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imel
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Date Posted: 11:51:15 12/23/08 Tue GMT 0700
-Lesbian and gay Christians have criticised the Pope for saying that saving humanity from homosexual or transsexual behaviour is just as important as saving rainforests.-
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dikopi dari link situs:
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Gay-And-Lesbian-Christians-Criticise-Pope-Benedict-For-Comments-On-Homosexuals-And-Transsexuals/Article/200812415192293?f=rss
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Benedict XVI described relationships that are not heterosexual as "a destruction of God's work", during his Christmas speech to the Curia, the administrative body of the Catholic Church.
"(The Church) should also protect man from the destruction of himself. A sort of ecology of man is needed," he said.
"The tropical forests do deserve our protection. But man, as a creature, does not deserve any less."
But the chief executive of British-based international charity the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement described his remarks as "totally irresponsible and unacceptable in any shape or form".
Rev Sharon Ferguson said: "It is more the case that we need to be saved from his comments.
"It is comments like that that justify homophobic bullying that goes on in schools and it is comments like that that justify gay bashing."
The Pope said humanity needed to "listen to the language of creation" to understand the intended roles of man and woman.
Gay protests against Pope in Australia
He also defended the Church's right to "speak of human nature as man and woman, and ask that this order of creation be respected".
But Rev Ferguson added: "When you have religious leaders like that making that sort of statement then followers feel they are justified in behaving in an aggressive and violent way because they feel that they are doing God's work in ridding the world of these people."
The Catholic Church teaches that while homosexuality itself is not sinful, homosexual acts are.
It opposes gay marriage and, in October, a leading Vatican official called homosexuality "a deviation, an irregularity, a wound".
Catatan:
Pada paragraf kedua terakhir disebutkan (dalam terjemahan bebas Indonesia):
Gereja Katolik mengajarkan bahwa walau homoseksual bukan termasuk dosa tapi perilakunya adalah tergolong dosa.
(The Catholic Church teaches that while homosexuality itself is not sinful, homosexual acts are)
Tapi ini juga sangat bisa didebat dengan adanya kajian2 teologi kristen dari hasil penelitian yang ada sekarang,
contohnya spt yg gua kopi dari link di bawah ini:
http://www.soulfoodministry.org/docs/English/NotASin.htm
dan masih banyak lagi sumber yang tersedia bagaimana sebenarnya sikap gereja dan alkitab terhadap homoseksual ataupun seksualitas itu sendiri.
intinya pandangan gereja dan alkitab itu juga plural gak satu jadi bersikap kritis itu lebih baik.
have fun.imel
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