If you take the Bible out of the equation, to answer the question, then you still have nature staring them in the face. Take a look, the parts...don't...fit. It's not just the Bible, but nature also, testifying that homosexuality is not normal. To give gays the right of marriage, then, is to normalize something that is not normal; something I'm not willing to do, even without the Bible.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but the Mormon faith says that God and Jesus are separate entities who have progressed to a divine state and that I can do the same. Since Jesus is “the same yesterday, today and forever” (Heb. 13:8), how did this change to the divine state take place? According to Isaiah 45:22-23, Jehovah is the God before Whom “every knee shall bow” and none else. How can Paul give this same honor to Jesus? Philippians 2:10-11. Are they not then one and the same? If you knew the Bible, you would see there are many Scriptures like this one that testifies that God and Jesus are one being, not Constantine.

Just as Jude talks about men who are "twice dead" in Jude 1:12, so too, this Judge is "twice damned," so to speak, as he not only rejects God, but tries to deny others access to that same God.

The "evil" here, is fouind in the way men "comfort" themselves. According to the Bible, men comfort themselves by taking thoughts and actions of revenge. In Genesis 27:42, Essau "comforts" himself by planning to take revenge and killing his brother Jacob for what Jacob had done to him. In the "troubled" mind of Jared Loughner, Loughner got his revenge and is now comforted, as can be seen from the expression on his face. This evil of wanting to take revenge is found in all of us in some form or another, and is the reason Christians are commanded to leave vengeance to the Lord. Romans 12:19. Gary Gordon

Illegal immigration is immoral because it violates the 10th commandment, "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house.....nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. Ex 20:17 Gary Gordon

In case anyone wants Scripture: "Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God." 2Corinthians 5:20 From the above passage we see preachers are "ambasadors for Christ," and NOT ambassadors for political candidates. Gary Gordon

Whenever a preacher preaches anything else from the pulpit, such as social issues or political views, apart from the word of Christ, he ceases to be a minister of the Word of God. You might as well revoke his non-profit, tax-exempt status. Gary Gordon

Ms Kelly, What you say is well and true, but it does NOT apply to this passage. This is, indeed, an "admonition not to rebuke or reprove." We know that because the very next verse says so, doesn't it? "Reprove NOT a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee." Proverbs 9:8. It was my mistake to leave this verse out. Since the Bible interprets itself, another good passage that would explain Proverbs 9:7 would be Matthew 7:6, "Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you." Contrary to popular belief, the Word of God is not meant for everyone. It is not meant for the scorners of the world. Wicked...

Proverbs 9:7 "He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot." Pastor Terry Jones' burning of the Quran serves absolutely no purpose, except to draw attention to himself. It certainly doesn't honor God. And what's up with Petraeus? Isn't that why we're in Afghanistan? It's why we don't win wars anymore. We don't fight them to win. We fight wars where no one gets hurt. Gary Gordon

"The fear of man bringeth a snare." Proverbs 29:25 It only follows, from the above passage, that any religion that uses the "fear of man" to gain converts is a false religion. Gary Gordon