covenant. That disgusting tradition has lasted to this day, even though Scripture states "[the value of] uncircumcision and circumsicion is nothing".

HOWEVER, the New Testament clearly states that BAPTISM is now the sign of the New Covenant and that circumcision is no longer necessary. In fact, Paul refered to those who continue to perform this sick procedure as "The Concision" - which is Greek, meaning "The Mutilators".

Some people use the ridiculous belief that it is "cleaner" to be circed, but if it was unclean to have a foreskin, circumcision would not have been done away with by the apostles.

With the medical industry making a literal fortune by selling baby foreskins to the cosmetic and pharecutical industry, a witch hunt against foreskins was launched by the medical profession, who now claim that being circed prevents all manner of diseases (the doctors used to use the excuse that foreskin caused children to "sin" and would cause insanity, bowel problems, cervical cancer in women, etc etc blah blah blah). Now they claim it helps prevent HIV. If you want to know if that's true, look at these facts: The United States has the highest circumcision rate for a 1st world country - yet it also has the highest HIV rates for a 1st world country. And they want us to believe that amputating this part of a man's genitals prevents HIV? Actually, the foreskin produces lysozyme which is an HIV killer!!

So you have to decide if you want to follow folklore and witch doctor mentality, or whether you want to trust the Apostles that circumcision is mutilation.

If you think being circed "looks better", it is only because society has gotten you use to seeing this mutilation. If most of society cut off babies' noses, many people would probably be unattracted to people with noses. In fact, I was watching a documentary on PBS about this tribe which forces their women to put clay plates in their bottom lips to stretch them out. The men have gotten so use to this custom that they are repulsed by women without stretched lips. But the plates, which have to be made larger each year, eventually cause the lip to rip and fall off causing pain and destroying the functionality of the lips. Man has perverted the Image of God to such an extent that many people cannot enjoy sex with a male unless his body has been mutilated.

Rev. Jim Cunningham
King James Bible Ministries

[Rev. Jim Cunningham]

Q:
What percent of the U.S. population is gay and why does baning civil unions matter? I don't know many gay people. How could gay marriage/civil unions bankrupt pension plans? What is worse a kid growing up in the foster system or getting adopted by a gay couple?


A:
I am a conservative evangelical Christian minister - what most people here would call a fundy, I guess. However, There is one major difference between myself and my fellow "fundies", which is that I have chosen to believe the good old faithful King James BIBLE on the subject of homosexuality, instead of personal bias. While the Bible teaches against fornication, of course, the Bible is nevertheless 100% pro-gay, and therefore so am I. There is not one verse from the Bible that anyone can produce which states that homosexuals cannot marry. The problem for homosexuals is, that these gay haters believe that homosexuals are merely perverted heterosexuals, rather than equal opposites to heterosexuals (like being right or left handed), and because of this these heterosexuals have chosen to lay claim to a non-existent power to grant and deny human Rights to their fellow sovereign citizens (i.e. denying gays their birthright to marry), thereby leaving homosexuals to live in perpetual fornication, which the heterosexuals then use to condemn and accuse them of sin. They create the situation for homosexuals and then da mn them for it in the name of God. It is a satanic thing and I pray that the Lord God opens the eyes of these haters of homosexuals, that they stop burning in their heterosexist lust.

Many heterosexuals try to hide their own personal bias by saying that they are only against it because GOD is. Since God said no such thing, these people are therefore in violation of the third commandment which forbids them to use the Lord's name for their vanity.

I am opposed to "civil unions" because they make homosexuals targets of government and society by forcing them to take a less than equal contract that gives them an official designation of "homosexual". I will not be satisfied until they have absolute equal marriage rights and their union CALLED marriage, and the marriage contract must not designate genders of the couple so that they cannot become targets when some Nazi, like Hitler or Senator Helms, takes office and wishes to persecute them.

Rev. Jim Cunningham
King James Bible Ministries

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