LET’S HEAR PASTOR’S VIEWS, THEN DECIDE
WHY are the homosexuals and bleeding hearts so terrified of the anti-gay pastor Steven Anderson, from the Faithful Word Baptist Church in Arizona?
Even Anglican Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane seems to be acutely concerned about his proposed visit.
Where in the Bible does God or Jesus condone homosexuality? Jesus, in Luke 17:29, reminds his disciples of the destruction of the evildoers in Sodom. St Paul says in Romans 1:27: “Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received themselves the due penalty for their perversions.”
How then, as a Christian, can homosexuality be condoned, or is the Bible no longer acceptable? The Bill of Rights, clause 9:3, states: “No person may discriminate directly against anyone on one or more grounds, including… sexual orientation.” Ngundane is discriminating against Anderson and his stance, impinging on his right to freedom of expression and right to be treated fairly.
As a biblical scholar with an open mind, I’d love to hear Anderson’s views, and then make a decision, and so should gays, the Human Rights Commission and Eusebius McKaiser. Only 0.12 percent of the population want to block Anderson’s visit.
JR Whitlock Germiston
I AM on vacation in South Africa for three weeks and enjoying the Saturday Star.
May I react to John Robbie’s article “Of Cabbages and Kings” (September 10)? He uses asterisks, presumably so we don’t see words that might cause offence. I find this a pathetic and insulting technique (I stopped reading after the third paragraph – how could such a journalist have anything interesting to say?)
Practically all readers know what letters are missing. Use the words in full or find an alternative. Why use obscenities or profanities in the first place? Ninety-nine times out of 100, no use is served except to cause offence. I don’t think they would have been found in a quality newspaper 20 years ago. Why descend to the gutter?
Antony Owers Curacao, Dutch Caribbean
The asterisks were inserted by the sub-editors in accordance with our paper’s style. – Editor LEADING up to the August 3 elections, ANC supporters sang Asinavalo (“We are not afraid”).
With all that’s happening in our country, I’ve been diagnosed with a severe case of uvalo (fear.) There are rumours the Hawks are being used to topple Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.
We’ve heard how the presidential jet has inconvenienced President Jacob Zuma by delaying his visit to Kenya.
While we contemplate the expense of purchasing a new aircraft in this terrible economic climate, Blade Nzimande’s ministry has the nation on tenterhooks about FRAUD undermines the financial health of companies and public sector agencies, and damages the well-being of its victims.
It was unsettling to read in The New Age about the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform’s identity being used in defrauding businesses. Fraud affects small businesses’s financial health and those they employ It also affects the fragile trust between the department and public.
Hazel Salaze