1 Corinthians 6:9-11 NIV - Or do you not know that wrongdoers will - Bible Gateway

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

New International Version (NIV)

Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.  And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Footnotes:

1. 1 Corinthians 6:9 The words men who have sex with men translate two Greek words that refer to the passive and active participants in homosexual acts.

Cross references:

1. 1 Corinthians 6:9 : S Mt 25:34
   
2. 1 Corinthians 6:9 : Job 13:9; 1Co 15:33; Gal 6:7; Jas 1:16
   
3. 1 Corinthians 6:9 : Lev 18:20; Dt 22:22
   
4. 1 Corinthians 6:9 : Lev 18:22
   
5. 1 Corinthians 6:10 : 1Ti 1:10; Rev 21:8; 22:15
   
6. 1 Corinthians 6:11 : S Eph 2:2
   
7. 1 Corinthians 6:11 : S Ac 22:16
   
8. 1 Corinthians 6:11 : 1Co 1:2
   
9. 1 Corinthians 6:11 : S Ro 4:25

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 NIV - Or do you not know that wrongdoers will - Bible Gateway:

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Google searched

"~(6!9)~"

as I do from time to time.

A new one has appeared.

Interesting.

Very interesting.


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 Reading this bible verse along with a picture chosen from Internet to post with this blog entry, for some reason not sure why, reminded of an incident that happened while getting HIV tested at AIDS Atlanta.

At the time,
 was averaging roughly 8-10 months between HIV testings rather than the 6 months interval recommended for those sexually active with multiple partners.

Having become just another testing, more annoyed now by the routine of having to answer all the questions than nervous about the results, found myself during one part answering repeatedly, 
"last night,"
to a tall black male technician as being the most recent date I participated in unsafe sex as he read down a list of factors increasing risk.

He then sets down clipboard and looks at me,
"It's not a question of whether you are going to be positive or not,
just a question of when."

As it should have been obvious I was more bored than seriously considering my answers to those questions, surprised me hearing him say this.
 
But,
still couldn't help laughing instead,
 replying back with,
"Well!
If it's going to happen it better happen soon. 
Cause at the age of 47,
the... BULK ...of my sex life is behind me. 
There's not much sex left!"

 Truthfully.
Correct answer to those questions should not have made any difference.
Was engaging in frequent as well as unsafe sex;
the questions most likely all having had correct answers recent enough making what this technician was saying, something even I'm surprised hadn't already happened,
to be true.

So...
why has it not happened?

"AND THAT SOME OF YOU WERE"

Now 51 y.o.
Sex life rapidly slowing down.
Feeling pretty much as if over, at least compared to before.

With each day being the beginning of the rest of your life...

No longer promiscuous?
(experience having taught me the definition of "promiscuous" being someone who slept around more than they did)

Or do they all still count?
(will still consider myself a gay man even when my sex life comes to a complete halt)

Having no problem letting people knowing today, that I am an avowed practicing homosexual who over the course of his gay lifetime has had sex one form or another with over a thousand men; will continue having no problem letting people knowing that part of my past, even after no longer having sex.

Do not mistake me.

Not proud.
Not bragging.
Not Ashamed

Just...
Simply Jim
stating a fact.

Just how his life has played out.

Never going to be part of me willing to denounce or keeping quiet.

A bleeding heart liberal with a passion for politics,
 impossible explaining who and why I am if not able referring to that part of my past.

There is more to sex than just sex.
You get to know them as well.
And they get to know you.
Just another way of saying...
hello.

So again,
I'm asking you,
why has it not happened?

Shouldn't God himself be putting an end to all this?

But you were washed, 
you were sanctified, 
you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ
and 
by
the Spirit of our God.

As God's omniscience is a paradox incompatible with the idea of human free will...

Already believing, if there is to be a God, by definition there can only be one...

If indeed,  there truly is a God...

We must thank God for 9/11. 
We must thank God for dead soldiers. 
We must even thank God for the A.I.D.S. pandemic.

But if we are to do the math correctly, it is wrong for us to stop there.

We must continue,
even,
 thanking God for "FAGS" and Rev. Phelps as well.

If we do not, then God fails/cease to be omniscience; even existing all together.

There!
You've heard it.

Not only an atheist,
but a FAG as well...
coming to the defense of Rev. Phelps and his followers with their signs.

But only up to a point.

That's what I like about being an atheist.

Being someone who refuses choosing any God to recognize or worship,
that pretty much leaves the only God available being my witness the geniune one,
the One true one.

The same claim all other religions not quite making the same.

Again.

If indeed,
 there truly is a God;
then,
we get the God we have; not the God we choose.

Only the God I didn't choose,
 be witness to us all.

Why even bother...
 thanking God for anything at all.

I certainly do not. 

Pragmatics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pragmatics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
 Pragmatics is a subfield of linguistics which studies the ways in which context contributes to meaning. Pragmatics encompasses speech act theory, conversational implicature, talk in interaction and other approaches to language behavior in philosophy, sociology, linguistics and anthropology. Unlike semantics, which examines meaning that is conventional or "coded" in a given language, pragmatics studies how the transmission of meaning depends not only on structural and linguistic knowledge (e.g., grammar, lexicon, etc.) of the speaker and listener, but also on the context of the utterance, any pre-existing knowledge about those involved, the inferred intent of the speaker, and other factors. In this respect, pragmatics explains how language users are able to overcome apparent ambiguity, since meaning relies on the manner, place, time etc. of an utterance.

The ability to understand another speaker's intended meaning is called pragmatic competence.

Humpty Dumpty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Humpty Dumpty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Humpty appears in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass (1872), where he discusses semantics and pragmatics with Alice.

"I don't know what you mean by 'glory,' " Alice said.
Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. "Of course you don't—till I tell you. I meant 'there's a nice knock-down argument for you!' "
"But 'glory' doesn't mean 'a nice knock-down argument'," Alice objected.
"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less."
"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."
"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master—that's all."
Alice was too much puzzled to say anything, so after a minute Humpty Dumpty began again. "They've a temper, some of them—particularly verbs, they're the proudest—adjectives you can do anything with, but not verbs—however, I can manage the whole lot! Impenetrability! That's what I say!"

This passage was used in Britain by Lord Atkin in his dissenting judgement in the seminal case Liversidge v. Anderson (1942), where he protested about the distortion of a statute by the majority of the House of Lords. It also became a popular citation in United States legal opinions, appearing in 250 judicial decisions in the Westlaw database as of April 19, 2008^[update], including two Supreme Court cases (TVA v. Hill and Zschernig v. Miller).

Methodism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Methodism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Although Methodism is declining in Great Britain and North America, it is growing in other places; at a rapid pace in, for example, South Korea. In these new places, it often takes shapes that diverge from its roots. For example, the Arminian heritage is ignored or simply unknown, and an exclusive, neo-Calvinist emphasis is played up. Many such denominations highlight Methodism's traditional emphasis upon holiness.

As of 2005^[update], an estimated 75 million people worldwide belong to the Methodist community, however the number has gone into steady decline in the West, especially in North America, where an increasing number of people are leaving the mainline churches to join theologically conservative denominations.

Almost all Methodist denominations are members of a consultative body called the World Methodist Council, which is headquartered at Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, in the United States.

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"It is not for me to say who is a Christian

and 

who isn't."

~(Brother Fish)~

During one of our many phone conversations between me and my mother in Arkansas, was surprised hearing this answer given by pastor of First United Methodist Church of Prescott Arkansas. 

 Mother told me how Brother Cross showed up in Prescott loaded with enthusiasm and positive optimism,

 really believing he could infuse new life back into this Methodist Church of my childhood;

building back up it's congregation.

Eventually,

 moving on bitterly disappointed having thought himself an utter failure;

unable competing with Prescott's thriving Baptist Churches.

As much as I liked, thought extremely brave, the answer given by Brother Cross

responding to a question asked by my mother; believe I'm now able understanding part of the Methodist Church's problem competing with other churches for new members.

Where I grew up as a child...

everything pretty much 
"you is"

or

"you ain't." 

First United Church of Prescott, Arkansas 

My father,

CHARLES DENSEN AVERY, MD

front row, far right,

posing for Sunday School Class picture in front of same church I grew up with first 18 years,

the most impressionable years, 

of our lifes.

Over the years,

during many phone conversations with my mother still living same childhood home,

still active with the Methodist Church,

we were always discussing issues relating to our church.

Being that my mother didn't want to know anything relating to my alternative lifestye,

we had to talk about something as there's not much left. 

Discussed a lot of politics as well; and current events making the news.

  

She wasn't even a Methodist,

until my dad taking to church,

my mother, my sister, and my brother,

just to network for his business;

having just returned to his childhood home to start his own practice.

When hearing my mother telling this story, I hadn't even born yet, he never went back again.

A local doctor was killed in a car wreck;

 my dad...

almost overnight a thriving business.

"JESUS! COME TAKE ME HOME!"

Those were my father's last words, according to my sister, just before he died.

Again I ask,

although labeling myself a radical atheist,

did I ever stop being a Methodist?

My father never went back to church!

Did he stop being Methodist? 

Pope, Criticizing Narrow Focus, Calls for Church as ‘Home for All’ - NYTimes.com

Pope, Criticizing Narrow Focus, Calls for Church as ‘Home for All’ - NYTimes.com: Asked what it means for him to “think with the church,” a phrase used by the Jesuit founder St. Ignatius, Francis said that it did not mean “thinking with the hierarchy of the church.”

“This church with which we should be thinking is the home of all, not a small chapel that can hold only a small group of selected people,” he said. “We must not reduce the bosom of the universal church to a nest protecting our mediocrity.”

BBC News - US income inequality at record high

 

One street in St Louis, Missouri, has been known to residents as the "dividing line"
 

BBC News - US income inequality at record high: The income gap between the richest 1% of Americans and the other 99% widened to a record margin in 2012, according to an analysis of tax filings.

The top 1% of US earners collected 19.3% of household income, breaking a record previously set in 1927.

Emmanuel Saez at the University of California, Berkeley, one of the economists who analysed the tax data, wrote in an analysis that despite recent policy changes aiming at lessening income inequality, the measures were relatively small in comparison to "policy changes that took place coming out of the Great Depression".

"Therefore, it seems unlikely that US income concentration will fall much in the coming years."

The top 1% of American households had income above $394,000 (£250,000) last year. The top 10% had income exceeding $114,000.