A conservative lesson for liberals: Distinctly Catholic: MGB: When Paul wrote, faith was really faith in Jesus and his preached message. There was no dogma, had been no Church Councils (save the first at Jerusalem). The Curia did not exist and people were beginning to explore for themselves what faith meant. Most importantly, a social gospel was much more important than a strict pelvic morality and there was no hierarchy that insisted on loyalty.
The reason we enter new life, by the way, is to be free from sin - not for God's sake but for our own. It is a gift to us, not a requirement for us. Morality is the ultimate therapy. Pastors should be involved, but they must be freer to challenge some of the teaching which is, inf fact, wrong. Gay people should end promiscuity and find a spouse appropriate to them - that is the moral course - not assuming that all gay sexuality is anathema (which it is not, if you are gay - especially if you are a gay priest).
This does lead to Christ, who is gentle and humble of heart, whose yoke is easy and his burden, light.
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