And as for “You can't assert with any certainty, as Folau does, that homosexuals will go to hell”, all Israel was doing was quoting 1 Cor 6:9-10, and Saint Paul needed no lecture from you on the point. He knew and in the comments on Folau’s case, it has been stated over and over that tendencies are not sins, but actions are, so just for you, Israel’s post actual meant that practising members of those classes were the intended recipients, as if you didn’t know that.
And just in case you have confused any none-too-well-informed reader, the Church doesn't assert that homosexual tendencies are sinful, (and no one on this board has ever said so), but does assert that homosexual practices are.
Again, “our own flaws” are irrelevant, otherwise, very few people would ever be able to acknowledge the existence of evil.
That's a crazy notion. We can 'acknowlege' evil acts and we can seek to counter evil systems without judgement of individuals or groups. You can't assert with any certainty, as Folau does, that homosexuals will go to hell.
We are obliged to acknowledge “flaws”, (sins, in other words), even if we are ourselves guilty of the same sins. It’s called honesty, as opposed to Mr-Nice-Guyness.
But to do that as Christian has a high price. We have to be prepared to be judged as we judge, to only cast the first stone if we haven't sinned, to seek out the plank in our own eye first.
Folau asserts that homosexuals are bound for hell because of who they are and not for what they do -- his admonishment didn't talk about 'acts', it talked about a whole group of people.
The Catholic Church -- Folau's idoloters -- doesn't assert that homosexuality is a sin, let alone a sin worthy of hell.
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