Similarly, I don't see how "love your neighbor" can be construed to mean, "Excuse your neighbor's sin."
It can't, in that those two phrases are not synonymous. However, there's a problem with the word "excuse." As you have no right to condemn them for their sin (that is to say, their action you perceive to be sinful), you equally have no right to "excuse" their sin. You don't have the authority to say "Oh, that's okay, that's just a little thing" any more than to tell someone they're going to Hell. To do either implies some sort of superiority over your neighbor which isn't safe (or remotely polite) to imply.
If you think your neighbor is doing something wrong, you have a right to tell them your opinion - and doing so respectfully would fall well within the bounds of loving one's neighbor. To judge on either side of the line, however, is not our call.
As for this -
If you want to argue for a NT acceptance of homosexuality, you need different arguments.
as long as you acknowledge that such arguments exist and keep an open mind about them, from my point of view you're doing pretty well. ;-) |
