its a common logical fallacy
that being a sinner should require us to not judge sin as sin or require us to remain silent about or to embrace all sins
divorce is not a sin, it is permissable in circumstances of infidelity or abandonment,, just knowing someone is divorced does not tell us whether it is under permissable conditions or not
however MARRIAGE that is permissable between male and female is much more obvious a situation if the parties are NOT male and female
there is also a mandate that gods authority is to be followed so when there is conflict between governing authority and Gods word, Gods word takes precedence,,
as is exemplified by Daniel continuing to pray when the king passed a decree against it
as is exemplified by Shadrach, Meshech, and Abednego when they refused to follow the Kings decree to worship a graven image
as is exemplified by Peter and John being imprisoned rather than follow an order not to preach about jesus
,,,,etc,,,etc,,,
it is indeed the whole point of the Bible to teach us about sin so we may recognize it and to teach us about repentance so we may turn from it, and about forgiveness so that we may be as Jesus in our humility
,,remember, he did not stone the adulteress as the LAW dictated? yet he didnt just passively do nothing either,, he corrected her before sending her away
this is the example for the Christian,, to love through discipline, support and correction,, not just to have passive 'do no harm' love,,,
that is a low bar which Jesus lived WELL ABOVE....
there is no reason that knowing sin and being a sinner are incompatible
knowing sin and addressing it in others but not ourselves is when something is wrong
the assumption that those who believe homosexual activity to be a sin dont recognize or address their own sins,, is fallacious
they can both occur simultaneously in a christians life
I would completely disagree on the logical fallacy
and yes Divorce is not a sin....but REMARRIAGE to a divorced women or man IS...if you find a verse that says remarriages is ok(outside of the family) i'd love to see it.
Second you are comparing apples to oranges with the examples of Daniel, these laws passed affected THEIR actions directly, it was things THEY were supposed to do, not do.
Please show me a verse, where a law was not followed to block SOMEONE ELSE from committing sin.
That assumption that you say is fallacious was given by God,
again Proverbs 16:2
"All the ways of a man are clean in his own sight, But the LORD weighs the motives. "
Mathew 7:4
Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' and behold, the log is in your own eye? 5"You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.
Romans 14:1
Now accept the one who is weak in faith, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on his opinions. 2One person has faith that he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats vegetables only.…
Personally I believe the ways Gays are seen today is the same way that prostitutes were seen in Biblical days.
It seems almost every christian wants to 'stone' them in a sense, they're evil, vile, detestable etc.... so many judgemental Christians that want to 'prove' how righteous they are.
I honestly believe that if Christ were walking the earth today, it may not have been a prostitute that he was protecting, it easily may have a been a Gay man/women when he looked at the rest of us and said "he who is without sin, cast the first stone"
Please show me a verse, that doesn't DIRECTLY affect someones faith as in what they CAN and CAN'T do,
If a law came out that said i HAD to marry man, no i wouldn't follow it, but that law would be affecting me personally, this law that she refused to sign, really had nothing to do with her. She's simply
a bigot